electricity
How electricity works We live in an electric world – lightning is electricity, electric currents run through our bodies. ele
tedtalks
TED talks
WWE
I remember when I was a young child – maybe five or six years old – when I first watched WWE on TV. (At the time it was ca
dan dennett
Dan Dennett Notes
russell barker
russell barker add – do I want to do a blogpost about this? yes Revisit his videos… Russell Barker Executive function self
Naughty Boy
Naughty Boy: Under-table Scribblings Of A Recalcitrant Joker is a collection of poems by blogger and entrepreneur Visakan Veer
day 4 of free agent life
2018 Jul3 – Day 4 of free agent life: I went to bed at about 230am last night. I was somewhat disappointed in mys
what i look for in a writer
in a marketing context signals I like – using a domain rather than gmail. but of course, totally understandable if someone
ecommerce growth plans
(abandoned draft) Last week, I wrote about my own journey as an ecommerce retailer and how we built our business from cringe-i
saas marketing struggles
Brief: what should a saas marketer be prepared for? A window into the experiences (good/bad) that you’ve had as a market
sitemap
This is a test post that I might use to list out all the posts on visakanv.com. I’m wondering if visakanv.com might be a
money or life
https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/988756622477479937 Book opens by talking about how shitty people are with their money and
timing like a state
We have colonized time just the way we have colonized space – and our wild, natural rhythms are in a sense contained and imp
jamming studios
The first jamming studio that was a significant part of my life was some dingy place in Clarke Quay. I don’t remember the na
train station
Train Man, what a long day it had been. So many terribly written emails to respond to. So many arrows to siam. Another day. No
think bigger
Every so often I encounter something that pulls me out of the box that I’m currently in. It’s 2:51pm and I’m really slee
reorient
At my last 1-1 with Dinesh we were talking about quicker reorientation after failure. We were talking about my motivations, an
reduce bullshit
Most people are full of shit- and when I say that I mean Frankfurtian bullshit, ideas and statements that aren’t verifia
todo
funwork 2nov2023 movies twitter intended to watch: citizen kane (10< space odyssey (6), seven samurai (5), howl’s moving
making sense of bullshit-ville
To be born into modern human civilization is both a great privilege (for the safety and opportunities it provides) and a rathe
DR wedding speech
Thank you everybody for being here on this pleasant day, to witness our friends writing the next chapter of their lives.
ambition
Jayne asked on facebook, “what are your dreams and ambitions?” I could talk to you for hours about this because th
Psychological Self-Help: How To Stop Procrastinating
If we begin with the notion that procrastination is not the basic “problem” but rather an attempted “cure
Psychological Self-Help: Types Of Procrastinators
Types of procrastinators It may help to think in terms of two fundamental kinds of procrastinators: one tense and the other re
Psychological Self-Help: The Emotions Of Procrastination
In recent years, most psychologists have come to believe that the act of procrastinating can best be understood by identifying
Psychological Self-Help: The Process of Procrastination
Procrastination is a strange phenomenon. Its purpose seems to be to make our life more pleasant but instead it almost always a
todo
(feb2015 draft of a page from @1000wordvomits) I think one of the things that keeps me procrastinating is the fact that I have
Fulfilling Old Promises
I think one of the things that keeps me procrastinating is the fact that I have this long history of unfulfilled promises. I&#
List of resources for procrastinators
I’m going to go through all of this one by one, distill them to their core principles and condense all of them. Procrast
Hello, World: We can fix this.
My goal is to quit procrastination. I managed to quit smoking. I believe that I can quit procrastination, too. I will figure i
Why I Am A Marketer
This is a quick and dirty draft I wrote while at work. There’s this Italian guy on TED- Ernesto Sirolli who said there are t
words that are pretty and useful
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Links useful to me when studying as a Private A Level Candidate
(This post is incomplete but I just gotta put it out there) Once you’ve picked your subjects, I think the most important
unsorted-thoughts-2
RELATIONSHIP HACKS: 1: It is remarkably difficult to have an unproductive argument while you’re walking together, and/or
unsorted thoughts
PRACTICAL EVERYDAY LOGIC: I’ve been thinking that there ought to be a universal “practical everyday logic” e
sia girls makeup
Wait, why is a Perspective writer writing about fashion stuff? Well, fashion can be pretty serious business, ya know.&nbs
10 Facets of Gamification
Achievement: A badge, a level, a reward, or points given to a person for accomplishing something. Levels: Breaking a storyline
Decluttering my bookmarks
First I’m listing them all out. With reasons. No good reason, delete. Quora: Quora: What could a 20 year old do to impro
How do atheists cope with the moments of despair and loss in their lives?
This is an answer I posted on Quora.com which I am particularly proud of. Atheism:Â How do atheists cope with the moments of d
building the story
an idea has been tossing around my head for years and years and I plan to get started on it after my a’s- which is to wr
flies
so few people left on livejournal sticking around is vastly underrated as a competitive strategy
Standard Deviation
Standard deviation is a measure of statistical dispersion. It’s the square root of variance. We take the square root bec
How I’m studying as an ‘A’ Levels Private Candidate
After choosing my subjects, the first thing I wanted to do was to get very intimately acquainted with my syllabus. It’s
Studying H2 Literature as a Private Candidate, pt 1
First of all, after making the decision to do H2 Literature, I have to pick my texts. Here are my choices: Section B: Prose *
Thinking about Pete Wentz
I’m thinking about Pete Wentz before I go to bed. I follow him on Twitter. Why? I suppose because he was the bassist and
W17D2- a teacher’s passion
I’ve decided to make it a point to start writing something every day. This is not a new decision but it’s another
W11D2: Acquiring and Filling New Meters
I’m noticing an increase in hits coming from people searching for information on students taking their A Levels as priva
secret
I secretly worry that I am a burden to my friends, that they don’t want to hear anything from me, that they get annoyed
dream
I want to come home from tampines. I take a bus 10 from somewhere near the interchange. I don’t remember where exactly I
wisdom (teeth)
So I pulled my two left wisdom teeth today. I only had 2 cigarettes yesterday- I wasn’t feeling so well, so it was more
learning
an important thing I’m learning, I think, or trying to learn, and trying to embody, is that we have to treat our “
Why does altruism exist?
