Archive | May, 2008
International Terminal

Pop in English, from elsewhere

By Carsten Knoch on May 22, 2008 in Music

What is it about popular music, sung in English, that originates from outside of the English-speaking world? This is a topic that’s occupied me for a few years now. Not in the least because I didn’t grow up speaking English, or in the English-speaking world. My own relationship with popular music has been one of [...]

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Apple

Recipe: Earth bowl

By Carsten Knoch on May 11, 2008 in Food

Earth Bowl is the yummiest, healthiest, most counter-intuitive meal imaginable. Originally published by Caroline Dupont in Enlightened Eating (an excellent, continually surprising source of vegetarian, vegan and raw food recipes and inspiration), Earth Bowl combines apples, celery and nuts into a healthy meal or snack. It could be breakfast because it has apples and nuts. [...]

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Hari Kunzru My Revolutions

Read: Hari Kunzru, My Revolutions

By Carsten Knoch on May 11, 2008 in Culture

A few years ago, I read Kunzru’s Transmission and loved it. I thought it was switched on to what the world was becoming and elegantly highlighted how people from developing countries are traversing the boundaries of distance and economics by plugging into the ‘new’ economy. Then, I tried to read The Impressionist and failed to [...]

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Training

MOSS Classroom Training Agenda

By Carsten Knoch on May 2, 2008 in Business, Technology

When I deliver SharePoint classroom training for first-time users (or those needing a refresher), this is what my training agenda typically looks like. I’d be interested to get some feedback on this, or hear from others who have developed their own training agendas. SharePoint Training Agenda (4-5 hour instructor-led classroom session) Introduction & overview (30 [...]

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