Survived one conference; not long now till I leave for the second. At least this time I don't have to worry about saying anything formally.

Actually, it didn't go too badly. We were mentioned in the final conference event; a couple of people commented on how useful it had been; one even said that S and I were a great "double act". We think it was a compliment.

Of course, it may have been the bribery of handing out real live donuts after all the virtual ones but we were pleased with how we'd done and were by no means out of our depth or anything in comparison to other contributors.

Why am I mentioning this here? Couple of reasons.

First I met one of the new faculty I'll be liaising with. She was presenting a paper which I felt I'd better attend. Interesting research into supporting online discussion groups (e.g. helping them to disagree with each other!). I also ran into someone who currently works with the woman who got the first job. Oh dear, if I'm not careful tales will precede me!

Secondly, it was interesting seeing how some of the conference content would be useful/helpful/relevant in the new job even before I've started. Much good material to take home and digest. And, I trust, much I can pass on along with S in my current post.