3/30, Tuesday:
Tuned Simon's poster and he's sent it in; all but finished the war letters analysis (one thing I want to go back and redo a different way); commented a thesis outline for a student whose committee I am *not* chairing; started grading exams.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
M of I, Day 29
3/29, Monday:
A decent if drudgerous day on the whole, mostly spent processing data and doing analyses for the war letters study. I'm 65% done, maybe? I also gave feedback to Simon, Erin, and Alex on their posters.
A decent if drudgerous day on the whole, mostly spent processing data and doing analyses for the war letters study. I'm 65% done, maybe? I also gave feedback to Simon, Erin, and Alex on their posters.
Monday, March 29, 2010
M of I, Day 28
3/28, Sunday (belated):
that week was nutty. lots of basketball and game-playing and beer and many late nights, though I had one very productive afternoon and one nicely productive conversation. So: had a serious and detailed meeting with my mentor (J Smyth) about grant-getting, and are at a point where I have some things I can do. Also met with my collaborator (C Eccleston) about her cool pilot/preliminary/study 1 data, made some changes to what are already awesome stims, and am excited to move forward with a new study (spearheaded, probably, by Angela and/or Sully?) when I get back.
that week was nutty. lots of basketball and game-playing and beer and many late nights, though I had one very productive afternoon and one nicely productive conversation. So: had a serious and detailed meeting with my mentor (J Smyth) about grant-getting, and are at a point where I have some things I can do. Also met with my collaborator (C Eccleston) about her cool pilot/preliminary/study 1 data, made some changes to what are already awesome stims, and am excited to move forward with a new study (spearheaded, probably, by Angela and/or Sully?) when I get back.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
M of I, Day 24
Wednesday, 3/24:
Met with Mirranda to scheme out her MyType study; made some moves with Mssrs. Barrett and Ferber to tweak the studies they're cranking out. At this point, on the eve of my trip, Matt and Simon are each poised to run two studies, Angela and I are about to initiate an online study, Alex is tidying up the remaining gum subjects, Alex/Simon/Sully/Erin/Daniel/Jackie are all working on posters...
oh, and I agreed in principle on the house sale parameters!
Met with Mirranda to scheme out her MyType study; made some moves with Mssrs. Barrett and Ferber to tweak the studies they're cranking out. At this point, on the eve of my trip, Matt and Simon are each poised to run two studies, Angela and I are about to initiate an online study, Alex is tidying up the remaining gum subjects, Alex/Simon/Sully/Erin/Daniel/Jackie are all working on posters...
oh, and I agreed in principle on the house sale parameters!
M of I, Day 23
3/23 Tuesday:
Another long one!
Lots done. Met with Alex, and we analyzed his data. There was no wrong answer, really, and we've got some things to work with. Hopefully this can be spun into a little pub. Also talked about the destiny of his taste paper, and planned to finish up the gum study. Also met with Erin to initiate her poster for WPA, talked with Andy Ainsworth about prescreening stuff and some stuttering research, and had a nice phone meeting with Collette Eccleston in which we planned a somewhat out-there manuscript for a special issue.
Still no bloody writing.
Another long one!
Lots done. Met with Alex, and we analyzed his data. There was no wrong answer, really, and we've got some things to work with. Hopefully this can be spun into a little pub. Also talked about the destiny of his taste paper, and planned to finish up the gum study. Also met with Erin to initiate her poster for WPA, talked with Andy Ainsworth about prescreening stuff and some stuttering research, and had a nice phone meeting with Collette Eccleston in which we planned a somewhat out-there manuscript for a special issue.
Still no bloody writing.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
M of I, Day 22
3/22, Monday:
Such a long day yesterday (6:30 to 10) that I didn't have time to blog it.
Met with Sully, got some data, got him rolling on his poster and a project. Then Alex, to set up our analysis meeting today; then Angela, to discuss the profiles study and make plans for profiles study part deux. Daniel and Matthew popped in and out (and I dropped in on them) to discuss their various enterprises, which are imminently going to be generating heaps of data.
Then met with Brad McAuliffe to plan our team-taught summer course.
Then did some grading and some service stuff. Yee-haw!
Such a long day yesterday (6:30 to 10) that I didn't have time to blog it.
Met with Sully, got some data, got him rolling on his poster and a project. Then Alex, to set up our analysis meeting today; then Angela, to discuss the profiles study and make plans for profiles study part deux. Daniel and Matthew popped in and out (and I dropped in on them) to discuss their various enterprises, which are imminently going to be generating heaps of data.
