mission thesis
happy new year to y'all! as with new year tradition, i took stock... of the thesis. it has come to my attention that there is only 2 months to go until i am to submit my thesis. in the hopes of attaining my goal, i have procrastinated a little (cmon cmon, hear me out first), and produced a graph of my progress to date courtesy of bellygraph.com (pretty aint she?). it will appear on the left as this moment nears.
Fig 1. Belly graph of my thesis progress to date.
As you can see from Figure 1, it's not very flattering.
FAQ.
Q. So, your new years resolution was to start your thesis?
A. Noooo.... i started writing my thesis in november 2006 but was distracted from it by various things - the most credible one being a paper accepted in CIKM 2007 (which took up the best part of 2007). i recommenced writing seriously and productively from september 2007 onwards.
Q. Ok, so you need to write 8 chapters then?
A. No, actually 5 chapters + a long appendix. Initially it was to be 7 chapters and a short appendix but 2 chapters were squished into the appendix and 2 other existing chapters
Q. You've written 2.8 chapters? Why is the number of chapters written a non-integer number and how do you calculate that?!
A. I have lots of fragmented writing for every chapter except the conclusion. That still needs to be written.
Q. Right then, good luck.
A. Hmm, that's not really a question is it?
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ok. time to get down to it. hope you can monitor my progress with me (and prod me if you think it's going too slow :S).
Fig 1. Belly graph of my thesis progress to date.
As you can see from Figure 1, it's not very flattering.
FAQ.
Q. So, your new years resolution was to start your thesis?
A. Noooo.... i started writing my thesis in november 2006 but was distracted from it by various things - the most credible one being a paper accepted in CIKM 2007 (which took up the best part of 2007). i recommenced writing seriously and productively from september 2007 onwards.
Q. Ok, so you need to write 8 chapters then?
A. No, actually 5 chapters + a long appendix. Initially it was to be 7 chapters and a short appendix but 2 chapters were squished into the appendix and 2 other existing chapters
Q. You've written 2.8 chapters? Why is the number of chapters written a non-integer number and how do you calculate that?!
A. I have lots of fragmented writing for every chapter except the conclusion. That still needs to be written.
Q. Right then, good luck.
A. Hmm, that's not really a question is it?
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ok. time to get down to it. hope you can monitor my progress with me (and prod me if you think it's going too slow :S).
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