Pieces of a Man Think it. Do it. Be it. Embellish.

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... 29 to go. Gearing up for interview fortnight starting Thursday. It has again been bizarre to get a direct taste of the student experience provided by my employer. Getting a recording device has proved virtually impossible - we've some in the library apparently, but they're issued on a first-come-first-basis. In practice this means I've asked them for about 9 days straight, only to be met with blank looks and shrugs of shoulders because they're all out. How the hell are you supposed to coordinate your research interviews when the equipment loan is like the national lottery?

Anyway, one good thing has come out of this farce, which is that in the course of my bitching and moaning about my predicament, my friend Cathy told me about transcription devices with foot pedals. These apparently enable you to jump back and forward in your interview recording with a footpedal, so you don't have to keep stopping the typing. Brilliant! It should save hours and hours. I've sourced a supplier in Cheadle and will be off there tomorrow to pick one up. Cost is a bit steep - £160 - but I should be able to sell it on eBay afterwards for about the same. So, bring it on!

Labels: 2010