Trying to work at Panera today. I’m behind in some critical work, which makes me miserable, which leads me to get further behind. So I’m trying to break the cycle.
But there are so many people here today. And they’re loud. And they’re driving me crazy. I have my Sony earbuds, but they’re not sufficiently noise-isolating.
I’m really hoping that I get either the Shure e2c or Etymotic er6i earphones for my birthday. Both are supposed to be very effective at blocking out this kind of background noise.
And, while I’m at it, I really need a way to be able to get at my Mac’s music library when I’m working on the PC laptop I do my data analysis on. Is it possible for me to set up a VPN to my home network and then find my Mac via iTunes?
As I look over the transcripts from our qualitative data collection last year, it’s increasingly clear to me that the clarity and depth of the answers we received from email surveys were significantly better than those we got through in-person interviewing.
This backs up what I found in my dissertation research, which is comforting.
I wonder if this is particularly the case for people in computer-oriented fields (my dissertation research was on students in doctoral programs in information science, which tends to be a very tech-savvy group), or if it holds true more broadly.
(Now back to actually doing work rather than blogging about it…)
This, my friends, is my last sponsored post for Marqui. Or for anybody, for that matter.
I’m grateful to Marc and Marqui for the opportunity to experiment with a new form of blogvertising. I have a great deal of admiration for their original and honest approach to their blogosphere program, and no regrets for having participated.
My reasons for not continuing are very similar to Molly’s—knowing that I “had” to post changed my relationship to my writing, and made the process of writing posts before and after the sponsored posts feel forced.
I do wish Marqui well in their continuing program, and success with their product.
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