Archive for the “150 Things” category
it tastes like burning
by Pippa on August 15, 2009
- an electric can opener
- an old vacuum cleaner
- a blender
Maybe it’s just because there was a bunch of smoke, but I actually enjoyed tonight’s interpretation of John Cage’s Variations VII. Apart from the smell of some really hideous …
150 Things #5: The Philosophy of Excellent Friendships
by Pippa on April 13, 2009
One of the things that motivated me to start learning more about friendship is the modern and instant types of “friend” as represented by social networks. I sometimes feel that the meaning[s] of ‘friend’ are somewhat weakened by the more …
150Things: #4 On becoming Friends
by Pippa on March 6, 2009
One of the reasons that I’ve become so interested in the process of friendship creation is that over the last 3 years I’ve been moving from place to place. I’ve stayed in Helsinki, Sheffield and Berlin for a minimum of …
DIYMasters: Call for Participation
by Pippa on February 22, 2009
Update Below!
So far, it feels that I’ve made very little progress with my DIYMasters work, as I seem to do more thinking about what I intend to do rather than actually sitting down to write, study or create.
Overthinking …
150Things: 2.0 Friend List One
by Pippa on January 13, 2009
150Things: 2.0 List One, originally uploaded by Fighting Tiger.
I’ve been thinking that in a community with a size of 150 (commonly cited as Dunbar’s Number), not all of those people will be friends.
Even though I have …
150 Things : 1.0 Practical Uses For Jedi Mind-Tricks
by Pippa on January 12, 2009
I’m starting off my list of 150 Things with Practical Uses For Jedi Mind-Tricks, the session I ran at BarCamp Sheffield at the beginning of December last year.
Running that session helped me focus my thoughts on a topic …
150 Things
by Pippa on January 12, 2009
I’m still thinking a lot about how to approach the studying and academic side of my DIYMasters, but on the creative side I’ve become a bit more relaxed.
For a while I was feeling intimidated that I would have …
BarCampSheff: Practical Uses For Jedi Mind-Tricks
by Pippa on December 4, 2008
Or “These are not the droids you are looking for”.*
The theme for my first ever Bar Camp this past weekend in Sheffield was “community and conversation.” Conveniently, most of the people in Sheffield I wanted to catch …
