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
Tag Archives: learning
A story on open innovation and FabLab
Joris van Tubergen talks on open innovation and FabLab from Elmine Wijnia on Vimeo.
The robot was created by Edwin Dertien: http://edwindertien.nl/More on the robot in English: http://hackaday.com/2009/02/20/flatpack-walker/Recorded at ProtoSpace: http://protospace.nl
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I created this as part of the longer documentary that I’m working on. One of the decisions I have to make is whether I ask the [...]
Working on a new site (58)
As a first step in doing something else with skallagrigg.net, I’m building a new business-site, where I can present myself in context of work. One of the things I’m aiming for is having the site in both Dutch and English. My business-site has been only in Dutch so far, but since I frequently travel around [...]
First time skiing since February (38)
Today I went skiing with friend Patrick and his son of 4 in Andermatt. Nothing spectacular, just checking whether I still can since my first skiing holiday in February.
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Tiny Chunky Learning (36)
It could be the name of a new flavour by B&J’s, but in this case it’s how I would describe my learning path in Final Cut, THE video editing software for Mac. I’ve bought it in June, to gain more flexibility and possibilities in video editing compared to iMovie ‘09.
I’ve learned to work with Adobe [...]
Why did I stop? (14)
Sometimes I wish I was better at drawing. I often have ideas in my head that I ’see’ when I think about it, but can’t translate that into images so I can share it with others.
The other day I was reflecting on why I’m not that good at drawing and came to the conclusion [...]
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 [...]
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.
Bye, bye oboe