• Exam essay: Agile software development

    Jan 02 2009

    I discuss agile software methodology and its application.

  • Exam essay: Rational Unified Process

    Jan 02 2009

    I give an overview of the Rational Unified Process (RUP).

  • How I study

    Jan 01 2009

    I’m still studying for my screening exam, and you’re going to see some posts related to my areas of study over the next few months.

  • Choose something you love

    Dec 12 2008

    My love of making art has had great impact on what I’ve chosen to study.

  • The Whole Story

    Dec 11 2008

    Announcing the first edition of my book about doing doctoral research in the midst of a real life.

  • Seven rules of research

    Dec 01 2008

    There are seven guidelines that I’ve learned thus far regarding choosing topics of study and doing research.

  • One year old

    Nov 28 2008

    My daughter Edith is turning one year old on Sunday. It seems almost incredible that a whole year has passed.

  • Building your dissertation in pieces

    Nov 25 2008

    I have always wanted to is publish a series of smaller, more easily accomplished and digestible papers and then tie them together with some glue text and call it a dissertation.

  • Thinking smaller

    Nov 24 2008

    I want to break my dissertation into smaller, more managable sub-projects.

  • Screening exam study plan

    Nov 23 2008

    I’ve got to break down what I need to do into manageable steps, else I’ll just be forever paused on the threshold, terrified.