{"id":1293,"date":"2025-04-02T18:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.data-pro.nu\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2025-04-02T18:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T17:13:56","slug":"1293-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.data-pro.nu\/en\/1293-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A little self-deprecating"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\u2047 From Digital Detox to Data Dizziness<\/h2>\n

\u2018Are you busy or are you just pretending?\u2019 someone asked me the other day as I sighed and held my coffee while operating a whiteboard, laptop, telephone and headphones at the same time. The answer? Yeah, yeah. Because even without an abundance of assignments, my day feels like a game of simultaneous checkers with myself. The cause: my blogs. Or rather, the stories, insights, frustrations and ideas that flowed out like a digital detox.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSilence in your agenda does not mean you have nothing to do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Blog as a Mirror<\/h2>\n

What started as a way to share my vision of open source, digital freedom and data architecture secretly became a mirror. Each item \u2013 from \"Down with Windows\"<\/em> until \u201cI have a partner in crime!\u201d<\/em> \u2013 show me how to get away from big tech, get a grip on information chaos, and at the same time build EduNEX, Aeventir and the rest of life.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA blog is only valuable if you see yourself in it \u2013 and laugh at it a bit.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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An Illustration of Chaos<\/h2>\n

I had an AI make a picture that summarizes my blogs. Result: an overworked version of myself with bags, a laptop on my lap, three students in front of me and five screens full of dashboards. \"So this is my head,\" I thought. And I had to laugh. Because yes \u2013 this is exactly where I stand: between being a pioneer and giving presentations, between productivity and pure panic.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you can laugh at your own stress, you are halfway to rest.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Serious Side of Self-Mockery<\/h2>\n

Behind that self-deprecation is also a mission. What I try to do with my blogs \u2013 and later with EduNEX \u2013 is exactly that: Bringing order to the flow of information. Connecting tools, knowledge, people and processes. Not because it's hip, but because we're drowning in fragmentation. And I want to be a guide in that. For organizations, teams and myself.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSelf-spot is only powerful when there is vision underneath it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And now you.<\/h2>\n

So yes, I didn't have a job. But I did have a mission, an AI drawing of my mental state, and a blog that might also encourage you to reflect. What's in your head on that imaginary whiteboard? And what if you were to draw it?<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you don\u2019t write it down, who will?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2047 From Digital Detox to Data Dizziness \u2018Are you busy or are you just pretending?\u2019 someone asked me the other day as I sighed and held my coffee while operating a whiteboard, laptop, telephone and headphones at the same time. The answer? Yeah, yeah. Because even without an abundance of assignments, my day feels like a game of simultaneous checkers with myself. 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