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I woke up on Monday having a strong urge to see the sea. I re-arranged my working days and, as my wife had the car, decided to walk to the beach. According to Google Maps, I'd just have time to fit in walking three hours there and three hours back. You'll be able to read more about my thoughts on walking in a post that will be unlocked next week.
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Articles unlocked this week for non-supporters:
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Things I've come across this week that made me smile or think "that's cool".
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A few years ago, when I was at Mozilla, a colleague mentioned a series of books by Bernard Cornwell called The Last Kingdom. It seemed an obvious fit for me, he said, given that my interest in history and that I live in Northumberland. A couple of years later, I got around to reading the series, and loved it. The quote that serves as the title for this article is from the second book in the series: The Pale Horseman.
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How I set up and run Thought Shrapnel now it's no longer (really) a newsletter.
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So said Ivan Illich. Another person I can imagine saying that is Diogenes the Cynic, perhaps my favourite philosopher of all time. He famously lived in a large barrel, sometimes pretended he was a dog, and allegedly told Alexander the Great to stand out of his sunlight.
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We don't always know what we think about things, so how on earth are we supposed to know what others are thinking and feeling?
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Dr. Doug Belshaw is an Open Educational Thinkerer, currently working with Moodle and We Are Open Co-op to improve our world.
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Some say he does too much writing, others think he's uninviting. No one thinks he does too much biting.
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Many thanks to Bryan Mathers of Visual Thinkery for the Thought Shrapnel logo. All product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners and are used in this newsletter are for identification purposes only.
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