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About this blog
This is my personal blog which I started in 2003. At first it was called Communigations, a variation on Communicative Investigations. The blog transformed itself more into a personal investigation than being a blog on communication and therefore needed a new name.As a fencer, the name of this blog reflects how I write my thoughts into coherent stories, fence them off from all the sidepaths and rapidly go back and forth, covering various topics that interest me.
Read more about me or about my work at elminewijnia.eu
Author Archives: Elmine Wijnia
Why I didn’t delete my Facebook account, yet!
My dear friend Gerrit Eicker tweeted Dave Winer’s blogpost in which Dave announces he deleted his Facebook account. A decision that I’ve been toying with these last few months. A while ago Gerrit already invited me to Diaspora, a privacy-friendly alternative to Facebook, and he keeps asking me why I didn’t become more active there, [...]
Something to learn: animation
I have this idea in my mind, and it’s waiting to get out into the world, but before it can land its feet on solid ground I have to learn stuff about animation. I’ve been experimenting with stop-motion videos before (flogging the horse, Happy Easter, SHiFT-DIY) and I want to take it a step further: [...]
How to Unconference your Birthday – The Book
[UPDATE: download it now, read it and share your thoughts on Facebook]
Last year, when Ton turned 40, we organized an unconference to celebrate (of course we also had a bbq party!), and we invited people from our various circles. The topic was ‘Working on Stuff that Matters‘, ‘WSTM’. Some 40 people participated in the unconference, [...]
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Thanks Marijke, thanks Klaas.
Last week we said farewell to a friend. Marijke died after fighting cancer for two years.
Her husband Klaas and Ton were best friends at university. They were roommates for several years and stayed in touch afterwards. When someone you know well for such a long time (over 20 years for Ton, 12 years since I [...]
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Warmest Easter Ever
Happy Easter from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.
I can’t remember having such a warm Easter Holiday. All I can remember is the chilly version when, as a child, I couldn’t wear my new spring outfit bought the week before. Today it’s Summer, though. Skirts galore! Pleasant, not normal (I hope).
Happy Easter everyone!
Fablab Enschede is finally here
(Warning: contains Dutch )
Fablab in Enschede! from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.
So glad I have a Fablab nearby now!
Berlin, Berlin!
Snapshot Berlin: concert in the U-bahn from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.
What a difference music makes. Watch the woman in the white enjoy herself.
Ton and I spent a week in Berlin, for both work and fun. I’ve never been to Berlin before, so at last I got to know this city. I absolutely loved it and [...]
iPad game for cats
Addictive stress: a game for cats from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.
Watch one of my cats play Game for Cats on my iPad. A strange mix of enthusiasm and stress over failed attempts to catch something. Still, she often looks at or touches my screen to hunt for mice. Know what you get yourself into [...]
Weekend experiment