Far Wise in Knowledge Management

Hobbies

When I was thinking about passion, this picture was posted by Get Out There (a Canadian Magazine for outdoor activities that has fun race reviews on YouTube). It reflects well my thoughts in less words than my post. This blog is related to my first "hobby", knowledge management and related topics. The hobby to keep me in shape is running (in case you didn't know). I like every bit of running. Well, except the injuries that I had plenty of (I wish I could add now "in the past", I just hope I have it under control now!). Running helps me to get rid of any stress, to meet people and to discover new areas. The third one also applies. I don't think I've blogged about knitting, but that is sort of my creative side. I say 'sort of', because I use other people's designs (patterns). It's fun to make something. Selecting beautiful yarn and turn it into a sweater that looks nice on me (I mostly knit sweaters and in most cases they are for me). Another creative part of me is writing book reviews, which I post about more often. All these hobbies combined give a good indication of how a I spend a lot of time.

iPhone vs. Android vs. Blackberry users

Working in the telecom sector now, I thought this is hilarious:

 

 

Source: C-Section Comics

Dilbert on social media

Thanks to Nick Milton.

How projects really work

It's an old one, this cartoon (2006). It's not only funny, there is a truth in it. I found it in a blog posting in our new internal collaboration enviroment.

Download How projects really work

     

(1) (2) (3)

 

(1) How the customer explained it

(2) How the project leader understood it

(3) How the analyst designed it 

50 Green energy gadgets

Everybody is on holidays, work is becoming quiet, so time for some fun. Here is a list of 50 green energy gadgets (found in Wired Gadget Lab).  I love the Wind-Helmet Power Generator, it's hilarious!  [But I should add that most are pretty serious and I support any suggestion to save energy]

"The Wind-Helmet has a windmill in your helmet. Wind flows over the helmet, through the propeller in the rear, and stores energy in a set of rechargeable batteries for later use. Although there are a lot of power chargers out there, the Wind-Helmet allows for you generate power with something you will already be using."

Everybody loves my plant

This is an agricultural environment, but not crowded with the gadget-lovers as I used to have as colleagues. So I can "score" with this nice solar-powered Flip Flap plant from 2005.

Traditions

Groundhog Wiarton Willie saw his shadow a few days ago. So, according the tradition, we'll have another 6 weeks of winter to go. What do you expect?, was the reaction of the meteorologist. This is Canada! He doesn't need a groundhog to predict more weeks of winter. Just common sense.

Remembering names

When I try to remember the name of a person, I usually go (in my mind) along the letters of the alphabet. In most cases there is one letter that catches me or starts ringing a bell. And very often this is the letter of the first name of the person. If not, I have to start over again, or leave it a while. For me it is a very effective method, maybe not the most efficient, but usually effective enough.

My boyfriend teases with my "alphabet method". I asked him what method he uses. He replied that he waits till I've found the name. An  effective ànd efficient method, I think....

Your "real" European nationality

In the category "fun, not to be taken too seriously", a test to see which European nationality should you have. Moved from The Netherlands to France, I wondered have I become more French, or am I still typically Dutch? Wrong: I scored as a Belgium. Isn't that exactly between France and Holland? Can't be a coincidence then.