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An update to my text file outlining PhD ideas. Some new ideas have been added, some sections rearranged and the potential theoretical contributions section has been expanded. This builds on the work viewed and discussed at the Leeds conference.As ...
In what may become a monthly ritual I've changed the name of the blog, leaving behind the descriptive pleasantries of snowflakes, Voltaire and Hogarth for something more prosaic and... useful. 'Intermittent notes' seems to be about right because t...
I noted some thoughts while at the Big Tent Festival last weekend, setting up a possible structure for the PhD. There's scope to rebuild my 'ideas' document around this, which I'm sure I'll get around to some time. 1. Use of technology at events: ...
Two recent/ongoing examples have informed my thoughts a little regarding unplanned events, principally the amount of work that has gone into planning them. So much so in fact that to call them unplanned is in many ways a misnomer; 'ambush' events ...
Tasmania was a really good part of my travels. I was very well looked after by Greg Ramsay and his family, who live in various parts of the island - you should check out Greg's expanding golf and distilling empire. You may wish to read this alongs...
This journal entry was sent from Tasmania, where I got to spend a full month. I'll post two travelogues in quick succession as they sit nicely together, though with little introduction from me in 2010 as I wrote plenty at the time!
Before setting off to attempt the West Highland Way I let my good friend Bob that it would be na??vet?? and perseverance that would get me through it. Na??vet?? because I did no training and have little recent track record to suggest I'd be OK without...
I continued my focus on theoretical and methodological papers today, singling out Allan Jepson's work on 'Power, Hegemony and Relationships' in particular. He followed the journey of a large scale event in Derby from initiation to evaluation, char...
The second full day of the Global Events Congress IV has been very rewarding, I've really enjoyed it. I may have mentioned this, but the great and the good of event management are all together in the same room - just about everyone who's work I've...
That's right isn't it? Chicken Little was the chap worried about the sky falling in, though I don't know any more than that. Just as I don't really know how smartly I'm supposed to dress for this evening's conference dinner. No matter, I shall fin...
When I was young and in my first couple of undergraduate years I loved the way my lecturers' publications would crop up on reading lists. I grew out of this in time, although was very happy that my teachers were so active in their field. Imagine m...
Leeds, 14-16 July 2010 for the fourth Global Events Congress, hosted by Leeds Metropolitan University. I'm in town to present a paper, alongside my colleague and research partner, as well as pick up plenty of ideas and thoughts from the massed ran...
Ah shucks: there's a drinking theme to this post as well. What was I thinking, back then in 2002 when my liver was still strong, eyes were un-bagged and hairline yet to recede? A month had passed since the last post during which time I worked the ...
Number six in this reprisal of travelogues past. The disdain for capital letters remains, as does the now inaccurate email address at the top. I'd say there's plenty more to be said about these couple of weeks, though with limited time at the keyb...
I had an interesting chat earlier today about academic research, links to industry, sources of funding and so on. It was only short, though the central issue is interesting and deep: where should the boundary(ies) lie between retaining information...