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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.
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Tag Archives: communication
Nabaztag messenger
Since a few months I added the possibility to send me a message through our Nabaztag-tag (on the right in my sidebar). I just want to let you know that I do listen and read these messages, but I have absolutely no option to response to them. So this posting is to let those of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]

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