Tag: life
Of perfect proportions. Day 101 of The100DayProjectย
Iโve no exact recollection of that day when the ground shifted around us all. It was day 101 of the Mutatis Mutandis Project and weโd been told to expect a test of the machinery, around midday. Nothing more than that. To be honest, Iโd probably not have understood much, even had they tried to furtherโฆย Read More ยป
Of perfect proportions. Day 101 of The100DayProjectย
Iโve no exact recollection of that day when the ground shifted around us all. It was day 101 of the Mutatis Mutandis Project and weโd been told to expect a test of the machinery, around midday. Nothing more than that. To be honest, Iโd probably not have understood much, even had they tried to furtherโฆย Read More ยป
Recently in May '26
May was an incredibly packed month, which sort of explains why it took me so long to write this post. Now that I have some time to go through all the events, let's take a look back together, and go through some of the things that happened in May!
Day 100 of The100DayProject (hereโs the next 100โฆ)
The GenAI wars had lasted for less than a decade. But their lasting effect still slopped across all aspects of human life. Weโd survived. But at such a huge cost. The amount of money that this insanity had drained away was impossible to gauge. Whole countries had been bankrupted in their attempt to either catchโฆย Read More ยป
Operating Principles
Recently in April '26
April is now coming to and end, and with it, a new blog post is born. Around 33% of the year has now gone by, and we're starting to head into the prime time of the spring. Looking back at this month, it's been quite quiet. I know I said the same thing last month, but now it's for real.
A job postmortem, circa 2026
A cautionary tale of trust.
Recently in March '26
Now that I am looking back at what happened in March, I see it was quite of a calm month. Oddly enough, I didn't perceive it as so, since I feel like it went by so fast. Let's then take a look back together, but I'm sure this will be a shorter post than in the previous months.
Recently in February '26
The shortest month of the year is now ending, which means that two months of 2026 are already gone! February was quite a busy month for me, and it feels like I never had time to fully stop and rest. Let's take a look.
Parenthood is exhausting, but I don't regret a second of it
Balancing deep creative work with limited, fragmented time after parenting.
Recently in January '26
January went in a blur: it feels like 2026 has just begun, and yet the first month is already gone. It reminds me of what my parents always say: the time goes by very fast, and it gets worse with age. Maybe I'm sort of getting to the point where I start noticing it more and more.
The golden thread
AI can serve us as a force multiplier, augmenting our own agency and making the most of our own effort, hard work and value. Not by replacing it.
Five ways to use the LIFE metric for conservation decision-making
Our new paper in Biological Conservation demonstrates how the LIFE extinction risk metric can be applied across five diverse case studies, from real-time tropical deforestation monitoring to evaluating conservation project effectiveness.
2025 in review
2025 was my year of doing ALL the things - speaking at 5+ conferences, starting a podcast, shipping side projects, and somehow not completely burning out. I learned that momentum creates more momentum, perfectionism is overrated, and seeing people in real life again after years of isolation is actually really, really good.
Recently in November '25
November is now behind us, and there's only one month left in 2025. This year has been going by much faster than I first anticipated, and it has been full of things happening - should I call them events? Maybe that's what adult life is all about, but, for now, let's focus on the past month.
Food and the long term risk to life
A Cambridge article explores our research on how food consumption affects the extinction risk of 30,875 land-dwelling animal species, with an interactive tool to examine biodiversity impacts across different countries and diets.
Recently in October '25
In striking difference with the past month, October has been quite busy and hectic. And no, it's not because of Halloween! Not only did I travel to two places, but there have also been many events, and anxiousness about things happening around be. Let's recap.
Recently in August '25
August is now coming to an end, and there is something in the air feeling more and more like the autumn. Days are becoming colder, darker, and the rain is showing up again. That's good, considering The Netherlands has had one of the driest years so far. Let's look back and see what I've been up to.
Heat
It is warm. Or, should I say, very hot? It is very hot ๐ฅ! For the past few days, the maximum temperature outside has been hovering 30C in the south of the Netherlands. Here in Eindhoven we have, officially, a 80 to 100% chance of a heatwave. I think that's a yes.
Interacting With Others Is Energizing
"Interacting with others is energizing". That was a thought I had around a week ago, and it has been stuck with me ever since. It probably doesn't come as a surprise to most - also not for me-, but I thought it'd be nice to expand a bit more on this thought.
Recently in July '25
I always want to say that the past month was relatively uneventful, but then I write the post and I realized that more things happened than I first thought. So, let's recap July, which is now coming to an end.
Recently in May '25
May has now come to an end. We started seeing the first signs of summer, warmth and, at the same time, some rain, to keep us refreshed. It was an unusually calm month in my life, I would say. However, I have the feeling that it is the calm before the storm.
Recently in April '25
April was a fantastic month. Spring is now on full swing, the trees and flowers are in full blossom, and the weather is warming up - perhaps a bit too much. It was also a month of travel, my second intercontinental trip ever. Let's take a look!
Recently in March '25
March has ended a few days ago, meaning that this recap is coming a bit later than usual. Maybe it is a product of the weather being nicer, and the fact that I've been a bit more busy than usual. It's been quite some hectic days!