Someone dropped my beloved laptop on the floor...(no names mentioned, R) and so now I'm spending my time uploading my files, addressbook etc to the local fileserver before I turn it in for repair (perhaps to never see it again...Arrrghh). It's a bit scaring that so much of my research life seem to be crammed into all these invisible and volatile kilobytes. So little in the head, so little on paper, so much "in there"...I know where to find everything, but if it's deleted, I'm lost.
And then, I need to write up my annual research report (the one that earns my institution money) - in which I have to document what research I have done in the last 6 months. Looking back, days just seemed to have slipped through my fingers... but according to recent Danish statistics, ph.d.students use 70% on their time on research (fyi, lowest score belongs to professors - they only spend 25% of their official working hours on research!), so I guess, I must have done something! - And then, finally, as soon as the report is over and done with, I will move my workspace outside, enjoying the spring sun and reading The Well - A Story of Love, Death and Real Life in the seminal Online Comunnity by Katie Hafner (pub. 2001), one of my New York findings. It sounds cheasy, I know, but from what I have read so far reasonably down to earth despite the title. And with the Well being a very old online community by electronic standards, it might be interesting to actually discover how the story of a community develops from start to end. And not to forget: The Joy of Reading without a deadline - I have almost forgotten it.
# posted by Lisbeth at: 18:37