A collection of bar graphs and pie charts parodying how researchers perceive and spend their time over a year. Blends real academic frustrations with absurd search habits.
History
Creation date
2016-12-14
AltText
Funny graphs showing a researcher's time use including naps, coffee, and googling cats
Transcript
The average year in research
[Bar graph labels]:
Total hours in the year
Official work hours
Holiday time
Zzzzz
How many hours it feels like I worked
Hours I actually worked
[Side bar]:
Meetings
Preparing for meetings
Fixing lab equipment
Coffee
Actual research time
Writing
[Pie chart]:
Papers, books etc
Staring blankly at the screen
Google search bar
E-mails explaining why papers, books etc are late
[Search bar breakdown]:
25% How do I recover Word document after crash
20% How to spell X
60% Cats falling over
2% How to calculate percentages