New preprint website

 I found another website that allows sharing of papers that are for publishing. I joined today to try it out - I have a new account at Research Square (https://www.researchsquare.com/). I uploaded my marketing paper (mentioned in my recent post https://fahmeenaodetta.blogspot.com/2026/02/update_10.html) for review. It is currently in prescreening status. I saw that the preprint will be posted and a DOI issued once prescreening completes. The paper already has a DOI issued by ResearchGate. It appears that I cannot opt out of a new DOI so there will be two DOIs assigned to my paper which may cause issues.

This Saturday

 This Saturday I did not do much. There are issues all around. For a pick-me-up, I had mangoes and some other good stuff. Yes, food can make a difference on days like this. Mangoes make me think of Guyana and the Caribbean. The mangoes I had looked and tasted like the long mango. It has another name in United States.

Remembering a vacation

 Today I remember my vacation time in Georgia many years ago (my second trip to Georgia since living in the United States). I enjoyed the drive there (from Maryland). I also enjoyed my time there. It felt like a vacation - I stayed at hotels, I spent some time exploring the local area, and so on. I was at ease in Georgia although I had a bad experience in the past (in another part of Georgia). I took some photos that I added to this blog. I remember I used the hotel computer in the lobby for a post. 

These two posts show photos of some of my activities in Georgia:

https://fahmeenaodetta.blogspot.com/2022/08/still-traveling.html

https://fahmeenaodetta.blogspot.com/2022/08/interesting-article-on-online-reviews.html

#ThrowbackThursday

Update

 Today is not going well. I made a few calls to try to get transportation to go to appointments, but the result was not as expected. It seems that the only way to make upcoming appointments is to pay for a cab or Uber to take me there.

I am currently reading one of my papers available as a preprint. It is the paper on the use of marketing professionals in the new product development process. Like other papers, I was able to use my background/experience well (especially my experience as an Analyst in the Testing/QA Group with a special assignment to assist to improve the quality of requirements further up the process). I am certain some people would not believe the paper was developed from my school assignment to write a marketing plan for a product. My eye is still a problem but I am getting some stuff done.

Water issue

 I am better today after a mess yesterday. I am not certain whether a pipe broke or something disconnected but there was water gushing out from an area to form a stream on the floor. I am also not certain what led to the issue. Maybe it is related to the snow and frigid temperatures. There was also an issue with our bathroom sink that may have led to problems in the system. We are currently obtaining water from bottles. We have water and I am thankful.

God In Charge

 I keep myself sane in a lot of ways. Interesting guidance from the Bible:

The information reminds me of the song 'Take It To The Lord In Prayer'

Update

 I am dealing with a lot. It was a very eventful day yesterday and today has issues. Yesterday I straightened out a problem with appointments. I am not sure how that happened. I think I relied on my phone too much. We now have plumbing issues at our house. I am also dealing with transportation issues (my father will be unavailable). I do not like what is happening in my life right now.