Then met with Brad McAuliffe to plan our team-taught summer course.
Then did some grading and some service stuff. Yee-haw!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
M of I, Day 21
3/21, Sunday; week 3 in review:
Today I went through a bunch of teaching stuff, and hunted through some data for that second paper I'm working on (no dice). I also had a chat with my collaborator, and we devised a fix for the clothing study protocol that might just work. Scheduled a meeting with one of our realtor-types for next week, and three student meetings for tomorrow afternoon.
The week was decent, not great. No writing at all, so I need to kick that into gear while I travel. The light bulb paper got in, though, which is nice! (Forget if I blogged that or not.)
Next week, I've got to set everything in motion for the rest of the March!
Today I went through a bunch of teaching stuff, and hunted through some data for that second paper I'm working on (no dice). I also had a chat with my collaborator, and we devised a fix for the clothing study protocol that might just work. Scheduled a meeting with one of our realtor-types for next week, and three student meetings for tomorrow afternoon.
The week was decent, not great. No writing at all, so I need to kick that into gear while I travel. The light bulb paper got in, though, which is nice! (Forget if I blogged that or not.)
Next week, I've got to set everything in motion for the rest of the March!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
M of I, Day 20
3/20, Saturday:
Went through Alex's data a bit and made sure I knew what was going on; he's powering through that now. Also got Alex's 3rd committee member's signature on his thesis form. Also finalized the drink study measures. Not horrible. Tomorrow will be huge.
Went through Alex's data a bit and made sure I knew what was going on; he's powering through that now. Also got Alex's 3rd committee member's signature on his thesis form. Also finalized the drink study measures. Not horrible. Tomorrow will be huge.
Friday, March 19, 2010
M of I, Day 19
3/19, Friday:
Took a very long while, but worked through Angela's profiles data. Also, Matt's projects keep moving along, and I've got some potentially promising secondary findings in the gum data. Read Daniel's thesis rationale and methods also. Also corrected the proofs of the red pens manuscript.
One important looming thing is the clothing study - we gotta rescue this thing. Josh's idea seems like the most promising thing so far.
Spoke to another financial adviser, and hope to get an agreement in principle set before I hit the road on Wednesday.
Took a very long while, but worked through Angela's profiles data. Also, Matt's projects keep moving along, and I've got some potentially promising secondary findings in the gum data. Read Daniel's thesis rationale and methods also. Also corrected the proofs of the red pens manuscript.
One important looming thing is the clothing study - we gotta rescue this thing. Josh's idea seems like the most promising thing so far.
Spoke to another financial adviser, and hope to get an agreement in principle set before I hit the road on Wednesday.
M of I, Day 18
3/18, Thursday:
Wrote two exams! (Finished writing them anyway.) Also am moving forward on rescuing the clothing study (hopefully) and am developing measures for the drink study with Matt.
Alex will be happy to know that I have formally made plans to go to Laguna tomorrow, watch basketball, and get his form signed.
I made a mean pot of beef and veg, watched basketball, and did some key financial stuff for the house.
Wrote two exams! (Finished writing them anyway.) Also am moving forward on rescuing the clothing study (hopefully) and am developing measures for the drink study with Matt.
Alex will be happy to know that I have formally made plans to go to Laguna tomorrow, watch basketball, and get his form signed.
I made a mean pot of beef and veg, watched basketball, and did some key financial stuff for the house.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
M of I, Day 17
3/17, Wednesday:
Erin Go Bragh!
Well, I got to CSUN at 7. It's 8:53. PM. So like 14 hours so far not counting the drive. I did the following: letter for Jared Ramsburg; 6 hours of COR interviews; an NCAA tourney auction; a super-productive meeting with Simon to set up *two* studies, which is awesome.
So not bad, though I'm still behind schedule on Matt and Alex and Daniel. Fellas, let me tell ya, after I get the corned beef simmering tomorrow, I'll be cranking through your stuff. Promise.
Erin Go Bragh!
Well, I got to CSUN at 7. It's 8:53. PM. So like 14 hours so far not counting the drive. I did the following: letter for Jared Ramsburg; 6 hours of COR interviews; an NCAA tourney auction; a super-productive meeting with Simon to set up *two* studies, which is awesome.
So not bad, though I'm still behind schedule on Matt and Alex and Daniel. Fellas, let me tell ya, after I get the corned beef simmering tomorrow, I'll be cranking through your stuff. Promise.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
M of I, Day 16
3/16, Tuesday:
Today I got sunburned.
