May 12, 2005

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I used it all up on one post yesterday

    By Jack Grant

No wonder I can't write anything tonight.

I have a lot I want to write about, but I just can't write.

Of course, I've spent the last 4 days reviewing technical papers for their suitability to be included in an upcoming conference (this is what is known as "peer review", which you may have heard about in the scientific and technical community), and my brain is fried.

It's absolutely NO fun reading 40 technical papers in a row, most written by people to whom English is not a first language, and the resultant writing, which tends to be dry even when done by a native English speaker, becomes more arid than Death Valley on an August afternoon.

Then, I looked at my post of last night, "A Case of Identity", and I realize how fricking LONG that thing is.

I'm surprised if anyone is reading it to the end, but it's getting some attention at The Moderate Voice, where I cross-posted it.

Geez, I wrote a lot last night, but it was all in ONE POST.

I think I used up my quota of words for a while...

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Posted by Jack Grant at 22:44 on 12 May 2005
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Hehe - I wondered how used up you'd feel after that one, Jack - hope it was cathartic though :-)

I am very glad I don't have to do (or submit to) peer reviews in my current job. You have my sympathies.

Posted by: Joe at May 12, 2005 11:00 PM

Blech. Been there done that. That part I definitely don't miss in my old job.

Posted by: Boudicca at May 12, 2005 11:46 PM



























































































































































































































































































































































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