One accepted paper later, and I’m off to the Gold Coast in July. I’m waiting for a bit of clarification on the status of the reviewer comments (aka I had an abstract acceptance e-mail and I submitted a chapter), although that doesn’t impact on the key take out point… live on stage at the [...]

I’m using a new method of notetaking where I keep my files organised in Excel/OpenOffice Calc so that I can do quick searches when I need a reference for a concept as I’m writing my papers. At the end of the project, I’m combining the notes files with the reference lists so that I [...]

I am a digital pack rat. I have 4000+ PDF files as I have a tendency to save to disk rather than print, and I like to build up an archive around my various marketing papers, books and other research. The downside has been that I originally saved files by project keyword (eg [...]

A day worth remembering.
A Phd Student completed her thesis
A second PhD student submitted her thesis
A journal paper was submitted with a good friend and coauthor.
A journal sent me an edited version of my paper for my approval. Normally authors do the edits for the approval of the editor, not the other way around
Then came the [...]

This is how I’ve taken to deciding if I should respond to a call for papers, or a research project, or an offer to go for lunch.