A talk on Using mobile technology on Fieldwork and Expeditions that might be useful when I get my iphone for Christmas (hint for Santa).

If you need a prepaid sim card for a short trip to Taiwan, you can buy one at Taoyuan airport. Taiwan uses the GSM system, and the airport is the easiest place to get a prepaid sim card, because elsewhere you may need to show lots of ID or have a local friend put the sim card in their name. Chunghwa telecom is a big company.

Article about how and why researchers use blogging

The writer interviewed 11 academic researchers to find out why they blog.

I am a blogging researcher: Motivations for blogging in a scholarly context by Sara Kjellberg

"The results show that their blogging is motivated by the possibility to share knowledge, that the blog aids creativity, and that it provides a feeling of being connected in their work as researchers. In particular, the blog serves as a creative catalyst in the work of the researchers, where writing forms a large part, which is not as prominent as a motivation in other professional blogs."

We are back

We are back in Melbourne after a nice day and night in Hong Kong and then a grueling flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne (22 hours from check-in to home). I'm back at work and Ben will return to school tomorrow. Goodbye blog for now...

Hsimending, Taipei Main Station

Postal Museum, KGB, Cloudgate

Women's Museum, Wisteria Teahouse

Presidential Building Exhibition, Taipei 101, Tangshan bookshop