I’d be interested in facilitating a discussion on personal productivity for those working on DH projects. We could talk about challenges and share tips and solutions. For instance, possible topics might include:
- how do you manage your time between DH projects and other professional responsibilities?
- what tools or methods have been helpful to you in organizing your personal workflow?
- what jumpstarts your creativity?
- what tasks do you procrastinate on?
- if you don’t have a large team (or any team at all), how do you get everything done?
- what do you know now that you wish you had known earlier?
#1 by Ben Brumfield on April 12, 2011 - 2:03 am
I’d just like to add to the chorus: this looks like a really valuable session.
#2 by Jennifer D. Miller on April 11, 2011 - 9:00 pm
Like! I especially struggle with managing my time between professional responsibilities and my other interests, especially since I am no longer in a job that supports research time as much as my current position.
#3 by Sara Steger on April 11, 2011 - 2:09 pm
I like it! As an offshoot to your fifth point, I’ve been thinking about the phenomenon (increasing, I think) of the “lone wolf DHer.” As DH scholars move from being localized in Centers to being hired to be THE representation of DH at institutions, how does this change the field? It’s not the same as being THE Shakespeare scholar or THE Victorian scholar, I think. How do you function as the representation of the field if you’re alone? How do you be “productive” and what does this look like?
#4 by Laurel Stvan on April 8, 2011 - 5:30 am
This sounds like a great discussion topic.