In the zone

In the past few weeks my mind has been pretty much occupied by my dissertation, thinking about it, writing it, rewriting it... Not since my final year of undergrad have I felt so involved with work, scholarly or otherwise. Mostly it's a really fantastic feeling, and although I get concerned about time running out, the quality of the work I'm producing (the latter more than the former), I am challenged rather than stressed by it. I have noticed that I've withdrawn a little (more) from the outside world though, which I put down to my brain whirring away about blogs and the knowledge that nobody I know is *really* all that interested! I'm looking foward to being done and being able to resume a less focused life-style. I'm looking foward to putting more time into blogging rather than writing about it, to thinking about career choices, and to going to Canada (eek!).
Thought I'd also post links to these pieces that have helped me with regard to thinking about the ethical issues surrounding online research.
Amy Bruckman 'Studying the Amateur Artist: A Persepective on Disguising Data Collected in Human Subjects Research on the Internet.'
and from Charles Ess and the AoIR Ethics Working Committee, 'Ethical decision -making and Internet Research.'