Blog
Occasional writing — notes, reflections, and things worth sharing.
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Once it is written it will be here.
Archived posts
Posts from my previous blog, preserved here as they were written — a record of the PhD years and beyond.
Realising it has been a while
It is time for me to start to update this blog and push out some of my writings etc. As I look at what is here, it is…
Passion Planner
I really like the look of this planner. I am now thinking that 2015 might just be the time to move back to a paper planner.
Getting Organised
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Project 3.01 in the CRCSI
It is more than a year ago now that I started working with the CRCSI on the Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) program, also known as Program 3. The…
Time to Update the Publications
Today was the day, it was time to update my publications listing with the publications from the past couple of years. So they are all there now and…
Eye Tracking
Tracking the human eye is a fascinating science. Recently I was one of the supervisors of an Honours student in an eye tracking study. From the thesis we…
The actual thesis: A Software Inspection Methodology for Cognitive Improvement in Software Engineering
So here it is. Four years in the making and it is now available. If you are suffering from insomnia one evening and need something that will put…
Distinguishing the Virtual World from the Real World…
In a Rolling Stone magazine on November 7, 2007 William Gibson stated: “ One of the things our grandchildren will find quaintest about us is that we distinguish…
It is finally over
On February 12, 2010, I submitted my PhD thesis for examination. Something that was supposed to be completed back in September 2009, well that is at least when…
What really has changed
While reading the Report on a conference sponsored by the NATO SCIENCE COMMITTEE Garmisch, Germany, 7th to 11th October 1968, I was amazed to read the opening comments…
Clarifying Definitions
thesis (noun): 1. a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved: his central thesis is that psychological life is not…
Thesis Writing Using Agile Principles
Over this weekend I have spent much time attempting to work out how to reach my goal for this month: draft 1 of my thesis completed by May…
New Papers Uploaded
I’ve just uploaded my final papers for the IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies (DEST 2009) and for the 7th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics…
Thesis writing is underway.
Three years into the PhD and thesis writing is happening. A long time ago I set out my thesis structure with chapters and potential sections to those chapters.…
2009 has begun
First blog post for 2009. The work year got underway for me yesterday with my first day back in the “office.” The plan for the year is to…
Zoacodes
I had an interesting evening listing to Ebon Fisher last night as he gave a Keynote address at the IT Revolutions conference. I was most fortunate to then…
At IT Revolutions 2008
I’m currently attending and presenting at the IT Revolutions 2008 conference. So far it has been a very interesting conference. Some most fantastic papers, especially the stuff on…
Transcribing Data for Analysis
A large amount of my more recent research has required data collection through the “Think-aloud” protocol. Collecting the data is not difficult, participants are setup with a headset,…
Publication at IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training 2009 (CSEE&T 2009)
I’ve just uploaded a copy of the paper that I will present at CSEE&T in Hyderabad, India next year. You will find it in the Publications section.
Humour: Sub-Prime Crisis Explained
Young Chuck moved to Texas and bought a Donkey from a farmer for $100. The farmer agreed to deliver the Donkey the next day. The next day he…
Honours Thesis Uploaded
It just went up onto the Publications page, my Honours thesis.
More publications for download
The Publications page has been updated again since yesterday. There are a total of three downloadable articles there. One to go now, just the Honours thesis/dissertation to go.…
Updating has begun
I have started to update my Publications area. I’ve added a list of publications that I have authored or co-authored and at this stage one even has a…