Lots of things have been happening lately. My ICWSM paper has been approved! Though it needs to be re-written as a short-format paper, before the end of the week. That means that I will be able to attend the conference in Barcelona (mid July), and meet a bunch of interesting people working in the social media field. This makes me happy ( Read more... )

I'm working on a "virtual safe" project at work - finding out the legal implications of having electronic versions of your important documents stored online by a third-party service provider. Some documents (watermarked birth certificates, etc) can't readily be digitised; some are easy (account numbers and share certificates), and some are a bit ( Read more... )

Candidature review presentation is done - I have just walked out of the presentation room ( Read more... )

The RMIT pay office finally realised that I've been working for them since the beginning of February. This is good! It means that my bank account isn't full of negative numbers any more, and I can pay some of the bills that I've been neglecting lately ( Read more... )

I now have (or had, when I checked on Wednesday morning) a desk at RMIT. This is good ( Read more... )

So, last Friday night I recieved an email addressed to "Dear Prospective Student." It gave details for a compulsory Business Research Methods course, running from the 2nd - 18th of March... held in the city from 9:30 - 12:30 every weekday. It's trampled all over any plans I had for the current fortnight, and reintroduced me to the wonders of long ( Read more... )