But I also did some analysis on the data Alex cranked out for us (the gum study), and moved forward - finally - on one of the service projects.
Today I got sunburned.
But I also did some analysis on the data Alex cranked out for us (the gum study), and moved forward - finally - on one of the service projects.
M of I, Day 15
3/15, Monday and week 2 in review:
Whoa, some bumps in the road for the blogging. Rest assured that the intensity did not ebb.
Portland sucked up basically all of my time from Wednesday (early flight) to Sunday (travel/recovery), and I currently have a houseguest until this evening who came from the conference with me. But I've kept most things moving - we've got virtually all of Angela's data, Matt's study(ies) are moving right along, Daniel is refining his measures, and I've negotiated keeping 360B through next spring (!).
I'm sort of spinning my wheels writing-wise, as I'm waiting for coauthors to get me things, but later this week I'll get that going again.
Whoa, some bumps in the road for the blogging. Rest assured that the intensity did not ebb.
Portland sucked up basically all of my time from Wednesday (early flight) to Sunday (travel/recovery), and I currently have a houseguest until this evening who came from the conference with me. But I've kept most things moving - we've got virtually all of Angela's data, Matt's study(ies) are moving right along, Daniel is refining his measures, and I've negotiated keeping 360B through next spring (!).
I'm sort of spinning my wheels writing-wise, as I'm waiting for coauthors to get me things, but later this week I'll get that going again.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
M of I, Day 11
3/11, Thursday:
Conference, mainly. Some idea-generating with Sully.
Finished and sent that second review.
Conference, mainly. Some idea-generating with Sully.
Finished and sent that second review.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
M of I, Day 10
3/10, Wednesday:
Well, woke up at 3:15 am and still managed to write most a review on the plane. That's pretty much it!
Our hotel room is pretty swank.
Well, woke up at 3:15 am and still managed to write most a review on the plane. That's pretty much it!
Our hotel room is pretty swank.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
M of I, Day 9
3/9, Tuesday:
Did a bit of writing on the bipartisanship manuscript, prepared for my trip to portland. Read the article I'll be tearing apart - I mean reviewing - later this week. Spent most of the day in Malibu while Rebecca worked...relaxing and pleasant day with a new happy hour discovery this evening.
Not much productivity beyond minimal writing and email planned for the next 5 days...
Did a bit of writing on the bipartisanship manuscript, prepared for my trip to portland. Read the article I'll be tearing apart - I mean reviewing - later this week. Spent most of the day in Malibu while Rebecca worked...relaxing and pleasant day with a new happy hour discovery this evening.
Not much productivity beyond minimal writing and email planned for the next 5 days...
Monday, March 8, 2010
M of I, Day 8
3/8, Monday:
Cranked out mega-letters of recommendation for Daniel and Angela, finalized my poster for APS, ordered supplies for Matt's thesis project (and moved it forward with Dan Meador), planned the administration of the clothing study with Simon and Josh, turned in IRBs for Craig (new student) and with Mirranda...lots of stuff!
Didn't get a writing block in, but I pretty much worked all day without a break today, so I can't complain.
Cranked out mega-letters of recommendation for Daniel and Angela, finalized my poster for APS, ordered supplies for Matt's thesis project (and moved it forward with Dan Meador), planned the administration of the clothing study with Simon and Josh, turned in IRBs for Craig (new student) and with Mirranda...lots of stuff!
Didn't get a writing block in, but I pretty much worked all day without a break today, so I can't complain.
M of I, week 1 in review
Worth doing a quick check-in weekly, I think (even if I'm 7 hours late).
Overall, not my best, but not bad either. Got a review and a poster done, and have two studies about to hit the ground running. Caught up on classes for the near future, and made good progress on house stuff. Looking at the month's goals...
1) as noted, about to start two of them.
2) did some work with five of these folks, which is decent. have to step up a bit on this one.
3) could step up here too, although I got two internal grants and a poster out this week, so I give myself a bit of a pass.
4) one down, one to go.
5) DONE
6) need to make the steps more concrete here, I think, and also stop procrastinating.
7) as noted, good house progress, but have not done well with the car.
8) riiiight.
Overall, not my best, but not bad either. Got a review and a poster done, and have two studies about to hit the ground running. Caught up on classes for the near future, and made good progress on house stuff. Looking at the month's goals...
1) as noted, about to start two of them.
