Month: January 2012

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2012-01-16

  • Just finished pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (hoping to finish pilot interview #2 ' #phdchat #
  • Just started pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (hoping to finish pilot interview #2 ' #phdchat #
  • @lindathestar Ahh, all the best with it! #phdchat in reply to lindathestar #
  • Just finished pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (continuing pilot interview #2 ' #phdchat #
  • Just started pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (continuing pilot interview #2 ' #phdchat #
  • Just finished pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (beginning pilot interview #2 ' #phdchat #
  • Just started pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (beginning pilot interview #2 ' #phdchat #
  • Just finished pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (even more pilot interview #1 ' #phdchat #
  • Just started pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (even more pilot interview #1 ' #phdchat #
  • Just finished pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (still continuing pilot interview #1 ' #phdchat #
  • Just started pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (still continuing pilot interview #1 ' #phdchat #
  • Just finished pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (continuing pilot interview #1 ' #phdchat #
  • Just started pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (continuing pilot interview #1 ' #phdchat #
  • @dani_phd I also find that a 5 minute break is not sufficient. I tend to do a task – check Twitter, email , do dishes, etc. between #phdchat in reply to dani_phd #
  • @dani_phd I do 25 minute pomodors, though I often extend it for a few minutes if in the middle of a paragraph #phdchat in reply to dani_phd #
  • @savasavasava I was translating it for the rest of the world. Wonder why we are different? in reply to savasavasava #
  • Just finished pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (beginning pilot interview #1 ' #phdchat #
  • Just started pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (beginning pilot interview #1 ' #phdchat #
  • The sun has now been up for a few hours, and it is still -5 F. #
  • SPOILER ALERT (A Storm of Swords by George R R Martin) – Jaw dropped open in the middle of the book; he wiped out several main characters. #
  • @lindathestar Are you looking at that for an article or for the thesis? #phdchat in reply to lindathestar #
  • @lindathestar Mind you, that was in F. It was -23 C. in reply to lindathestar #
  • Have you ever worked for an organization that pays contractors to train internal people? Dilbert http://t.co/Xq8wvX3I #
  • @DrTeresaCairns Thanks for the RT; this is an area of interest for you? #myResearch #phdchat in reply to DrTeresaCairns #
  • @JaneDavis13 Not sure if you want liminality so much as the ladder out of it. I have heard frightening stories from others about it #phdchat in reply to JaneDavis13 #
  • @lindathestar Have you gotten much writing done today? #phdchat #missingfun in reply to lindathestar #
  • @lindathestar 😉 #phdchat #missingfun in reply to lindathestar #
  • I enjoy getting up early on Sunday morning to listen to early music with coffee, scan Tweets & email, and sit with Posey watching the birds. #
  • The thermometer read -10 when I checked it at 6:30 while walking the dogs. I don't recall the last time this was the pre-wind chill temp. #

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Quick, in 140 Characters, What Is #myResearch?

There have been a variety of memes over the years to summarize one’s own research, perhaps in 100 words or in haiku, though the newest meme for this seems to be started by Raul Pacheco-Vega here and here and here. While the #myResearch tag has been tried before, it seems to have caught on this time (reasons for it just may be some interesting research in itself!), due perhaps because the right people seeing it, researchers have free time on Saturday evenings, it is the beginning of the semester, the current moon phase is waning gibbous, or choose your own reason. It is not clear why it caught on now, but thankfully it did.

Whatever the case, I find it useful to clearly and concisely state what my research is about — it keeps me focused AND there are possibilities for identifying other people doing related work. This is what I said:

#myResearch explores the experiences of doctoral liminality by postgraduate students who study at a distance bit.ly/prxlp1 #phdchat

Try it if you haven’t yet, and be sure to link to the #myResearch tag.

By the way, the more difficult you find this opportunity to share, the more you just may need to do it as an exercise in communication.

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2012-01-15

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2012-01-14

  • Just finished pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (continuing #16 ' #phdchat #
  • Just started pomodoro ' Transcription Checking & Review (continuing #16 ' #phdchat #
  • @gconole Sure, you had to try to being me back to earth. THAT work is now tomorrow's task (right next to the transcription review!)! in reply to gconole #
  • @gconole Funniest reply I heard all day. I even had to share it with colleagues who came running over to see why I laughed so hard! in reply to gconole #
  • Happy to achieve #InboxZero at the office here at the end of the week. Nice way to go into a holiday weekend! #
  • Manifesto for Teaching Online http://t.co/ufNzG23Y – as great resource shared during #nlc2012 #phdchat #
  • I have now had to restart my computer 4 times today. Not a good sign. #
  • I have done all I can manage tonight; seems the week has caught up to me. Tomorrow is another day #phdchat #

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