Entries Tagged as 'Etc'
The Natural Adventure (August 22nd, 2010 - 506 views)
While talking to some friends recently there was a suggestion that we should do a silent retreat sometime, as a meditative activity. I responded that I thought that was a bit traditional and I wasn’t sure the idea was still relevant today. And what exactly is a silent retreat? Deconstructing it simply: forced silence isn’t very [...]
Be mindful of your pace (August 15th, 2010 - 371 views)
Pace is one of the things that can make you blend in or stand out when you travel. People around the world all walk at different paces. I have been walking all over Bangkok the past few days and noticed that one of the major differences between people is the way they walk down the street. [...]
What’s next? Minimalist emergence in Thailand (August 11th, 2010 - 450 views)
Today is the first day of 50 that I will be living in South-east Asia. For the past few years I have been exploring a range of things, including: Doing freelance web design and development Graduating from RMIT’s Entrepreneurship course Working in Deloitte’s Innovation Team, learning about how large organisations work Learning and using Clare Graves’ [...]
Super Follow: Establish your all-star inner circle (August 3rd, 2010 - 505 views)
Twitter gives us the ability to look through the eyes of the people we are following, to see who they themselves are paying attention to. I call it the Super Follow. For the past few weeks I have been exploring a few different follow lists of people I follow, with various sets of interests and [...]
Transparency shifts the balance of power (July 20th, 2010 - 647 views)
The internet allows for the existence of a massive populist intelligence organisation that has no fixed assets and can move fluidly to adapt to rapidly changing environments – this is Wikileaks. Founded by Australian born Julian Assange, Wikileaks publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of sensitive documents from governments and other organisations, while preserving the anonymity [...]
