I believe I’ve linked to this article on Slate before, but even so, it’s more than worth reading. With everything going on around us, there is this tendency to think we are all the victims of circumstance and that the world is become a worse place. It isn’t. The only sound way to appraise the … Continue reading Why the world is not falling apart
Redirecting the blog
Exploring the Black Box has been dormant for quite a while, with the exception of some articles on the work of Kourosh Dini. There are a number of simple reasons that led to that sorry state and will lead to this blog changing somewhat in terms of content in the near future. The first reason … Continue reading Redirecting the blog
Zen & the Art of Work – review part 7 – “addressing thoughts”
This is the seventh part of my review of Kourosh Dini's video product which consists of 16 "sessions", video chapters, on how to get to beter work. You can find more about it here. It guides the users through the first steps in the build and the acquisition of a new or improved toolset which … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – review part 7 – “addressing thoughts”
Zen & the Art of Work – review part 6 – “Setting thoughts aside”
This is the sixth part of a sixteen part review of Kourosh Dini's excellent "Zen & the Art of Work", which you can find out more about right here. The idea of the review is to go through each of the modules, the video chapters, and review what they are about and how they have … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – review part 6 – “Setting thoughts aside”
Zen & the Art of Work – review part 5 – “Preparing time”
After a number of blog posts on the US elections, which I found too interesting not to observe and write about, I'm back to "touching the keyboard", as Kourosh himself referred to it. I'm back to writing my thoughts about his excellent course "Zen and the Art of Work". This is the fifth part of … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – review part 5 – “Preparing time”
Zen & the Art of Work – review part 4
Quick interlude - writing a review of a course as a project in that course This ultimately sixteen (!) part review is now an official project which I’ll use as the basis for applying the principles of Zen & the Art of Work. This I realize, of course, on the day I’m reviewing the video … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – review part 4
Zen & the Art of Work – review part 3
This is the third part of an in-depth review of Kourosh Dini’s “Zen & the Art of Work”, which you can find out more about here. Introduction This video chapter, the third one of Kourosh Dini's epic "Zen & the Art of Work" is aptly titled "Taking a step". After having settled on what project … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – review part 3
Zen & the Art of Work – Review part 2
This is part 2 of a multi part review of Kourosh Dini's new video product What is this chapter all about? This second video chapter, the first real chapter after the introduction, goes deep on how to make considered choices about what you will be doing next. In short, this chapter explain how to best … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – Review part 2
Zen & the Art of Work – Review part 1
The review This is the first article in what will be an extensive review of Kourosh Dini's "Zen & the Art of Work". The idea is to go through the impressive product that Kourosh created and explain how it is relevant to me. Of course, your mileage may vary. Video 01 - Introduction The entire … Continue reading Zen & the Art of Work – Review part 1
Ulysses for iOS and macOS – a solution for a really bad itch
TL;DR - the combination of WordPress and Ulysses on iOS and macOS gives me a lot less excuses not to publish blog posts, as was the case with my beautiful SquareSpace account. Let's see where this takes me. Moving blogs As announced a couple of days ago, I moved blogging platforms, from an excellent SquareSpace … Continue reading Ulysses for iOS and macOS – a solution for a really bad itch
Exploring The Black Box 