[new toys at the ioct]

Andy Hugill, director of the IOCT, received a brand-spanking-new-fun-techie-toy and now I want one (hint hint!!! it's going on my tech. wish list btw). First Sue Thomas got one, then Andy followed suit...and now me. I think Sue has started an ioct-trend!

[seaside]

[shameless ego boost!]

Catching up on some blog reading today and happily found myself reading Ruth Page's excellent Digital Narratives blog... her most recent post couldn't have been better (for me anyway!)

Ruth hasn't blogged for a while as she's been super busy and she tells us a few things that formed part of her hectic schedule...including me:

"...and then examining a PhD (which was an absolute pleasure and successful for the candidate - well done Jess)."


ahhhh. basking in some good vibes.

Thanks Ruth!

[site stats]

More ego-searching though interesting to see what my readers are using (well, for the first 2 weeks of Oct. anyway):

[signs i'm getting older]

1. I found one single, errant, silver hair on my head...and pulled it out


2. I was pleasantly surprised (though appeared nonchalant) when the shop cashier checked whether I was old enough to buy a (laguiole) knife set...

[to-do list]

Today I have:

• Written next week's post for Frontline Books
• Researched the Creative Industries in the U.K.
• Written "sexy" (or sexyish) copy for a conference on creative industry
• Read my usual blogs
• Answered (or at least attempted to) work e-mails
• Completed tasks relating to work e-mails
• Finished presentation for Tuesday's Transliteracy Colloquium
• Began work on paper to be submitted for the Multimodal Narratives conference collection
• Read two papers on multimodality and learning
• Checked train times for my EARLY trip up to Leicester on Tuesday
• Wrote 1.5 pages of chapter 4! woo hoo!
• posted to my blog

I still have to:

• Write chapter 4!!!
• Read - well, loads really!
• Answer other e-mails
• Write 2 papers
• Create 2 presentations (more on those later)
• go food shopping (that's sooo boring)
• and way too many things to actually list here