tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post5928126236551545991..comments2023-11-02T19:46:44.577+11:00Comments on Fumbling Towards Geekdom: A day in the lifeStyleyGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-91354380995936796432007-08-17T15:41:00.000+10:002007-08-17T15:41:00.000+10:00Jana, those are helpful suggestions. I'm not actu...Jana, those are helpful suggestions. I'm not actually looking to be more productive on Wednesdays, since they are already so crazy. I think my problem is that I spend half the rest of the week recovering from Wednesdays and that's where I need to start saving time.<BR/><BR/>Kelly, I guess I do count as a "lecturer". I find American titles confusing! I think the big difference is that in the USA, any academic counts as a "professor", whereas here you are only a professor if you have an endowed chair. The other difference that confuses me is that you guys distinguish between "faculty" and "staff" (= academic vs non-academic employees?) and we don't. Generally a lecturer/professor would consider themselves to be "staff". We don't really use the word "faculty" at all, except to distinguish between the different schools in the university, e.g. faculty of arts, faculty of science, etc.StyleyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-353077577927331212007-08-17T02:52:00.000+10:002007-08-17T02:52:00.000+10:00I'm finding these day in the life posts interestin...I'm finding these day in the life posts interesting (yours and a's). I think it's a useful exercise in terms of comparison but also for posterity, no? There are times in my past when I was extraordinarily productive and I can't imagine now how I did it.wwwmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00854956255179637714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-42149283518899814402007-08-16T14:16:00.000+10:002007-08-16T14:16:00.000+10:00It's a good thing you put that disclaimer at the b...It's a good thing you put that disclaimer at the bottom, because if my days were anything like your Wednesdays then I'd never get anything done!<BR/><BR/>You sound like a real academic now, what with all of the teaching and being flummoxed by students. Are you a "lecturer" now? Sometimes I still can't figure out these NZ/Aus academic hierarchies - the titles are a little different than the US ones.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03156061776476400701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-47112800162929923512007-08-16T14:12:00.000+10:002007-08-16T14:12:00.000+10:00I don't see how you could save much time in that d...I don't see how you could save much time in that day, to be honest, except to work more quickly. Is that possible, or are you already at maximum efficiency?<BR/><BR/>I have the concentration span of a gnat, but I do find that one of the best ways to get things done is to organise blocks of time in which to get things done (research and writing, for example). Your day is - atypically? - very splintered, so it's hard to get that done.<BR/><BR/>I also find the two-minute rule very helpful: if you can do something within two minutes, do it immediately, otherwise put it in a task pile for which you've set aside a block of time later on.Nicolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13330366795341751766noreply@blogger.com