Close of the International Year of Languages 2008
Yesterday was the 10th International Mother Language Day, which also marked the close of the International Year of Languages 2008. From Wikipedia: The Year is intended to address issues of linguistic...
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Choosing to travel
Quite often, when I tell my colleagues or friends of where I’m headed, or where I’ve just been back from, they would exclaim something along the lines of “You’re lucky to get to travel!” and throw me a...
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Staying Perpetually Inspired: Ada Lovelace Day
Marie-Chantale had asked me to speak at this month’s Creacamp on Ada Lovelace Day and also a bit on my own creative pursuits. It was brutal trying to fit everything in 10 mins, but I think I managed...
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Safe for cats
Our beloved cat isn’t allowed out. Apart from the fact he has allergies and that the vet didn’t want to give him more shots than necessary, it’s just too dangerous around here where our home is...
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Soap nuts as silver polish
When I began to learn the art of silver-smithing from Mara Grimm a few years ago, she was possibly the only active teacher of traditional enamel techniques in Melbourne, if not in the state of...
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The generalist’s dilemma
A few weeks ago, I was in a work-related meeting where we were discussing skill sets required in a small team. At one point, someone said, “But we can’t be good at everything.” Since then, I found...
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Faking it real
At TED back in 2004, Joseph Pine talked about what consumers really want is “authenticity” in the experience economy. Yet, even now at the tail end of 2009, we’ve barely moved beyond the basic goods...
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