What is the point?

I established this blog in order to track the progress that I am making (or not making) toward my Dissertation completion. I hope that it becomes a cathartic means of analyzing my thoughts and feelings toward this process.

Currently, I have a target of collecting and analyzing 50-60 interviews from members of two open source software ecosystems (JBoss and Pentaho). So far, I have collected 17 interviews, but very little analysis has been done. I have a target of graduating in May 2007, but that will require me to collect, analyze, and writeup the dissertation (in about 100 pages or less) and revise portions of my dissertation proposal by April 9, which is a scant 22 weeks away. Thus, I have a secondary goal of completing my work by Summer 2007, which requires a version be sent by July 9. I think I can make the Spring (if I get really, really busy), but the Summer one is a no-brainer.

Besides, I have a job to go to at the University of Dayton on August 16th.

So, it's time to get to work!!!