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This is my home for things that don't, for one reason or another, belong to Twitter, Facebook or my other blogs. Here you will find my thoughts and musings on topics ranging from climate change and energy issues to mobile & IT technologies, reviews on things I read/see and from cultural commentary to photos. In other words, the topics are all over the place - so if you're looking for a blog with a consistent focus on a single issue, keep looking :)
Author Archives: sim
Second impressions on Australia
Curiously, there’s no phrase “second impressions”, so what comes after first impressions? Noting that I wrote a couple of posts about first impressions of Australia some 2½ years ago ([1], [2]), it’s time to take stock of some cultural and … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Culture, Finland
Tagged Australia, business, climate, cultural comparison, culture, environment, Finland, houses, impressions, nature, notes, quality
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Rebalancing for 2012 and beyond
Every now and then I contemplate whether I should stop writing this blog. After all, much of the activity that used to be in blogs has shifted to various social networks and the volume has gone down. So far, every … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
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Review: Consensus-Oriented Decision Making
I took the opportunity to start this year’s reading with some more work-related material (even though the broader theme of skills in decision making and conflict resolution form important parts of my wider future-preparedness plan as well), I took a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Business, Management
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2011 in Pictures
Another year is behind us; seems they go by faster every year, a feature that I’m not a particularly big fan of. However, turns out quite a bit happened this year as well – leaving aside the world events for … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Photos
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Review: Edible Forest Garden, vol 2: Ecological Design and Practice for Temperate Climate Permaculture
Where volume 1 of this book was focused more on permaculture-related theory, this 640-page whopper is all (well, mostly) about practical things – a toolkit, really. And what a toolkit; without a doubt the most comprehensive manual for designing and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment
Tagged Books, forest garden, permaculture, Reviews, temperate climate, yields
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