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The spiritual similarities between playing music and table tennis

24 March 202016 March 2022

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…

The need of teaching and learning more languages

7 November 201930 November 2019

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

1 November 201930 November 2019

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

15 December 201815 December 2018

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!

23 November 201812 March 2019

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

11 August 201811 August 2018

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

18 May 20141 April 2017

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…

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