Darryl Woodford

OK, so since last time I updated this blog I have:

• Paid about 7 months worth of hosting
• Submitted formal PhD applications to QUT in Australia, and ITU in Denmark.
• Been accepted into QUT
• Sold all my stuff in Denmark (this blog temporarily housed a for-sale list )
• Spent a couple of months in the UK, visiting friends & family.
• Flown to Brisbane via Changi, Singapore (note to self: never do this in one trip again; 26 hours of travelling = feel like death)
• Re-purchased most of the stuff I sold in Copenhagen (hey, it’s newer versions and beat shipping it!)
• Dealt with a ton of administration here in Brisbane; everything from scholarships (entered incorrectly) to office space applications (still not got a desk), including health insurance, bank accounts, tax numbers, and a lot I’ve probably forgotten.
• Been to numerous orientations, all with useful snippets of information but couched between stuff I’m being told for the second, third or fourth time (the faculty orientation snuck in first).
• Started drafting an ethics clearance, raising numerous issues of project scope & methodology (more on this in a post next week).
• Started a rough outline of my Stage 2 application, which is basically a progress-check due in late May.
• Met some good people, ate at a couple of decent restaurants with good company.
• Attended lectures for the first time in a couple of years; primarily research skills (some useful, some not).
• Attended IT Lab classes for the first time in about 6 years; again useful snippets, but good people.

I think that’s about it. Now I’m settled (and actually doing things other than sitting in front of a computer moving numbers about 16 hours a day), I will try and update this again. Quick updates and random photos tend to end up on twitter (@dpwoodford), so check there too! Current plan is 1 or 2 updates a week, and I also hope to publish parts of my research as my PhD progresses.