I can’t believe it’s been almost a month since I last wrote in this blog. Time sure does fly, especially when we head into the holiday season with Christmas just around the corner. Maybe one of my new year’s resolutions should be to write more often… It seems friends and family, as well as some … Continue reading To see or not to see?
Year: 2011
With the right pitch, you can sell an idea in 4-minutes.
Honestly, on Friday night I wasn’t too enthusiastic about spending a weekend “locked” in a room with eight strangers to come up with a ‘start-up’ company. But, after listening to the 60-second pitches, the buzz of energy from the 100+ people who turned up, and the persistent and friendly Scottish brain behind the idea that … Continue reading With the right pitch, you can sell an idea in 4-minutes.
The future of news and info – defined by us or by someone else?
On a whim and with little prep time, I submitted an info-graphic project I worked on while in Timor-Leste for an international information design competition. Low and behold, my project was selected by the Jury to be one of the selected projects for the IIID Award and it might even be featured in the IIIDaward … Continue reading The future of news and info – defined by us or by someone else?
If we’re on the information superhighway, can we slow down?
… or at least learn to enjoy the ride (like this photo of the drive along Lac Leman between Geneva and Lausanne)? In the day and age of having information at our fingertips and spending probably 8 hours a day of a computer, how do we learn to slow down? With most of us on … Continue reading If we’re on the information superhighway, can we slow down?
“I cannot change the laws of physics! I’ve got to have thirty minutes.”
Whether we like it or not, there’s no doubt that the World Wide Web (aka the Internet) has changed the way we live, work and communicate. And it all started here – at Cern, commonly known as the place where they smash really tiny pieces of the universe together. The ultimate research facility for physicists, … Continue reading “I cannot change the laws of physics! I’ve got to have thirty minutes.”
Giving UNISDR a face-lift
In late September 2010, I started working with UNISDR, the strategic arm of the United Nations Secretariat that works on disaster risk reduction. One of the specific tasks I was given was to redesign and redevelopment the organization’s corporate website. The idea had been floating around the organization for a few years. It wasn’t an … Continue reading Giving UNISDR a face-lift
DevInfo – is it about the data or the people?
What are the more interesting products that the UN has been working on since early 2004 is DevInfo. It’s one of these software programs to help governments and UN agencies have easy and quick access to social and census information to help their development work. I first came across it in Timor-Leste and didn’t have … Continue reading DevInfo – is it about the data or the people?
Life’s a whirlwind tour… time to make a change.
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything in this blog. I think it’s time for a change to coincide with the change in what my blog’s going to be about. If you look at the sidebar of my blog, I’ve been writing seriously in this blog since 2006. But most of it’s been about … Continue reading Life’s a whirlwind tour… time to make a change.
Hiking in Sormiou – enjoying life in a work-life balance
The internet has opened up a wealth of information and knowledge at our fingertips – when was the last time you used a Yellow or White Pages? At the same time this information superhighway has made it easier for us to communicate. Think about it. Email, chat, messaging, skype, facebook, twitter has revolutionized the way … Continue reading Hiking in Sormiou – enjoying life in a work-life balance
Taking a hit and getting back up… now that’s resilience.
March can be described in one word…. Change. Here in Switzerland, the seasons are doing that… changing. And yet, after all of my complaining, I finally had the chance to hit the slopes. But by now, the snow is quickly melting ushering in springtime conditions. In Geneva, as people put away their dark and depressing … Continue reading Taking a hit and getting back up… now that’s resilience.