Donald Osborn

IYOM2023 & translation: “Multi-local” millets go global

IYOM2023 in Hindi: A new term, in the plural

IYOM2023 in Russian, Arabic & Chinese: Specific terms &/or generic meanings?

IYOM2023 in Spanish: ¿Los mijos?

IYOM2023 in French: Mils et/ou millets?

Translation problems ahead of the International Year of Millets (IYOM2023)?

Seven International Years & two decades

International Year of Plant Health, 2020+

2020: A Year of Bicycling Backwards

Explaining lack or loss of motivation in job settings: A tentative inventory

The space between (and around) jobs and hobbies

[LI] Blame for climate crisis; Britain & “zero-carbon”

Two items posted to LinkedIn relating to the environment and the climate crisis – specifically our understanding of responsibility for the crisis, and what a news story about energy sources really means. Important article, and very on-point comments.…

[LI] Languages & UBI; lang tech in Africa; MT; missing words

Four items posted to LinkedIn relating to languages, one with economics and three with technology. Question about how UBI might affect language usage (posted September 2019) How might universal basic income (#UBI) affect use of various #languages?…

[LI] Multitasking; productivity in office spaces; motivation

Three items posted to LinkedIn. These have to do with aspects of work, two primarily in job settings, and two about productivity. “What’s one of the keys to mastering multitasking? Feedback,” by Srini Pillay, Ideas.TED.com, 27 February 2018 (posted…

[LI] Abandoned ag land; tree species in reforestation

Three replies to posts on LinkedIn, the first to an article on abandoned agricultural land, and the other two about the selection of tree species for reforestation. Reply to a post by UN Biodiversity about an article entitled “Could Abandoned…

[LI] Power, brain damage, incompetence & the “cult of the tech founder”

Three items posted to LinkedIn on power and its dysfunctions. “Power Causes Brain Damage,” by Jerry Useem, The Atlantic, July/August 2019 (posted July 2019) Another cautionary about concentrating too much power in the hands of individual people. “How…

[LI] 3- & 4-circle “purpose” Venns (2 items)

[LI] AI job interviews (3 items)

Three brief considerations of AI interviews in hiring, posted to LinkedIn. “Unilever saves on recruiters by using AI to assess job interviews: System analyses body language and word choice, but polling suggests public are opposed to such use of…

[LI] AI vs AI; using biological data for better storytelling

Two items posted to LinkedIn, one about “AI” designed to interdict data gathering by other “AI,” and the other relating to research on gathering biological data to help map one’s “social media DNA” and tailor storytelling. The first item shapes part…

[LI] Trekonomics; innovation without pay; economic value

Three items outside of mainstream economics posted to LinkedIn: science fiction imagining a moneyless future; innovation outside of the context of paid work, and the meaning of value (as opposed to price) in economics. Fascinating. Will have to get a…