Category Archives: communication

This.

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

(“Federal scientist unfairly silenced, union says” – CBC News) I wonder how long this whole social media experiment of direct communication with The People will last… (My favourite comment on the cat photo album: “Please don’t eat this one, Prime … Continue reading →

Posted in bad people, Canada, communication, current affairs, environment, furry friends, politics, science | 13 Comments

Update on two previous posts…

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

…because I know you’ve all been on the edge of your seats. 1) We had the “good riddance, pink form!” party that my colleague suggested when our internal grant review form was retired. Someone made pink cupcakes, I brought pink … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, food glorious food, grant wrangling, meta, personal, photos, silliness | 7 Comments

On the sauce: reflections.

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Mr E Man’s quest to find the best ribs in Vancouver is over: he’s admitted that he’s unlikely to find anywhere that makes them better than Ouisi’s does, and so that’s where we found ourselves when a craving hit him … Continue reading →

Posted in communication, first world problems, food glorious food, freakishness, personal, science, silliness | 28 Comments

Tuesday Pet Peeve: shoulder check

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m a reasonably competent computer user. I can’t do anything fancy, but I’ve got the basics down pat. And I’ve built up my folder (and sub-folder and sub-sub-folder and sub-sub-sub-folder) structure in a very logical manner that allows me to … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, personal, plagues, rants, technology | 19 Comments

Repost: finding the alternatives within academia

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

This is a re-post of some career advice I wrote lo these many years ago for the Alternative Scientist blog, which is/was written by a group of bloggers for researchers considering careers other than traditional tenure-track research and/or teaching. The … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, personal, science | 17 Comments

Weekend fun: my next tweet

Posted on April 16, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Many, many thanks to Kimli for alerting me to “That Can Be My Next Tweet!“, a tool that creates mash-ups of bits and pieces of your most recent tweets to create much hilarity. My twitter stream is kinda schizophrenic at … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada, communication, current affairs, cycling, English language, politics, science, silliness, technology | 35 Comments

Paging Doctor Clueless!

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

A story from way back in the mists of time… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A good friend of mine had an absolutely terrible time during her PhD, worse than anyone I know: her two co-supervisors had a fight and stopped talking to each … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, English language, idiocy, science | 11 Comments

Typo-chondria

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I received an interesting request last week from one of my colleagues: “Please provide an update on the [gene name] ozone OCD”. The email in question was sent to me, several other colleagues, and some of our external collaborators. The tell-tale … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, English language, technology | 8 Comments

Project management: go with the flow

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Both grants have been submitted, my desk and email inbox have been tidied, and sanity has been (partially) restored. That was one crazy round of CIHR grant applications, even more so than usual, but – as always – we pulled … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, grant wrangling, science, whining | 17 Comments

Friday funny

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’ve been saving this for a miserable wet Friday just like this one! Recent conversation… New colleague: “How’s it going?” Me: “Meh” NC: “What’s up?” Me: “I’m having some issues with [PI’s] ethics” NC, eyes widening dramatically: “OMG! What did … Continue reading →

Posted in career, communication, grant wrangling, silliness | 7 Comments