Danielle Lucksted
markStages of getting into a new research thing
1. No one has thought of this
2. Oh, some people have, but it’s not exactly the same
3. Oh, it’s exactly the same
4. OMG, everyone already knows about this, but they all call it something different
Steve Lindsay@mjb Psych Bull is calling!
Noémi K. Schuurman@mjb Convergence! 
Matt BK"Reservoir Engineering," meet "Hydrogeology."
Wojciech Ufel@mjb I have just had a talk about it with a friend recently and I've managed to convince her that it's not a problem, but rather otherwise - a good indicator! Let's face it - ideas are worth pennies! We can have hundreds of them in an hour, easily! But what's really worthwhile are those long hours spent working on these ideas, mastering the concepts and words. And in this time they always develop in new directions, usually somewhat original. And if we do that, we will write something different!
@wufel yeah, it’s all good and part of the process.
Ellen L. Simms
Chris Burgess@mjb open source has this! Or perhaps invented it.
(just jokes, open source invented this at least hundreds of times)
Allison O@mjb my doctoral research topic was NZ's 1st official warco. As a journo a first of anything is interesting and important. I was onto a good thing. I knew nothing of the man. He turned out to be what a colleague called a "plonker" - probably a bit harsh. Asked at a conference why I picked him, I answered the above. It was rather anticlimactic to find he was an ordinary, flawed human, not a hero. C'est la vie.
Pait@mjb Or
1. Everyone must know this
2. Someone must have thought of this
3. No one will give me a reference so I need to submit this for publication
4. Referee report says result is of unusual type so can’t be published
1. Everyone must know this
2. Someone must have thought of this
3. No one will give me a reference so I need to submit this for publication
4. Referee report says result is of unusual type so can’t be published
Christopher Trudeau@mjb I feel seen!
Alice de Sampaio Kalkuhl@mjb I'm always delighted when I see somebody has already done something, because then I can try this with new data without having to reinvent the methods from scratch.
Jon Bakos@mjb I'm at Step 2 on something right now and this time, THIS TIME it won't proceed any further - I'm sure of it!
@jonbakos fingers crossed!
Brett Heindl@mjb 3(a). They all wrote this 10 years ago but it’s tedious as hell so I can name-check it and move on to the good stuff
Frank Bennett 🇯🇵@mjb On the other hand...
This is my desk. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My desk is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. My desk, without me, is useless. Without my desk, I am useless. I must scribble truth atop my desk. I must scribble faster than my colleague who is trying to publish before me. I must critique him before he critiques me. ...
@mjb My desk and myself know that what counts in this community is not the articles we write, the followers of our social media accounts, nor the press appearances we make. We know that it is the citations that count. My desk is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it's drawers as the drawers of my brother. I will learn its squeaks, its sharp corners, its finish, its memorable smudges, its swingarms and its monitors. ...
@mjb I will ever guard it against the ravages of spilled coffee and damage as I will ever guard my eyes, my fingers, my wrists, and my aching spinal column against further damage. I will keep my desk clean and tidy. We will become part of each other. Before Christ, Buddha, and Elvis Presley I swear this creed. My desk and myself are the defenders of my university even though I may have retired. We are the masters of our field. ...
@mjb We are the saviors of my modest pension. So be it, until education is triumphant, there is no wilful ignorance, but only pride in knowledge, that every living soul may be mistaken at the top of their voice!