Category Archives: academic life

RSS @ AGU

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Chris Rowan

Am I the only one to miss that AGU have finally got their online act together and are now providing RSS feeds for their journals? They even have feeds for newly published articles in particular subdisciplines, like geochemistry, or structural … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, publication

Blogging Transitions – some initial thoughts

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Chris Rowan

People change, and thus, so will their blogs. How do we cope with this?
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Categories: academic life, bloggery

The best field areas are the ones that you haven’t seen yet

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Chris Rowan

A scarily long time ago, now, I spent a summer walking around a small area in North Wales, just south of Snowdon. This was the field area for my undergraduate mapping project, which was a big turning point in my … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, fieldwork, general science

So far, this is proving worryingly true

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Chris Rowan

Full arc here, here and here. I guess the more serious question is: at what stage do you say, “maybe this isn’t going to work out?” I don’t think that I could endure six consecutive two-year postdocs without feeling that … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, bloggery