2) did some work with five of these folks, which is decent. have to step up a bit on this one.
3) could step up here too, although I got two internal grants and a poster out this week, so I give myself a bit of a pass.
4) one down, one to go.
5) DONE
6) need to make the steps more concrete here, I think, and also stop procrastinating.
7) as noted, good house progress, but have not done well with the car.
8) riiiight.
M of I, Day 7
Sunday, March 7:
Basically all I did was do my APS poster, which took forever. Couple little errands done, a bit of time wasted, but pretty much just that.
Basically all I did was do my APS poster, which took forever. Couple little errands done, a bit of time wasted, but pretty much just that.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
M of I, Day 6
3/6, Saturday:
Woke up feeling crappy and exhausted, so basically took most of the day off. Started my APS poster, exchanged a few emails with students, did a lot of my lecture for Monday, wrote an IRB. Tomorrow will be (appropriately) intense.
Heading out for "Night of the Yeti".
Woke up feeling crappy and exhausted, so basically took most of the day off. Started my APS poster, exchanged a few emails with students, did a lot of my lecture for Monday, wrote an IRB. Tomorrow will be (appropriately) intense.
Heading out for "Night of the Yeti".
Friday, March 5, 2010
M of I, Day 5
3/5, Friday:
Finished and turned in the Beck, darted around doing errands, had a productive subject pool committee meeting, a less productive faculty meeting, dealt a mortal wound to comp exams for the GE program (sorry guys - won't take effect for a while, I think). Met briefly with some students to keep projects rolling, and we are in good shape for studies in the very very near future. Then was tired enough when I got home that I basically crashed on the couch.
Then a happy hour drink with R, now off to a cookout on the Eastside. Lots of quality time with SPSS tomorrow.
Finished and turned in the Beck, darted around doing errands, had a productive subject pool committee meeting, a less productive faculty meeting, dealt a mortal wound to comp exams for the GE program (sorry guys - won't take effect for a while, I think). Met briefly with some students to keep projects rolling, and we are in good shape for studies in the very very near future. Then was tired enough when I got home that I basically crashed on the couch.
Then a happy hour drink with R, now off to a cookout on the Eastside. Lots of quality time with SPSS tomorrow.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
M of I, Day 4
3/4, Thursday:
Wasted a lot of time today. Ignored some things I should have done, played some video games, skipped jujitsu.
But did manage to meet with two mortgage guys, write most of a Beck grant, do a mini-lit search and bounce an idea back to a potential coauthor.
Not too strong.
Wasted a lot of time today. Ignored some things I should have done, played some video games, skipped jujitsu.
But did manage to meet with two mortgage guys, write most of a Beck grant, do a mini-lit search and bounce an idea back to a potential coauthor.
Not too strong.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
M of I, Day 3
3/3, Wednesday:
Man, days at school are challenging, what with the classes and all. But today was decent. Basically just moved a bunch of things a little further along: planned/scheduled runs for the gum study and the clothing study, sketched out a method for the gum study, met with several students (including a guy with a crazy new idea that is promising enough that I think it's going to have to be added to the list for April). Took another pass through the bipartisanship manuscript and sent it to my coauthor...and figured out what I want to do for the Beck (only one, not two) and started kind of scratching at it.
Now, much of this occurred while watching MMA and cuddling with the puppy, and there was a little bit of Wii sprinkled in there.
Also, keeping that house thing going, I assembled all my financial stuff for meetings with mortgage people tomorrow.
Man, days at school are challenging, what with the classes and all. But today was decent. Basically just moved a bunch of things a little further along: planned/scheduled runs for the gum study and the clothing study, sketched out a method for the gum study, met with several students (including a guy with a crazy new idea that is promising enough that I think it's going to have to be added to the list for April). Took another pass through the bipartisanship manuscript and sent it to my coauthor...and figured out what I want to do for the Beck (only one, not two) and started kind of scratching at it.
Now, much of this occurred while watching MMA and cuddling with the puppy, and there was a little bit of Wii sprinkled in there.
Also, keeping that house thing going, I assembled all my financial stuff for meetings with mortgage people tomorrow.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
M of I, Day 2
3/2, Tuesday:
Today was pretty solid.
Morning started kinda slowly, but not only started but finished a review that's due Thursday. Sent stuff for the profiles study to the judges. Lined up a speaker for Science Cafe's May meeting. Did a bunch of lecture-writing and other errandy things. Managed to get a quick writing block in, a partial pass through the bipartisanship manuscript.
