Osaka Photonics Center: Balancing Jobs and The Beginning of Core2Core Website

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This week I continued the web design work for the Osaka Photonics Initiative and the writing to create the articles for the website. I was able to complete the framework for the full site and all we need now is to complete the content. I wrote the articles “Photonics: An Enabling Technology”, “Photonics in Education”,  “Photonics: A Growing Field of Study”, “What is Photonics?” and “Photonics: The Pro Environment Science.” The remaining articles will be written by a co-worker in the near future while I do other web development and design work.

My supervisor Iwasaki Sensei was impressed by the quality and the pace of my work. After finishing the articles and framework for the Osaka Photonics initiative, he assigned me to work on two new projects. My assignments were to create a website for one of OPC’s conferences and create a blog post about my experience for the monthly newsletter. The conference I am creating a website for is called Core2Core. It is an event where students from universities from all around the world come to Osaka University in order to learn about photonics and share ideas with fellow students. Individuals from over 10 countries will be viewing the site so I need to create an intuitive design that will allow users to easily register, obtain information or become a sponsor of the conference. Moving into my 5th week, I need to figure out how to balance my time between adding content to Osaka Photonics Initiative, creating the website for Core2Core and writing the article for the monthly newsletter.

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  1. Ah, multi-tasking! It is ultimately going to be a part of any job. Have you developed any strategies for allocating your time yet? My personal favorite is breaking up the day so that I shift gears at certain times. This is typically why my classes are in the morning, so that I can teach before lunch and do other administrative work after lunch. If that breaks up your day too much, you may want to set certain days of the week for specific projects. Monday for one, Tuesday for another, etc. Whatever you do, have a plan! Without one, you risk spinning your wheels and making no progress on anything.

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