I'm getting worse!
Woah! It's been like nearly 4 months since I updated this. I feel bad about it actually, it's been in the back of my mind tormenting me for ages now. A lot of stuff has happened in the past few months that I can't begin to get into so I'll just focus on the more recent things.
The past two weeks in particular have been quite busy. I was at a FESM 4 day training course on the 1st-4th March. It was training in how to be a good PhD student. It was such a waste of a week! Although I'm sure some people found it useful. It was good to meet other 1st year students from other departments, that's the only positive I'm taking from it. Then last week I was at a "conference" in Loughborough for 2 nights. It wasn't exactly a conference but I don't know what else to call it. The 1st day was just software training for a new Coventor package called MEMS+. The next day was a series of talks and organised social networking. Networking at these events is pretty brutal. It's quite boring, you only talk to people about what you're working on, so you end up repeating yourself over and over to new people. The hotel was awesome though and I did meet some important people. I was even able to tell people who a pretty high up in Coventor, that I found their current software difficult to use. They then gave me advice on how my design could be improved.
Today I've been trying to plan what to do this summer. Werchter seems to be the interim plan. I'm two minds about it though. Like, the line-up looks great, but I've already been to Werchter so it'd be nice to go somewhere new but then again no other festival has as good a line-up. If I am going, I'll have to book soon. I'm surprised tickets haven't sold out already.
I have booked flights home for between the 20-27th April. It seems that it was the worst timing ever since most people have to study for exams. I'm sure they can spare a few hours though to fit me in. I think I'll be going to trade show in Analog Devices on the 22nd in Limerick. One of the people I met in Loughborough said I should go and he'd put my name on the list. He said that at the very least it would be a free lunch. I feel so important!
Anyway, I have a meeting with my supervisor in the morning. I'm working on my Coventor-Architect design at the moment and hope to have it finished by the morning. I'd better go work on it. I feel like I could write so much more on things that have been happening, lately and in the past few months, but I'm unsure what to include. This blog was always to be a record of my college work. The past few posts have veered away from this, but I think I'll bring it back to the focus. If anyone is still reading this, what do you think?
The past two weeks in particular have been quite busy. I was at a FESM 4 day training course on the 1st-4th March. It was training in how to be a good PhD student. It was such a waste of a week! Although I'm sure some people found it useful. It was good to meet other 1st year students from other departments, that's the only positive I'm taking from it. Then last week I was at a "conference" in Loughborough for 2 nights. It wasn't exactly a conference but I don't know what else to call it. The 1st day was just software training for a new Coventor package called MEMS+. The next day was a series of talks and organised social networking. Networking at these events is pretty brutal. It's quite boring, you only talk to people about what you're working on, so you end up repeating yourself over and over to new people. The hotel was awesome though and I did meet some important people. I was even able to tell people who a pretty high up in Coventor, that I found their current software difficult to use. They then gave me advice on how my design could be improved.
Today I've been trying to plan what to do this summer. Werchter seems to be the interim plan. I'm two minds about it though. Like, the line-up looks great, but I've already been to Werchter so it'd be nice to go somewhere new but then again no other festival has as good a line-up. If I am going, I'll have to book soon. I'm surprised tickets haven't sold out already.
I have booked flights home for between the 20-27th April. It seems that it was the worst timing ever since most people have to study for exams. I'm sure they can spare a few hours though to fit me in. I think I'll be going to trade show in Analog Devices on the 22nd in Limerick. One of the people I met in Loughborough said I should go and he'd put my name on the list. He said that at the very least it would be a free lunch. I feel so important!
Anyway, I have a meeting with my supervisor in the morning. I'm working on my Coventor-Architect design at the moment and hope to have it finished by the morning. I'd better go work on it. I feel like I could write so much more on things that have been happening, lately and in the past few months, but I'm unsure what to include. This blog was always to be a record of my college work. The past few posts have veered away from this, but I think I'll bring it back to the focus. If anyone is still reading this, what do you think?
