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: thinkaboutit
Thoughts about Th!nking
I completely forgot about doing this mini-interview, but somehow all good things will come back at a certain point
These were my afterthoughts on the Th!nk About It competition. I responded to 2 questions: 1) what I thought about the EP election results in my home country and 2) what I had learned from [...]
End of Th!nking
Yesterday was the grand final of the blogging competition Th!nk About It. The competition started in February and ended with the elections for the European Parliament last week. The meeting in Rotterdam was all about the awards and about celebrating the end of the competition. It was a lovely day with pleasant conversations and a [...]
The influence of the European Parliament
Or how a simple question inspired me to make this video.
Before going to London last month, I thought it would be a great idea to catch the people Ton and I would be visiting on tape about the European Union and the upcoming elections. You know, the Londoners perspective on things and my reflection [...]
TH!NK ABOUT IT – KICK OFF: the day after
[note: I wrote this on Wednesday, but due to a fever couldn't post it until now]
I am not sure how to summarise this event. The short version: It’s been interesting, especially the people that I’ve met. However:
I left the kick-off event of the European Blogging competition with mixed feelings. Let me explain. First of all [...]
TH!NK ABOUT IT
The first half of this year I’ll be competing! I’ll take part in the European blogging competition 2009 TH!NK ABOUT IT. Although I’m not a huge of competitions, especially in writing, I thought this would be a fun way to get a little bit closer to understanding what it’s all about in Brussels.
About the competition:
The [...]
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