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Thinking through writing
How I stop-started with journalling
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Oliver Quinlan
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October 2022
Making something 'a thing'
Does coining a phrase actually make it less clear?
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Oliver Quinlan
You're learning a lot, but is it valuable?
Over the years I’ve realised that one of the strongest things that motivates me is learning new things. Learning is so important for work, but I’ve been…
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Oliver Quinlan
4
September 2022
Meaningful objects
I’ve had this small cloth for over ten years. It’s a pretty unremarkable glasses cleaning cloth. I found it again recently, 11 years, 5 jobs, 3 cities…
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Oliver Quinlan
The drag of experience
When it's impossible to start from scratch.
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Oliver Quinlan
2
June 2022
You're so much better at comparing than any other kind of judgement
Learning from contrasts and change
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Oliver Quinlan
Artificial intelligence won't solve all our problems
We also need communities.
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Oliver Quinlan
Do you really know how you use your time?
Some things I learned from tracking my work time.
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Oliver Quinlan
4
May 2022
Everything* is learnable
When I was eight our school gave us the opportunity to learn a musical instrument. I think I had a few experiences with playing an instrument be…
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Oliver Quinlan
4
Maintenance
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve thought a few times back to things that happened in the last few years at work, and made some connections between…
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Oliver Quinlan
5
Losing focus, and finding it again
Some thoughts on distraction, creating value and writing
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Oliver Quinlan
3
On stories
Diving into reflection and meta reflections
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Oliver Quinlan
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