I would hope that we're all too busy to be checking up on each other! And if so, is it much different than being competitive in the coffee room or at a department seminar?

Also, I feel it's quite difficult to be competitive in a department where people study a range of different subjects.

I think if you just put a recent conference/presentation abstract etc up on there that won't cause too much to be competitive about. All I can say is that I've had nothing but a positive experience having a department webpage (gives my Mum something to read too...)

We've been having this discussion in our department too. Personally, I can't see what's wrong with putting your research on the web (unless it's of a sensitive nature). I've had some contact and collaboration because of it, and your department just wants to show off how many things it's doing.

Photos certainly shouldn't be mandatory, and if it's on a department web page there shouldn't be too much personal or embarrassing information anyway...

Yep the photos are good.

Thank you Insomniac

I had this problem for a conference poster last year, which also needed an attached paper for the proceedings which had to be in very early. I did it as a methodology paper, and didn't include any results in that. I had some results by the time I made the poster though, so included them there.

Yeah, that's pretty bad (the joke, not the wind).

Cars, my bicycle, the wind...they all move me (from A to B)

Sorry. Appalling joke.

It's been a few days since we last wrote on here. Piglet, I bet you thought you'd won this one...

I can't join in, I don't know any more of his songs

You forgot to mention us

It's not too dark over here...

The thing that makes me happy about my PhD is:

I get to go out and play in the sun all day (though I burnt my neck today ) and have the odd beer, all in the name of science!

= sunburnt smiley

Hi Corinne, I think I've moaned about something similar on here once or twice. My Mum bless her knows I'm having a good time and a few beers so even though she doesn't really understand what I'm doing, she still knows I'm happy.

My Dad however is the one I get the same problems as you with. How to tell your parents that it's not all about how much money you'll be making?!!

Oh my, that's a mighty fine lookin' kidney you got yourself there...

We'd have to coordinate the timing - maybe make the PGF forum a bit later, so we can do our department coffee break then go on to the PGF forum coffee break - double the procrastination...