In March 2014 I moved to Amsterdam and started looking for a job and the flightless Dave part of my travels came to an end. However, this has not meant that my travels are now over. In fact, in this year I did more international travel than I did in … Read More
I re-booted my blog in 2015 after it had been standing mostly idle for large parts of the year. It needed a new look and I had a new purpose in my mind. The result was this new, more business-like skin and front page and a whole new content page. … Read More
There Is No Such Thing As Writer’s Block There Is No Such Thing As Writer’s Block There Is No Such Thing As Writer’s Block There Is No Such Thing As Writer’s Block There Is No Such Thing As Writer’s Block Wake up. Write. Observe. Think, reflect. Sleep Repeat There Is … Read More
Definition: affection, fondness, or sympathy for someone or something. Attachment to the wrong things can be really dangerous. And knowing what the wrong things are in every instance is really hard. Luckily, there are some rules of thumb that you can apply to help you figure out MOST of the … Read More
Critical thinking skills are not something that modern schools in most of the world are big on. It’s either learning things off by heart or being swayed by someone or other’s opinion. Teaching our kids how to actually reason: how to break an idea down, follow it to its conclusions … Read More
