Monthly Archives: March 2010

Neo-education: the revolution of learning

By Flavie | Published: March 30, 2010
“The first month of watching TED talks online gave me more knowledge, insight, and inspiration than all four years of the glorified status symbol that is Ivy League education,” writes Brain Pickings editor and TED addict Maria Popova in Good magazine’s Slow Issue. Popova goes on describing how neo-education (free education available on demand through [...]
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Finding the right city

By Flavie | Published: March 29, 2010
As part of my research on cities and personality, I’ve just finished perusing Richard Florida’s Who’s Your City. Florida says we should look at different factors when searching for the right city to move in. One of them is personality. This shouldn’t be a secret to anybody that certain cities offer different types of stimulation. [...]
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Cities, happiness and personality: a research manifesto

By Flavie | Published: March 15, 2010
Dear readers, I really tried to love Vancouver. I will not spend a great deal of time trying to convince you that I did, but I really did. The fact is, five months after moving here, I’m a shadow of my old self. I will not spend a great deal of time trying to explain [...]
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Direct Trade: coffee at its best

By Flavie | Published: March 10, 2010
Defiant Imagination is back! After a months-long hiatus, due in part to an international sporting event that took place in Vancouver last month. I hope to be able to write here regularly again. A little bit of self-promotion: my article on Direct Trade was published in The Warehouse. High-end coffee was just beginning to reach [...]
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