This week, I’ve been playing around with ideas of modernity. This is partly inspired by Arjun Appadurai, who’s seminal text Modernity at Large I’ve been studying for my PhD. In it, Appadurai argues that modernity is not a simple transition but an in-flux set of scapes that influence modernity. For example, rather than a country […]
If you haven’t heard of context switching, it’s the concept that moving between tasks diminishes overall output. For example, if you’re trying to write something (an essay, report, etc.) and then check emails, you’ve context-switched: you have moved from the context of writing something to the context of scrolling through emails. This shift results in […]
For some reason, I’ve been on a real Star Wars kick lately. It’s been 20 years since Revenge of the Sith ended the prequel trilogy, and like symmetry, it’s been 10 years since The Force Awakens kicked off the sequel trilogy. Interestingly, neither trilogy captured the magic of the originals and yet both trilogies still […]
It’s been a couple of years now since AI really took off, with ChatGPT becoming this widespread, easily available tool available for free* (of course, with ourselves being the product) for people to use. Although early reactions to AI were – and continue to be – mixed, I also find it hard not to believe […]
It took me several years of trial and error, but I think I’ve finally cracked productivity journalling. I tried bullet journals – couldn’t stand having to draw my own designs for everything. I tried a range of pre-made journals from regular stores, but I found these either weren’t fit for purpose or not too broad. […]
I started running in 2017, the same year I (coincidentally) started my composition degree at ANU. Although I was often told in high school that being active and being creative are interlinked, it wasn’t until I had these practices for myself that that really started to click. Long distance running (the sort I do) provides […]
Each year, I like to reflect on the media I interacted with in. Since 2023, I’ve been tracking everything that I finish in a big list in my diary. In 2024, I finished 122 things, which I felt was a good effort! In this post I’ll detail my recommendations so you can find the best […]
Finally, it is the end of 2024! My family has been joking that we cannot wait for the year to end, as it has just been a shocker. For context, I broke my ankle a few days in to 2024 and that wasn’t even the worst thing that happened. So, yeah. Normally I don’t get […]
I always enjoy this end of the year period. In Australia, it’s summer time so it’s school holidays, which I think are always nostalgic even if you’re no longer in school. It’s also Christmas and the New Year, so people come together more frequently than normal. The cricket’s started, the tennis is about to begin, […]
This week the wifi went down at my residence in Bali. I think it says a lot about the state of the world we live in right now that I felt immediately that this was a big hinderance to me. In some ways I think this is justified – the internet is how we stay […]