Learning is messy. When we embrace this reality, we become open to event designs that provide the flexibility and openness to address it.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2012/04/learning-is-messy

''Hop, hop!'
#DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook

#BoekPerWeek 18/52 ★★★★★

Marvellous! Both the book itself, as well as other works by Rufus Butler Seder that it led me to.
Here's why I loved it: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7484743829
Hier lees je dat in het NL: https://verzameldezinnen.nl/2025/04/13/serendipiteit-in-de-boekhandel-boekbespreking/

#Boeken @boeken
#Bookstodon @bookstodon
#Lezen #Read
#Kunst #Art
#Scanimation #Serendipity

Ah, the age-old dilemma of **forcing** friendships like assembling #IKEA furniture—with instructions written in hieroglyphics! Neel Nanda heroically attempts to decode the secret formula to #friendship, because apparently, #serendipity is so 2020.
https://www.neelnanda.io/blog/43-making-friends #dilemmas #humor #decoding #relationships #HackerNews #ngated

Today's prize; a four-pack of Heady Topper from the Alchemist in Stowe, Vermont. This is the one that launched the IPA craze in the US. At one time, this was the highest rated beer in the world. Very difficult to find outside of Vermont. It shows up maybe twice a year in Massachusetts in very limited quantities. I just happened to be in the right place at the right time today.
#beer #ipa #serendipity

Design events with an overall structure in mind — and where you and the participants are open to the unexpected

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2013/11/when-a-guy-brings-bagpipes-to-your-event

Ha, these are so great! I love serendipitous images.

https://mossandfog.com/perfectly-timed-street-photography-by-pau-buscato/

Falls Euch mal jemand fragt, ob sich aus dem Fediverse lesen auch die eine oder andere Lernreise ergeben kann oder neues Wissen, hier meine heutige Serendipity-Tour vom Vormittag zum Nachlesen.
Fediverse macht schlau!
(edit: Wort ergänzt)

https://www.arminhanisch.de/2025/04/serendipity-samstag/

Phew, even pro astronomers get photobombed sometimes

Sam Lawler @sundogplanets tells me the story how she pointed her telescope at the Kuiper Belt, just to have Saturn crash the party with massive overexposure. In the end, this accident helped discover 128 new Saturn moons.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DvwzbHTcDo

Maybe I shouldn’t delete my bad photos after all?

"The most extraordinary futures often begin with the unplanned detours that happen along the way!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

Believe in serendipity and happenstance, because you never know what might happen! That's because your greatest expertise may not be where you first planted your flag, but where curiosity led you to explore!

That's how ChatGPT summarized a profile article about me that just came out. And it's wonderful wisdom that very much seems to match my mindset!

The article, "The Accidental Oracle," appears in the spring issue of Pivot Magazine, which goes out to over 220,000 Canadian Chartered Professional Accountants. You can access the PDF here. A few comments: The Family Guide to the Internet is still available on YouTube, and yes, it's embarrassing. Unlike the article suggests, I did 'rock and roll and party all night' - while doing my stint as an auditor while on the road, I served as a DJ at the local pub. I don't know how I ever survived. And yes, I did a short stint with KISS!

Enjoy! I did!

See the full article in the post.

#Serendipity #Career #Pivot #Future #Opportunity #Journey #Expertise #Adaptability #Unexpected #Transformation

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/03/daily-inspiration-profile-article-the-most-extraordinary-futures-often-begin-with-the-unplanned-detours-that-happen-along-the-way/

Design events with an overall structure in mind — and where you and the participants are open to the unexpected

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2013/11/when-a-guy-brings-bagpipes-to-your-event

Was having kind of an out of sorts morning and then I went to the post office and all my seeds had come.

While i was on my way into the post office I put my hand in the pocket of my raincoat and found some beautiful little bumblebee earrings in my pocket that I bought last year at Pride and completely forgot about. It was such a surprise.

So I got home and planted some heirloom sweet peas from the 1600s that are supposed to be the nicest smelling variety of sweet pea on earth. I didn't even mind that it was pouring with rain while i did.

Feeling like a rather serendipitous day. Gardening is hope.

i think Winnie The Pooh is tryna tell us something about scammy coins and techbros.

"Some of that basic research looked pretty weird or obscure or even useless at the start. RNA interference, a tool used to create marketed drugs. started out when people had trouble explaining the colors of petunia flowers. I'm sure Elon would have had a good time making fun of these morons wasting public money, trying to figure out why the petunia flowers turned out different than expected. But you never know where this stuff is coming from."

#science #serendipity

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/is-science-in-danger/id1554578197?i=1000691346640

#serendipity

Just looking through my online grocery order for today and noticed I accidentally ordered Apple "pie" lol

Design events with an overall structure in mind — and where you and the participants are open to the unexpected

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/learning/2013/11/when-a-guy-brings-bagpipes-to-your-event

I blew it and missed the “sign up with mastodon” option … so if I have any mutuals on #pixelfed , please find me at:

https://pixelfed.social/saralobkovich

It’ll be beginner #watercolor messes, #AmWriting and #AtWork stuff, #motorcycles (mostly #motorcycleracing ) , random #travel shots (usually either pretty or weird), and handmade social posts made on my #hermes3000 #typewriter , with my #photography, and at my painting table. Plus other #serendipity .