Fantastic to be part of this - getting to discuss my love of mud and water treatment with top computer scientists and engineers to develop a really worthwhile sustainability project in Vietnam. Many thanks to Global Wales for making this happen.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb Knowing and not doing, is not knowing. - Chinese proverb

You cannot get educated by this self-propagating system in which people study to pass exams, and teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything. You learn something by doing it yourself, by asking questions, by thinking, and by experimenting.

Arrived in Vietnam to work on a fantastic Global Wales project involving the sustainability of the Mekong Delta with colleagues from Bangor University University of South Wales & Can Tho University

Great to get some fieldwork started in Vietnam! Some folk in the UK ask how or when climate change will "affect" their lives. Communities in the Mekong Delta are living with everyday issues exacerbated by climate breakdown right now.

Had a fantastic visit to Vietnam🇻🇳 as part of Global Wales initiative with teams from University of South Wales, Bangor University and Can Tho University. Great to meet many local stakeholders and thrilled about collaborations with community and environmental impact. #Sustainability #Collaboration

In 1960, David Latimer planted a spiderwort sprout inside of a large glass bottle, added a quarter pint of water, and then sealed it shut. He opened the bottle 12 years later in 1972 to add some water and then sealed it for good. The self-contained ecosystem has flourished for

This: Immerse, Absorb, Pretend to sleep, Rotate shapes. How to work on complex problems. Doodle when absorbing.

Students at NYU asked the creators of South Park the million-dollar question: “What makes a good story?” They gave one of the best explanations of story I’ve heard: “If we can take the beats of your outline, and the words ‘and then’ belong between those beats… you got

This is where we live ! This is where learn ! This is where we innovate ! @API_Pontio Welsh Gov Innovation Enterprise by Design Andy Goodman Olwen Williams

What is? What if? What wows? What works? Not this, Salesforce: 1. Offer interesting resource, 2. get my contact details, 3. provide a resource I’ve no interest in. Not an intentional bait and switch I’m sure, but not a great customer experience. salesforce.com/uk/form/conf/i…

These Vietnamese kids built a Bugatti out of clay mud. Humans are incredible ❤️x.com/ThebestFigen/s…

Got your #alevels2023? Thinking of universities? Look no further than Bangor University in North Wales! - Best location: between the mountains and the sea. - Leading researchers: you'll be taught by real experts. - Most Sustainable: 15th in the world for sustainability.

In 1935, quarry workers at Porthmadog, North Wales were transported to the top via cable car. To get them back down to the bottom at end-of-shift, this no-energy way was devised [📹 British Pathé] x.com/historicontent…

How might coherence like this emerge from interactions within a team, or an organisation?

Gwynedd has a higher proportion of holiday homes than Cornwall.

“First of all, LOLz.” Karmic indeed. apple.news/AOfN14gpkTl6kt…

Cardiff cutting nursing and music… it will be interesting to see if other Universities in Wales cut courses, what courses they cut, and whether there is a formal agreement between theme to establish ‘strategic foci’, or similar, to reduce duplication. apple.news/AlzceReCxQeKJH…

Why have I not installed Roam Research Hierarchy plugin before? github.com/dive2Pro/roam-…. Almost 5 years of disorder tamed. The homonym element is so useful. Obsidian with markdown and Claude Code is useful, but to discover and make sense of your thinking over time: Roam.

Truer today than ever before? x.com/eeeemartin/sta…