tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post6689748608252348235..comments2024-02-16T09:13:32.131-07:00Comments on Professor Chaos: Watch out Milwaukee, here we comeProfessor Chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15218728439335729853noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-6870164693667590262008-07-30T20:05:00.000-06:002008-07-30T20:05:00.000-06:00Hi Yolio--I couldn't find your email on your profi...Hi Yolio--<BR/><BR/>I couldn't find your email on your profile, so I figured I'd leave you a message here. After thinking about this for a few days, I think my desire to remain anonymous is stronger than my desire to meet my fellow blog reading ecologists. Ecology is a small world and it seems like there are no more than 2 degrees of separation between most ecologists. If I ever decide to out Professor Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15218728439335729853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-76957891445770232552008-07-29T13:01:00.000-06:002008-07-29T13:01:00.000-06:00Damn, I wish I was going now. I didn't know many ...Damn, I wish I was going now. I didn't know many people who were going so I passed up this one. I suck at striking up conversations too - it's an acquired skill, and hard for us chicks. At my last meeting, I chatted with MANY people waiting on elevators... there's a common bond of geeky nametags and it's not horrible to be spotted alone. Try the "I work on blah blah... what's going on in yourAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-32169044361412744022008-07-28T21:34:00.000-06:002008-07-28T21:34:00.000-06:00For what it is worth, I'll be there, and I don't k...For what it is worth, I'll be there, and I don't know anyone. My advisor is great scientist and a grand fellow in many ways, but he was a bit of a hermit who never introduced me to anyone. Now I'm a post-doc and going to ESA for only the second time and I am sort of dreading it because I am afraid I won't have any friends! So hey, I was planning on going to the diversity mixer, drop me an email yoliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05377530393720341372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-4052232255856834522008-07-28T17:57:00.000-06:002008-07-28T17:57:00.000-06:00Maybe you're the person to help me, PP, but the pr...Maybe you're the person to help me, PP, but the problem I run into is this: I'm pretty good at dealing with junior people or contemporaries, but I always feel like the senior people expect me to be familiar with their work....which sometimes I am and sometimes I'm not...and even when I am I'm often nervous enough that I blank out. Is there a diplomatic way of asking about someone's research Professor Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15218728439335729853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7452612772719615022.post-91819735903355788082008-07-28T11:41:00.000-06:002008-07-28T11:41:00.000-06:00If I approach someone else, it all goes to hell......<I>If I approach someone else, it all goes to hell...quickly. I suspect that it has to do with some perceived onus of responsibility for the conversation. If I am taking up someone else's time, I better be brilliant and witty, but I have no such expectations if someone approaches me.</I><BR/><BR/>If you ask a scientist about their own work in an open-ended way, it invites them to talk about how Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com