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”
Category Archives: Life
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”
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”
October’s interesting reads
Here we are again with a few of the things that have sparked my interest from around the internet (and a little beyond). I’m currently reading Nate Silver’s The Signal and the Noise, about prediction and forecasting. It’s well-written and informative, and also a nice complement to working in foresight (which isn’t about prediction). There’sContinue reading “October’s interesting reads”
September’s interesting reads
I love that I get to read so much in my new role. I hope you find something here to inspire you. I loved this piece on how public intellectuals over-simplify the future. One of the basic tenets of doing foresight work is that we are not trying to predict the future, rather explore possibleContinue reading “September’s interesting reads”
August’s interesting reads
Here’s a collection of some things that I’ve found interesting, noteworthy or curious this month. I’m always banging on about the risks of future historians of our digital dark age/white noise. This article is a good exploration. We were recently on holiday in the UK, and in one village that we visited, I tried toContinue reading “August’s interesting reads”