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Un-spam-tacular
09 July 07 05:42 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   

Here's something amusing yet annoying which happened to me over the last few days. Last Thursday evening I finished another version of a chapter. So, the standard process is for SupB to read through it first. They then give me comments, which I deal with Read More...

Filed under: supervisor, email, spam

The Wait is Probably Over
04 July 07 05:47 PM | wayne.griffiths | 4 Comments   

As a counterpart to Karen's post, here's evidence that it doesn't always go the way that you want it to. Yes, this will sound overly cynical, but I am writing 'from the heart' and it is perhaps a result of the amount of stress on me at the moment. Some Read More...

Filed under: employment, career, employers, email, interviews, stress

Veni, vidi, sed non possum vicere
27 June 07 04:29 PM | wayne.griffiths | 5 Comments   

It seems sometimes that these days I just can't win. A big part of the problem is having two supervisors to satisfy. Let's say SupA is currently overseas and SupB is here. Now SupA is the main supervisor so ultimately it's them that I need to appease, Read More...

Filed under: thesis, supervisor, time, meetings, email, consistency

Day In The Life (Part VI)
20 June 07 06:46 PM | wayne.griffiths | 0 Comments   

I really haven't been productive (thesis-)writing-wise today. I found there was a niggling problem with what I was trying to prove. Fortunately, some webpages and a colleague came to the rescue, and with what appears to be some quite legal hand-waving Read More...

Filed under: email, A Day In The Life

How long is too long?
11 June 07 12:36 PM | wayne.griffiths | 1 Comments   

No, I don't mean about thesis length - I'm well within the limits there. Instead, I'm talking about how long one should be expected to wait to hear back from employers. I am still dumbfounded by the lack of response from many of the employers to whom Read More...

Filed under: time, employment, career, employers, email

Ignorance isn't bliss
28 May 07 03:07 PM | wayne.griffiths | 3 Comments   

I used to think that I had good written communications skills, but now I'm not so sure. The reason? I have sent quite a few emails over recent weeks on various matters, however a large portion of them seem to have been ignored. I'm trying to work out Read More...

Filed under: writing, ignorance, email