An aside

I mentioned yesterday that today was a holiday.  I didn't go into work this morning and I spent the afternoon volunteering.  As such I don't have any progress to report regarding my thesis and research, but I do want to mention some work I am doing at home to prepare for the future.  Assuming all goes well with preparing my thesis, I'll wrap up my PhD work at the end of July.  While my primary focus is on working towards submission, I can't help but think about "what's next?"  To that end I am starting to prepare for the job/postdoc position hunt.  This weekend I started to prepare a LinkedIn profile to increase my web presence.  I mention this here because as a service to fellow students, I'll chronicle not only my path to submitting my thesis, but also how I pursue work after my PhD.  For now this business is in the background, but we'll see how it evolves over the next half year.