As you may have guessed from various of my past posts, I’m always testing out new SaaS services to see how they can help my productivity. The thing is that many of those services are based in the US, with all the questions that raises around data privacy, access by governments and so on. SoContinue reading “Moving my tech stack”
Author Archives: Antonia
A year in music
Last year on my birthday I decided to keep a musical diary for a year – creating a Spotify playlist that I add to each day. Even though this year has been somewhat turbulent, I have managed to complete the assignment and the results are available for anyone to listen to here. My rules wereContinue reading “A year in music”
Recipe: low-fat homemade labneh
I’ve been on a health kick for several months now – eating lots of veg and lean meat, cutting out sugar, alcohol and saturated fats. One of my secret weapons has been the Icelandic “yoghurt” skyr. 0% fat and I use it as a salad dressing (mixed with lemon juice and herbs), spread, pasta sauceContinue reading “Recipe: low-fat homemade labneh”
Four days in Vienna
I’ve just spent four days in Vienna, my first time in this historic city. I went for work – a workshop on science diplomacy where I gave a presentation and hands-on session on foresight – and a visit to the Fundamental Rights Agency where I did another session on foresight for agency staff and metContinue reading “Four days in Vienna”
An experiment
As social media implodes and we see the selfish motives of so many tech leaders laid bare, I feel increasingly disinclined to share anything about myself on those platforms. The only online publisher I can rely on is myself, I guess, so I’m thinking about using the blog more to share with my community. I’mContinue reading “An experiment”
An exciting announcement
So, this is kind of cool. One year and one month after I started working at the EU Policy Lab, I’ll start in a new role as its Deputy Head of Unit! From 1 September, rather than focusing on foresight, I will be working across the three areas of the team’s activities (so also DesignContinue reading “An exciting announcement”
Call me Sam
When I moved to my new role at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, I (foolishly?) stated that this was the first time in twenty years that my role hadn’t involved some communication aspect. Well, that didn’t last long. Six months in, I’ve joined the speechwriting pool, honing speeches for the senior management of theContinue reading “Call me Sam”
Why Only Connect is the best thing on TV
On nights when my husband and I are watching TV, the after-work ritual is Pointless on BBC1 followed by House of Games on BBC2. But Mondays are special – Mastermind, followed by Only Connect, followed by University Challenge. I love Mondays. I’ve always enjoyed quizzes and general knowledge and that sort of thing. When we were kids, weContinue reading “Why Only Connect is the best thing on TV”
Should we think about work more like university and less like school?
I recently had time to do more reading than I usually manage and used it to finish reading Deep Work by Cal Newport. It’s a book, and an idea, I had read about a lot previously, but there’s much more to it than just the idea of reading emails v writing something. And it chimedContinue reading “Should we think about work more like university and less like school?”
What can we do to make theatre more sustainable?
Last year I returned to directing for the first time in quite a few years. There was a lot that had changed about the processes around organising a production – Google Forms! Whatsapp! Facebook marketing! – but one that really hit me was the consideration of waste in theatre and how this was never reallyContinue reading “What can we do to make theatre more sustainable?”