Sabbatical
One nice thing about being an academic is that every seven years (hopefully) we get to enjoy a sabbatical. This is a time away from teaching where we get to focus on our other work: research, course development, reading, etc. I’m fortunate enough to be entering this period right now. So, I won’t be teaching again until January of 2011. Sweet!
What will I be working on, you ask? Well, I have a number of projects I’d like to finish - too many really. So I need to try to focus on limiting my work. Aside from finishing a few things that are hanging around, I want to take my new work in three directions:
- Publications - I have several articles I need to wrap up and an edited text I’m hoping to start work on.
- Web Design Text - different than my research, this is a title that would be useful for web development courses
- Course Development - specifically, I’m going to develop a mobile applications design/development course
- Photography - I have thousands of images that need my attention, and I’m looking to spend some time with this creative work
So what does this mean for Arranged Delirium? A couple of things. First, I’ll likely post about fun things more than regular technology developments; and second, I’ll probably post less often for a bit. I’ll also likely take this time to re-design the site and update the server software on the back end.