Welcome to my digital notebook. It's my little place on the internet where I think, wonder and write.
Hi, I'm Nori
I strive to be an amateur (from French 'one who loves')— to do what I like and to like what I do. I am an amateur thinker and an amateur writer.
To be honest, I mostly write about myself, or rather, about the things that are on my mind, hoping there might be some general in the particular, or that it will be useful to someone else.
In the real world, I have a PhD in biophysics and a day job in data analysis and teaching.
I am from Slovakia, now living in Norway with my Viking husband and two little wildlings.
Currently reading
- George Saunders – Swimming in the pond in the rain
Latest from the microblog
For a while now, I have been feeling that there is just too much noise in the world. The internet is a waterfall of impressions that never stops and most of it isn't even that good/useful/beautiful. I have been craving something slower and more deliberate. I think maybe that is why I haven't written here since late last year. I feel bad about it and apologise to everyone who would have liked me to. I just didn't...
Recent Posts
Goodbye, Zettelkasten. I quit.
When I first heard about the Zettelkasten (ZK) method, it seemed like the Holy Grail of note-taking. One place to put all my thoughts, all my ideas, all the things I am learning and would wish to remember? One place to *always* find them? One place to bring them all... *and in the darkness bind them*? I mean: bring them all together?
