Working on the weekends – an academic necessity?

Re:Working on the weekends – an academic necessity? by sonzohan on Monday May 30, 2022 @04:54PM (#31563531)

Yes, always. Consider when Pokémon Go came out, which for video game HCI researchers, was revolutionary from a social perspective. To give an idea: people standing on the street corner staring at their phone are now fellow trainers you can talk to.

Colleagues and I started data collection. Submitted a paper and were rejected as another group beat us at a prior conference because they could move just a bit faster. Sucks when a reviewer says "Unoriginal. Already saw this last month."

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Re:Working on the weekends – an academic necessity? by kergonath on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @02:00AM (#31566538)

> Sucks when a reviewer says "Unoriginal. Already saw this last month."

That’s a systemic problem where we end up chasing the latest fad not because it’s interesting, but merely hoping to end up before someone else. Luckily, not all fields have that short-term outlook.

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Re:Working on the weekends – an academic necessity? by recursive on Monday May 30, 2022 @05:33PM (#31563860)

Why not Ingress?

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Re:Working on the weekends – an academic necessity? by cecilpl2 on Monday May 30, 2022 @05:51PM (#31564011)

Popularity.

Ingress wasn't so popular that you could assume people in the same location as you were also playing.

At the height of its popularity, you were the odd one out on the street corner if you weren't playing Pokemon Go.

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