April Research Thread

[Parasaurolophus]

Grading and T1.

[Parasaurolophus]

Grading and T1.

Some, but not enough.

[Parasaurolophus]

Today, I've got a letter for a colleague to update/write, and marking to do.

Edit: eep, remembered I have to defend a new course for the department before the faculty senate committee. Sigh. So much for getting stuff done.

[Parasaurolophus]

Today, I've got a letter for a colleague to update/write, and marking to do.

Edit: eep, remembered I have to defend a new course for the department before the faculty senate committee. Sigh. So much for getting stuff done.

Progress acceptable.

[Myword]

 Finishing my reply tojournal article, 4000 words. Almost half my own views on topic
So it is not enough for a full article. Question: maybe put my own ideas in an appendix?
 because they are too long for footnotes. Journal doesn't accept end notes that I prefer.

 And it is sent out for review. But not to the author, but he can respond to it.

[Parasaurolophus]

Mostly have to grade today, though I'd like to do a small of chunk of T1. We'll see.

[Parasaurolophus]

Mostly have to grade today, though I'd like to do a small of chunk of T1. We'll see.

Acceptable progress on both fronts.

[Parasaurolophus]

Only grading today. Ugh.

[Parasaurolophus]

Only grading today. Ugh.

All done save for stragglers and inputting.

[Parasaurolophus]

Inputting grades, then... just streamlining T1, and maybe making more headway on that referee report.

[Wahoo Redux]

Been doing some creative writing and I keep getting newspaper assignments.

But I am posting this here so I will make myself do it: tomorrow I will open up that revise-and-resubmit and readers' comments and make a plan.

[Parasaurolophus]

Inputting grades, then... just streamlining T1, and maybe making more headway on that referee report.

Managed a bit of T1 after the grades.

[Parasaurolophus]

T1 and refereeing today. Got a new referee request this morning, too, from a top subfield journal which specifically noted my 'general expertise', which is nice.

[Parasaurolophus]

T1 and refereeing today. Got a new referee request this morning, too, from a top subfield journal which specifically noted my 'general expertise', which is nice.

Good progress on T1 (I wish I didn't keep finding errors!), and read the new paper. No writing, though. Alas.

[Wahoo Redux]

Been doing some creative writing and I keep getting newspaper assignments.

But I am posting this here so I will make myself do it: tomorrow I will open up that revise-and-resubmit and readers' comments and make a plan.

Good on me.  I began making preliminary revisions to the manuscript. 

Part of the issue is that one reader's report was so generalized it is hard to know where to start, just the sense that this 'paper is really good' but 'more needs to be done'; and the second reader's report was so overwritten and over-saturated with critiques, going off on tangents and suggestions from far left-field that had nothing to do with the argument, that it was worthless----probably someone doing their very first peer-review and getting too excited about it (I may mention that when I send this back).

But at least I got the ball rolling.