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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
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Ask questions, stupid!
Now that we’re in the midst of a financial crisis (in hundred years time we’ll know if it’s THE crisis of this century) I’ve had to let go of some of my naievity. Reading Noami Klein’s Shock Doctrine started it, reading more and more articles on how Wall Street functioned peels off more layers.
Rob referred [...]
How to keep kids entertained for two days?
It seemed like a good idea, a couple of weeks ago. To spend two whole days with the kids of my fencing club, practicing and preparing for the tournament we organise first weekend of November. The closer I get to Monday and Tuesday, the more daunting it seems. Keeping them entertained for an hour and [...]
Video Birthday Unconference is up!
A little over a month ago, we did this great workshop/unconference in honor of my 30th birthday. During our post-workshop drinks (hence the background noise ) I taped “short” statements from all who were there about what they learned during the day. I think it turned out to be a wonderful collage of [...]
Coaching kids can be…
…fun – when they try to outsmart me;…scary – when they look at me as the ultimate expert;…tiring – when they’re not enthousiastic;…annoying – when they’re not willing to learn.
When I close my eyes…
… I see myself sitting at the back of my house. I’m taking a break from work, made myself a cappuccino and am now enjoying it in the winter sun, overlooking the fields. The cat notices me and joins me on the bench. My office is not in my house, but is located in the [...]
The way (communication) technology shapes my life
It’s a challenging thing to think about. The way technology changes my life. To a large extend I only function through technology, even when just thinking of the table and chair I’m sitting at/on, in the cafe with its airconditioning/heating system and lovely easy listening jazz in the background.
More complex as a technology is my [...]
Playtime
This saturday I received my iPhone and ever since I’ve been playing around with it. So far I love it. It was almost too easy to set up, syncing simply worked.
Right now I’m testing how much effort it is to blog from the iPhone. Works seemlessly with wordpress app. Typing is much faster than [...]
Not sure about the name
For now the name of this blog is “(un)fencing the mind”. In Dutch we have an expression that translates to something like ‘I fence with the thought’ (‘ik scherm met de gedachte’), so this name is a variation on that expression. Not sure if it holds up in English. I do like the double meaning [...]
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Moving ‘house’.
I wasn’t comfortable with my MT installation for Communigations, I wasn’t happy with its design, I wanted to change names, I didn’t feel at ease blogging there anymore, so I decided it was time to move. I installed WordPress to start writing again, with a blank slate and a new name. Of course my old [...]
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