The way humans communicate is a very inefficient process called language. We don’t think about the miracle of speech very often but the way it works is pretty incredible. I have no better way of expressing it, so let’s quote the great Tim Urban: “The next time you’re talking to someone, I want you to stop … Read more Why it’s important to be articulate
My daily train departs the city every 50 minutes. It is quite handy not to miss it. Countdown to my daily train departure home: T-16 min I wanted to do some last minute shopping. I enter the market, buy a few things I want to eat this weekend. Pay, smile to the cashier as he … Read more In a rush
Designing a road for traffic is much like designing a pipe for water flow. The first hint is the similarity of language used. In traffic engineering they talk about traffic waves, traffic flows or traffic stream. I especially like “Jam Density”. Yum. They even use similar mathematical models as in hydrodynamics. Cars move in packs, like water … Read more Peak Hour
I went to an interesting event organised by finding infinity . There would be two speakers that night, one of them was Sam Gosling, a Magnum PI-ish psychology professor from Austin, Texas and Timothy Hill, serious and strangely funny architect from his own firm Partners Hill. While Timothy’s talk was very interesting in his own right (check … Read more What your stuff says about you
This week was Melbourne Cup. I don’t want to give it more attention that it already received or deserves but here is the summary for those unfamiliar with the concept. Every year there is a horse race in Melbourne (but also other cities in Australia). A few horses with tiny jockeys on them run in … Read more What celebrations do for us