Emoji: A Linguistic Adventure

Daily writing promptWhat are your favorite emojis?View all responses That's a fantastic question! I must admit, it did catch me a little off guard. When was the last time you stopped to consider your favourite word? I think I answered the question about which word better describes me here. Pinocchio in Emojitaliano, by Francesca Chiusaroli…

My Universities

Daily writing promptWhat colleges have you attended?View all responses I have attended two Universities, both in Rome. The first one was the University of Rome La Sapienza, where I studied Physics, focussing on Electronics and Nuclear Physics. The second was the University of Rome Tor Vergata, where I got my degree in LINFO (Languages in…

Huginn and Muninn in the Grímnismál

Huginn ok Muninnfljúga hverjan dagJörmungrund yfir;óumk ek of Huginat hann aftr né komit,þó sjámk meir um Munin.[Grímnismál] Huginn and Muninn? Photo taken from internet Huginn and Muninnfly each dayover the spacious earth.I fear for Huginn,that he come not back,yet more anxious am I for Muninn[Grímnismál] Grímnismál is one of the mythological poems of the Poetic Edda.…

Dewey Decimal System – A Guide to Call Numbers

The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), colloquially known as the Dewey Decimal System, is a library classification system that allows books to be put into their most appropriate location in a library using their subject as a sorting criterium. It was first published by Melvil Dewey in 1876. During the years the system passed through 23…

A new theory of consciousness

A new, fascinating, and amazing theory about the nature of consciousness. Definitely worth a read! https://journals.lww.com/cogbehavneurol/Fulltext/9900/Consciousness_as_a_Memory_System.19.aspx The authors of this paper, titled Consciousness as a Memory System are Andrew E. Budson MD, Kenneth A. Richman Ph.D., and Elizabeth A. Kensinger Ph.D. . The paper has been published in Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, the Official Journal…

Nobel Prize in Physics 2022

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 to Alain AspectUniversité Paris-Saclay and École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France John F. ClauserJ.F. Clauser & Assoc., Walnut Creek, CA, USA Anton ZeilingerUniversity of Vienna, Austria “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information…

How to become more productive in 5 easy steps

So many times I have been dealing with productivity and even more times I have been asked to help people, groups, teams, businesses with it. In my personal and professional experience, and also according to Experts (like the ones from the Harvard Business Reviews) you can improve your productivity with just a few steps. In…