Semester Scramble: Aftermath

So what do you do when you finish a huge project that’s been sapping your time and energy for months?

If you’ve ever been a student (or worked in an environment with tight, immutable deadlines) you’ll know exactly what that’s like.  You rush through everything right up until the last minute in order to finish it all on time.  Sometimes you work late into the night for a few weeks ahead of [Read More]

Return of the Student


It’s great to be back.

So great that the statement deserved a line of its own.  It’s been nearly a week since I was hacked and thought I’d lost everything on this blog.  Not looking to belabour the point here, because I’ve actually been snapped up for a guest post about it tomorrow over at Website in a Weekend (I’ll [Read More]

Results and some Waffle

No wonder he hit 0 at question 4...

Dr Egg's Desk: The reason he hit zero.

Introduction

Last week (and a few days, but who’s counting?) I proposed a game.  It wasn’t a difficult game, and it didn’t have many rules – There were a series of questions to answer, and you gained or lost points dependant on your answers. If you reached zero at any point you were meant to stop [Read More]

I want to play a game

Our game isn't quite as complicated as Chess

I want to play a game.

The Prize:

Complete the game with the criteria I choose and I’ll do a post for you – audio, video, written – on a topic you decide. Alternatively, if you don’t have a blog, you get to choose the topic of a post for next week (and I then have to create it.  Be gentle!).  Should [Read More]

What’s wrong with being who you are?

Don't let the aliens find out what's in your head before you do

How often have we heard the phrase ‘Be who you are’?  Probably too often, I can tell from the rolling eyes in the back there.  We’re going to talk about it anyway, because without this firmly in place you’re going to fail.  What’s more, you’re going to fail so badly you might not even realize you’ve [Read More]