considerations

ok so - i've now been having a good play with the kooth system and finding my way around it again.

it runs a lot smoother than i remember actually and so far it's been easy to pick up again. Issues that i've had to think about, but not for too long are creating words that are relevent - for instance, in creating a message board statement that is attractive/youth friendly etc for people to feel ok responding to it. Likewise having a profile in the 'supportees' section of kooth raises a similar issue. I also have the user names terry.s(or c) ... which could be a bit of a put off - it doesn't seem the most friendly username. I guess this is all abou the non-textual stuff that goes on.

i also created a user the other day just to see what it was like completing the questionnaire but it turned out that the questionnaire wasn't there yet - hopefully this will happen soonish otherwise my phd will start ticking along without it - which would be a shame. In a simlar way i said that i would do a f2f pilot too - this seems to have gone by the wayside at the mo, despite finding an org who would want to take part - i should follow this up but priorities are a bit different at the mo..... maybe in a week or so i will return to this

other stuff - i've been organising abstracts for next years conference season - which for me only includes the bacp one in york i guess. It's a little far to be heading away from a baby going to the other usuals - eg SPR in Madison. A lazy year hopefully but we'll see.... obviously that doesn't include the business caused by baby types

that's it for now

once more into the breach

So i've been lazy and not posted anything for about a month now. This was kind of in the guise that people may come and visit and read the previous post, but really it was because i hadn't been bothered ;P

*talking heads* on the stereo - easy to forget how great they are

however, during my blogging idolness things have been moving along with my own research. in the last week my questionnaires have gone up on the kooth website and people can now contact me directly to feedback about how they are experiencing the service. hopefully this will get me back into the work - over the last few months i've been a little preoccupied by other life events (moving house and baby stuff).

Anyhow the hunger pangs return and it's time to create a pizza for tea - then an evening with the green wing.