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rejection upgrade

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In a conference of 34% acceptance rate, I was not from the lucky ones.

But this post attempts to make the best of my actual situation. If I do not look this positive, I will drive nuts. The positive fact is that the rejection of my paper has been upgraded. Meaning, my referees had NO problems with my focus. I should say HURRAY!!!!! 😉

Actually this is a HUGE step in science for me. I want to thank to those who are helping me to focus. Your patience and efforts are giving results 🙂  . Now my challenge is methodology!  Damn!

To keep me afloat, now I got these supporting referees comments such as:

  • …. it is a promising direction that would benefit from refinement and detail.
  • …the paper contains much serious work, so these are problems that could be rectified by a rewrite
  • The paper presents an interesting premise, etc.

I must keep cool and calm.  Things ARE moving sloooooooooowly, but  moving! 🙂

Let’s see how long can I survive.

no words

surviving!!!!

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score: 9 vs 1

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Publications on January 2010: I got 2 new rejections and 1 acceptance.

When I got the acceptance, I wanted to believe it will be a change of trend and I will get more papers accepted. However, didn’t want to celebrate too fast, as I knew two more feedbacks should be coming this month. Today those feedbacks are here and showed me still I am not in the correct track.

Right now I admit I am NOT in a good mood and I am tired of this. —  What I am doing?. I love what I do and I doing my best, which  it seems it is not enough.  I wish to know how to improve this.

Then,  in 2010 I am changing my writing strategy according to the feedbacks gather in all 2009 and the resources that I have. I hope it works to advance on this. But, let’s see.

my advances in research publications

use of technology and creativity – section introduction

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Without a doubt my blog deserves this section of “use of technology and creativity”, but let me put it in perspective first, as I do not refer to using it only for using it.

From my perspective, we construct our reality; therefore we constantly are interpreting meaning and motives of all what each one of us do.  In this process of creating meaning, our society and culture occupies a significant role. In research terms, my way of thinking and analyze phenomena is subscribed to a social constructivist paradigm, and most of my reflections are sustained on  Vygostky’s Activity Theory.

Besides the “theory” behind my way of thinking, I am also a believer of the strong relationships of the use of the technology and creativity with the specific location and situation due to what I  had seen and experience in my volunteer_nomadic_life. It is not surprising to see the  “same” artifact, but they turn only meaningful and understandable when you immerse yourself in that specific world in which they are used.

Anyway, this section /category is going to be enjoyable at least for me 😉

ut&c

use of technoloy and creativity under AT

each day can be a celebration day – it is up to us

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Hmmm…. for me “New Years” is like the earth’s birthday. Humans made it up, as we have no idea when our planet born but anyway humans celebrate together this day. Most of the people in this season are happy and with good energy, however it is possible to find depression too, which is understandable. However, what it is common and easy to see in this period is: the reflection of  what people did on the year that is finalizing and thinking in their personal wishes and/or new intentions for next one. Example of this is at the beginning of each year exponential amount of promises about: lose weight, finalizing things, do sports, etc. are present.

My “New Years Celebration” or my way to celebrate our planet’s birthday, as many cultural things and events  has been mutating. This is understandable as I am moving around in our western hemisphere, adapting and merging with different special persons and traditions, then for me it is not a unique way to celebrate and I enjoy a moment.  But this “New Years”, as in my 2009 birthday (yes I am THAT old 😉  ) had not a visible party, and still it offered me a magical moment of existence. Writing about this makes me remember about the book of Marlo Morgan, “Las voces del desierto“, highly recommended.

In brief, few hours after I reached Joensuu on  Dec. 31st I hurt my eye with my contact lenses. Oh man!!!! It hurts!!!  On the 010110 = the first day of 2010, I went to the hospital. Thanks to the life was nothing serious just a small “erosion” or scratch in my eye due to my lack of care. Gina was taking care of me, from the distance, and actually she sent me to the hospital since the 31st. I was stubborn to do not go, but I paid my dues for that decision.

The right eye is healthy but connected to the sick one, thus the perception of any light was VERY painful, even to look the hour on my phone was a challenge.  Any movement of the eye hurt.  As a result my both eyes must keep closed and still. I realize how dependant I am of my eyes.

In this process I was able to listen more carefully.  That was interesting, rich and enjoyable. I knew my eyes will be back, and I truly trust in Mikko who took me to the hospital, therefore I had no worry  just experiencing my “sick” state and focusing in recovering ASAP! .

Then, my “New Years” was not a noisily party, instead it was a  discovery-celebration of all what I have.  We live in a magical planet that we do not observe and less listen to, very sad indeed. And I am blessed to have my wonderful chassis 😉  I will not win a beauty contest, which it is fine with me as long as  I am healthy, complete and my body cope with my exploring craziness. I am blessed 😉

Without a doubt, I can celebrate every single day! 😉 and I think all of us could! 🙂

calm full of life

What happen in my summer 2009 ?

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Mainly I had been thinking, writing, writing, writing and reading. Also, in less intensive mode, I have been designing, implementing and testing (questionnaires, UI, games, workshops, etc).

Conclusion: besides that my hands hurt a bit, I admire my loyal “ companion“, the summer gave me the understanding of gestation.

In our modern society, we are not taught to be patient and to understand the relevance to put “time” in our actions. Everything is for yesterday. In order words it should be fast without a delay and accurate at once. But looking carefully, everything in life requires its time to flourish. Yes effort must be put daily, that is where the discipline shows up, but nothing is over-night.

It is a fact I am “impatient” to deliver my work, to share it and grow up with others about it. And I want to do other things too from my dream-list that I am collecting, as I cannot do them right now. But I might be getting old while attempting to do this PhD because I know the work will be finished. I just need to keep on working with it, enjoying the ride.

The moment to deliver is approaching. It will take still some time, but light is at the end of the tunnel.

light at the end of the tunnel

light at the end of the tunnel