Author: victorhenning
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Ikeodyssey
Last Thursday, after a long day at the office, the three Mendeley founders took it upon themselves to make a trip to IKEA, as we needed to select furniture for our new office. Here are a few impressions. On the tube, around 9.30pm. Still hopeful, reviewing the floor plans: Me, yawning and sneezing and coughing,…
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Great news, everyone!
Team Mendeley is happy to announce three new members! They’re all brilliant, and terrific people to hang out with, too. The latter is rather important, because we’re going to have a roof terrace at the new office, and what fun would rooftop barbecues be without terrific people? In order of appearance and in their own…
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Another good discussion ruined by facts
Last week, I mentioned an idea that Michael, Felix and I had discussed a while ago: The Journal of Failed Studies. We felt that this journal was to have a bright and shining future… if we ever got around to launching it. Then Prof. Duchier kindly pointed me to The Journal of Interesting Negative Results,…
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Off to Weimar to wrap up the Guru*Lab
I’m currently packing my bags for a trip to Weimar. I’ll fly out of London Stansted to Leipzig-Altenburg in the morning, but since Weimar isn’t close to any major airports, I’ll only be arriving in the early afternoon. The occasion for my visit is the last seminar I’ll be teaching at the Bauhaus-University, at least…
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Announcing the Journal of Failed Studies… coming sometime
Dr. Felix Eggers‘ comment on my last post did remind me of something! In August 2006, Felix, Michael Paul and I were attending the AMA Summer Marketing Educators’ Conference in Chicago. All of us where in the middle of our Ph.D. theses back then, with Magdas, Shirleys and Bernies popping up left and right. Sitting…
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