I was unable to conduct the analysis I wanted to this afternoon. My analysis software says the licence is expired so I'll have to wait and do those analysis in my office but once those are done I am sending dissertation paper to GA.
I spoke to GA about revision manuscript today too and she actually has some current work that may help with that revision. So, that will be next on my agenda when dissertation manuscript is sent off.
All in all I was happy with my productivity today. I even spent some time with my nieces and nephews swimming in their pool this afternoon. Now THAT is what I call productivity. :)
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Job News
Non-academic job that I really like is checking my references. GA emailed today to ask me what she should emphasize during their phone call. I called her and we talked for a while about this job and my chances of staying at my post-doc.
She said she thinks I should stay at post-doc if given the chance (it's a very prestigious position) but then when I told her about the non-academic salary she said "sometimes a job is worth it for the money." Nice huh? :)
They're calling her tomorrow morning, no word about the grant or my other two references in terms of whether they talked with people from the non-academic job.
She said she thinks I should stay at post-doc if given the chance (it's a very prestigious position) but then when I told her about the non-academic salary she said "sometimes a job is worth it for the money." Nice huh? :)
They're calling her tomorrow morning, no word about the grant or my other two references in terms of whether they talked with people from the non-academic job.
Let the productivity begin...
I'm up (it's 7:39am), and I've had my first cup off coffee. I did not sleep in and I'm going to now get to work reading the paper I have to comment on. *
Even cancelled the lunch date with my friend so I'll have all day for this writing extravaganza. May need to move to Starbucks later as it is supposed to get VERY hot. Either way I will check in later tonight and give the update.
* But first a blog update. :)
9:57am- I have read, commented on and made figures for, and sent back secondary GA paper. Now on to dissertation manuscript.
12:37pm- I have read through and did a lot of editing on the dissertation draft. I am going to get some lunch now and then do some additional analysis this afternoon and maybe even send the paper to my grad advisor who is a co-author on this paper this afternoon!!
Even cancelled the lunch date with my friend so I'll have all day for this writing extravaganza. May need to move to Starbucks later as it is supposed to get VERY hot. Either way I will check in later tonight and give the update.
* But first a blog update. :)
9:57am- I have read, commented on and made figures for, and sent back secondary GA paper. Now on to dissertation manuscript.
12:37pm- I have read through and did a lot of editing on the dissertation draft. I am going to get some lunch now and then do some additional analysis this afternoon and maybe even send the paper to my grad advisor who is a co-author on this paper this afternoon!!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Un-productivity List
I just edited my "productivity list" on here, which made me realize just how un-productive I've been with writing*. Running participants and training interns has really taken over my life these past few months and therefore I had to change my goals from end of June to end of August.
If I do end up staying here at my post doc and going on the academic job market in the Fall, these papers NEED to be under review. I have a pretty good publication record thus far, but only 1 first authored paper and no pubs with my graduate advisor. For the jobs I would want I need to show some independent work.
So... tomorrow I am staying home to write. I'm dedicating the morning to reading, commenting and editing the paper with my secondary grad advisor as I've had that over a month now. Then I'm having lunch with a friend and the afternoon is dedicated to dissertation manuscript. I am hoping that if I put in some good writing time this week I can actually switch off with my grad advisor. I can give her my diss manuscript when she gives me the 3rd author paper to comment on.
Wish me luck.
* It also made me realize that I need to come up with some good acronyms for my papers but I'm just not feeling all that creative tonight.
If I do end up staying here at my post doc and going on the academic job market in the Fall, these papers NEED to be under review. I have a pretty good publication record thus far, but only 1 first authored paper and no pubs with my graduate advisor. For the jobs I would want I need to show some independent work.
So... tomorrow I am staying home to write. I'm dedicating the morning to reading, commenting and editing the paper with my secondary grad advisor as I've had that over a month now. Then I'm having lunch with a friend and the afternoon is dedicated to dissertation manuscript. I am hoping that if I put in some good writing time this week I can actually switch off with my grad advisor. I can give her my diss manuscript when she gives me the 3rd author paper to comment on.
Wish me luck.
* It also made me realize that I need to come up with some good acronyms for my papers but I'm just not feeling all that creative tonight.
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Thank you gift suggestion
DH and I are staying with grad school friends this weekend and I'd like to get them something as a thank you.
It's a guy and girl. They're not a couple, just house mates.
Any suggestions? I'd like to give them something (individual things if necessary) that they'd both like.
It's a guy and girl. They're not a couple, just house mates.
Any suggestions? I'd like to give them something (individual things if necessary) that they'd both like.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Can you plagiarize your own writing?
Dr. Curmudgeon has a post here where she mentions the issue of plagiarizing one's own work. In her case she's working on a book that is essentially an updated version of her dissertation and she notes how she likes the way she worded things originally but feels a little uncomfortable leaving them given that it's published that way in her dissertation.
I've heard/read people mention this before and I too have this weird feeling of guilt when working on my dissertation manuscript that it's not quite right to leave whole paragraphs or sections in the paper, but at the same time I know I wrote it the first time! And I really like the way I did so.
I'm curious how other people feel about this.
Do you re-write your own writing just to avoid this sort of self-plagiarism?
Would you think it was an issue if you knew someone published something pretty much exactly as they had written about it in a dissertation?
What if it wasn't a dissertation but another journal article/book chapter/book?
I've heard/read people mention this before and I too have this weird feeling of guilt when working on my dissertation manuscript that it's not quite right to leave whole paragraphs or sections in the paper, but at the same time I know I wrote it the first time! And I really like the way I did so.
I'm curious how other people feel about this.
Do you re-write your own writing just to avoid this sort of self-plagiarism?
Would you think it was an issue if you knew someone published something pretty much exactly as they had written about it in a dissertation?
What if it wasn't a dissertation but another journal article/book chapter/book?
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Tuesday check in
No word about either the job or the grant so far. It's all good though because I am so busy at work that I can't think about it too much right now anyway.
Going to get pedicures and dinner with my sister tonight. During grad school I hardly ever got pedicures, now that I'm back in home town it's a regular occurance. I think being around my sisters gets me back in that mode.
I'm headed to grad schoool town wiht my DH for the long weekend. I haven't been back since graduation, I miss everyone and can't wait to see them all.
That's about it. I hope to have a chance to post over the next few days but W & TH are participant running days and usually that takes up all my time and energy.
Going to get pedicures and dinner with my sister tonight. During grad school I hardly ever got pedicures, now that I'm back in home town it's a regular occurance. I think being around my sisters gets me back in that mode.
I'm headed to grad schoool town wiht my DH for the long weekend. I haven't been back since graduation, I miss everyone and can't wait to see them all.
That's about it. I hope to have a chance to post over the next few days but W & TH are participant running days and usually that takes up all my time and energy.
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