OK, just a quick post to warn people about the annoyances of being sent countless surveys to fill out. Having completed the MBA back in May 07, I seem to be getting an email every month or so from the university, the business school, the "MBA association" etc etc etc asking me for me thoughts on the course.

It'll only ever take 15 minutes!
You might win an iPod, or $100!
You can contribute to further research!

Dammit, I'm not doing it anymore, mainly because of the latest survey I did by a mob called "forethought research". Is this what passes for marketing research nowadays? Seems fairly obvious that whoever setup the survey didn't have the first idea of how to make it user friendly. After the 15th identical question asking me for my opinion on other MBA schools which I have no idea about, I gave up and answered "5" for every subsequent question.

Unfortunately I suspect whoever is commissioning these surveys is doing it purely because everyone else is doing it - there' no thought put into the content of the questionaire, which seemed to be designed to be as frustrating, unintelligible and annoying as possible. I wish I had saved the one sentence where they tried to explain the complexities of a 0-10 scale, which did nothing but make it sound like rocket science - which it's not.

So, if anyone from MBS or Forethought is reading this, improve your game!

On another note, finished my (only) exam this week, so kicking back a little by blitzing my xbox360 with Forza2 and Guitar Hero 3. Finally got a few online games to work, but being demolished by absolute pros is kinda annoying after a while! Gotta get better... or maybe do something more productive with my free time. More to come later.