And had time for a nice glass of wine at BottleRock with the girl.
Oh, and did my taxes, which is a prereq for the whole house-buying thing.
Today was pretty solid.
Morning started kinda slowly, but not only started but finished a review that's due Thursday. Sent stuff for the profiles study to the judges. Lined up a speaker for Science Cafe's May meeting. Did a bunch of lecture-writing and other errandy things. Managed to get a quick writing block in, a partial pass through the bipartisanship manuscript.
And had time for a nice glass of wine at BottleRock with the girl.
Oh, and did my taxes, which is a prereq for the whole house-buying thing.
M of I, Day 1
3/1, Monday (again):
The first day of the enterprise wasn't bad, really, considering. I had a ton of things to catch up on that don't qualify as goals, like lectures to write, forms to fill out, and meetings of various kinds to have. I did manage to obliterate most of those items, turned in an internal grant application, and met with a few students to move projects along. Didn't get a chance to write, but I was coming off a 7-day writing streak, so it's cool.
All forms for clothing, gum, and drink studies have been turned in to Dan; I'll follow up Tuesday to make sure they're in the system.
I'll check in again on Tuesday night!
The first day of the enterprise wasn't bad, really, considering. I had a ton of things to catch up on that don't qualify as goals, like lectures to write, forms to fill out, and meetings of various kinds to have. I did manage to obliterate most of those items, turned in an internal grant application, and met with a few students to move projects along. Didn't get a chance to write, but I was coming off a 7-day writing streak, so it's cool.
All forms for clothing, gum, and drink studies have been turned in to Dan; I'll follow up Tuesday to make sure they're in the system.
I'll check in again on Tuesday night!
The Concept
3/1, Monday:
Welcome, B.A.D.A.S.S.ers and accountability partners, to the blog of INTENSE MARCH (or as Alex put it, "March of Intensity," which sounds like we're going somewhere). The point of this absurd exercise (the blog, not the March) is to force myself to scrutinize my time management, and publicly/honestly describe it, so that this time is as productive as I want it to be.
Note that INTENSE MARCH extends until 4/5.
During INTENSE MARCH, I intend to accomplish the following things...
1) run three studies, including: (most of) the clothing study, the gum study, and the drink study.
2) work with Daniel, Angela, Matthew, Simon, Mirranda, Jackie, Sully and Erin (and perhaps others?) to run, initiate, and/or analyze studies of their own.
3) finish work on two manuscripts (the bipartisanship manuscript, the coalitions manuscript).
4) write two reviews.
5) apply for at least one and perhaps two Beck Grants.
6) initiate two major service projects: Science Cafe and Undergraduate Peer Mentoring.
7) complete various fairly important errands, like buying my house, registering my car, renewing my license, going to the doctor and/or dentist, etc.
8) exercise, at least a little bit.
Holy mackerel. Good thing I have those 5 extra days.
Anyway, the idea here is to, each day, record what I have done that day, and use the powers of pride and shame to motivate me to work efficiently and happily, to be as productive and stress-free as I can.
Thanks for helping! Comment at will.
Welcome, B.A.D.A.S.S.ers and accountability partners, to the blog of INTENSE MARCH (or as Alex put it, "March of Intensity," which sounds like we're going somewhere). The point of this absurd exercise (the blog, not the March) is to force myself to scrutinize my time management, and publicly/honestly describe it, so that this time is as productive as I want it to be.
Note that INTENSE MARCH extends until 4/5.
During INTENSE MARCH, I intend to accomplish the following things...
1) run three studies, including: (most of) the clothing study, the gum study, and the drink study.
2) work with Daniel, Angela, Matthew, Simon, Mirranda, Jackie, Sully and Erin (and perhaps others?) to run, initiate, and/or analyze studies of their own.
3) finish work on two manuscripts (the bipartisanship manuscript, the coalitions manuscript).
4) write two reviews.
5) apply for at least one and perhaps two Beck Grants.
6) initiate two major service projects: Science Cafe and Undergraduate Peer Mentoring.
7) complete various fairly important errands, like buying my house, registering my car, renewing my license, going to the doctor and/or dentist, etc.
8) exercise, at least a little bit.
Holy mackerel. Good thing I have those 5 extra days.
Anyway, the idea here is to, each day, record what I have done that day, and use the powers of pride and shame to motivate me to work efficiently and happily, to be as productive and stress-free as I can.
Thanks for helping! Comment at will.
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