BEAUTY
In simplicity
Passion in what you do, dedication in how you do it.
There is honesty in simplicity, whether in data management, photography, or cooking. Start from the fundamentals and let complexity grow naturally
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Metacognition Applied to Master Data Management: Two Levels, Different Setting
I have a habit I’m slightly embarrassed by. Every so often, halfway through an argument, I stop and ask myself why I actually believe what I’m saying. More often than I’d like, the honest answer is “because everyone around me does”, or “because I read it somewhere once and it stuck”. It’s an unsettling question,…
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Bali’s Most Popular Places Keep Eroding What Made Them Popular
Every place in Bali that turns into a tourist magnet started out as something specific. Canggu had surf, empty beaches and rice fields. Ubud had art, ceremonies and a feeling of calm. Uluwatu had cliffs and some of the best waves in the world. Kuta, long before the bars and the traffic, had a wide…
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Sunrise Over Mount Batur: A Lesson in Nested Calderas and Poor Footwear Choices
There is a particular kind of alarm clock that only makes sense on holiday: the 2am wake-up call for a volcano sunrise. Bleary-eyed and slightly disbelieving, we set off through the dark Balinese countryside towards Mount Batur, one of the island’s most recognisable landmarks and, as it turns out, a rather more geologically interesting one…
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Skulls, Scent, and a 900,000 Rupiah Boat Ride: A Morning at Trunyan
There’s a version of Bali most people never see, and it sits about two hours northeast of the terraced rice fields and beach clubs, at the edge of a volcanic lake inside a crater most tourists photograph from a distance and never actually enter. Trunyan is a village on the eastern shore of Lake Batur,…