{"id":2473,"date":"2013-11-09T00:53:52","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T00:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/?p=2473"},"modified":"2013-11-09T00:53:52","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T00:53:52","slug":"rearranging-the-desk-chairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2013\/11\/09\/rearranging-the-desk-chairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Rearranging the desk chairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once a fortnight, we have a team meeting in the boardroom of our main research building. It’s a room that’s much in demand, so we often have to wait a few minutes past the hour before we can get in – and this week we then had to tidy up the crackers and crumbs thereof that the group before us had left scattered all over the desks. Fun!<\/p>\n

The arrangement of desks and chairs in the room varies quite widely, from a solid block to separate rows to a skinny horseshoe to a chunky horseshoe. However, yesterday was the first time I’d seen this set-up:<\/p>\n

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We’re wondering if a PI somewhere in the building just got a grant to study whether you can accurately gauge an academic’s reaction to a presentation by having a team of people study the back of their head… something to do with giving early-career researchers tools to judge whether they should ask a question at a conference or let the bigwigs up front deal with it… any other suggestions?<\/p>\n

(I’ll be away for the next three weeks, but there’ll be a “where in the world was Cath this month?” photo challenge when I get back. Our tenant is looking after our house and kitties while we’re away, so I suggest you don’t break in – he’s a big dude. Kthxbai!).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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