As a fellow table tennis player and piano player, I have noticed some interesting spiritual similarities between the two arts. I’m pretty sure they are also common to other sports…
Category: Thoughts
The need of teaching and learning more languages
For a second, stop to think about how many languages you know. With languages, I do not mean verbal languages: rather, any means of expressing thoughts and feelings, or of…
The reasons why mathematics teaching is failing
As a mathematics PhD student, I have seen a lot of mathematics teaching. I have been lucky enough to witness some (very) good teaching, but I have also been inflicted…
On knowing when to stop in software development
One of the very few things I learnt in art class is what the role of Jackson Pollock was in his art. Because, we were asked, what is the role…
A day tour in Cork, Ireland: the best things to see and do!
After spending two months in Cork, Ireland, I feel like I can provide good advice for a nice day tour in Cork. I stayed in July-August, so some of my…
Tasks un-owned are task that go forgotten
If you are a tech company, and your people commit code, then you probably have some code review policy. And if you do not, you definitely should: you want to…
IPSC 2014: Imagination is more important than knowledge
From 12th to 17th May I took part to the International Public Speaking Competition (IPSC) 2014 in London, representing my country, Italy. The topic was Imagination is more important than knowledge, and…