Here’s my shaky hypothesis, which I put together from many casual (and possibly flawed) readings of several different so
kind words
“hello! Just wanted to tell you that I love your blog! I love its ingenuity, creativity, eloquence, and maturity! Singapore
A List Of My Favourite Things: Movies
Movies: 20: X-Men: First Class 19: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 18: Scent of a Woman 17: Love, Actually 16: The Incredibles
Loyalty to country vs. Loyalty to humanity
“No nation was ever so virtuous as each believes itself, and none was ever so wicked as each believes the other.”
sitting in the silence
Lately as an atheist I find it exceedingly unnecessarily and even counter-intuitive to even speak of atheism, or of religion.
“hello! Just wanted to tell you that I love your blog! I love its ingenuity, creativity, eloquence, and maturity! Singap
NS memoirs
(originally wrote this for Fever Avenue) This one is for the boys. I’ve had some pretty unique opportunities in my life to e
The Path Of A Double Pendulum
Look at that. Isn’t that beautiful? Doesn’t it look chaotic, and yet strangely elegant? This is the path of a doub
7sins: Envy
(image courtesy of blackeri) What is lust? Lust is fundamentally about conquest. Nobody lusts after what they already have.
xav on me being kind in conflict
“It’s fun to be wrong, especially if the person taking you down does so professionally on a nice practice mat, ins
2012
I didn’t want to do anything for new year’s. I didn’t want to spend money unnecessarily, because lately I
dear anybody who’s having a rough time
you can talk to me! please do.
The Man Who Will Not Drive
There once was a guy who swore he’d never ever buy a car. After all, he reasoned, all cars eventually break down and fai
i miss the people who have left i never told them how much they mattered to me
don’t be a sucker
(original title: Occupy Wall Street: What do you do when the odds are stacked against you?) Wall St shouldn’t be screwin
On productivity, evolution and conversations
I often pay lipservice to productivity, and I’ll be the first one to acknowledge it. It’s mostly in an attempt to
Dealing with depression, in yourself or in others
I’m always a little suspicious of the “do whatever works” argument, because sometimes what works only works
“Why do you love me?”
Individuals are far too vast to be reduced to a few factors- we feel more than we can know, and we know more than we can expre
What do you do if you are a self-fulfilling prophet?
What is the pragmatic course of action to take when you are aware that your prediction about the future (to simplify it) is go
Can the Self be localized in the brain?
When you say “all of the self can be localised in the brain”, i’m interested in what you mean by “loca
you can never completely know yourself.
It’s never possible to throw up a bunch of measurable or quantifiable elements and equate them to ‘the Self’
On staying awake and giving a damn.
I used to be able to stay awake in secondary school, at least most of the time. There were moments where I’d drift into
The 3 Practical Things We Need To Teach Our Kids
We need to teach kids Operacy- that is, how to function effectively, how to operate as a human being. Bodily functions are rar
rambles for progress
More rambling time. Let’s contemplate the evolution of social ideas for a bit- how cultural shifts happen. They’re
A Reader whose life you have improved.
I would like to say that i like your stuff. I like what your thoughts and philosophy about how we are all interconnected and h
utilizing decisive bursts
I’ve had some rather unique NS experiences. One of them involved me and my colleagues spending many hours with penknives
explaining my love for self-correcting mechanisms, philosophy and systems
Stereotypical geniuses have highly developed self-correcting mechanisms. They learn from their mistakes and avoid repeating th
The passing of Steve Jobs, and what it means for the rest of us
I woke up this morning to messages that Steve Jobs was dead. I wasn’t entirely surprised to hear it- we know he’s
smoking in jc
I picked up smoking sometime around my O Levels, when I was 16- but I never really bought my own cigarettes and carried them a
thoughts on illness, immune systems and weekend warriors
I think I fall sick more often than my peers. I’m not completely sure of this, I don’t have enough data to be conc
nothing to say
Torn between wanting to seek out and ruminate with every last person I have any spiritual affinity with, and throwing myself i
misery and effective decision making
Time and time again I find myself staring into space, overwhelmed with so many choices and options that I end up doing absolut
transactive memory and being a part of something greater
I like to think that almost every single thing in the universe is a part of something greater than itself, and I think as soci
everything and nothing
It’s amazing, frustrating and humbling how easily I fall back into the same old routines and problems when I haven’
The Problem With Practical Logic
Some people consider themselves logical because they’re systematic, but they tend to begin from faulty premises and indu
live for others
scrolling through my friendslist, posting comments, a cheer-up here, a hang-in-there there, a =) here, and cheers there. i mea
the rogue and the pastor’s daughter
The young pastor’s daughter reaches out to the wounded rogue, who cringes and shifts aside. “Stay away from me,” he snar
The Old About Me
My name is Visakan Veerasamy. I am a Singaporean, born and bred. I am proud of my country despite its shortcomings. I believe
Sense Of Urgency
Stumbled upon some old blog posts from 2006/2007 and am rather startled and amused at some of the wisdom in those posts- ̶
Dream: Birthday
I dreamt it was my birthday- I think my twenty first. There was an older figure that suggested that I drive this big badass lu
Quotes About Heroes and Heroism
(Had a pic of Commander Shepard here but it got broken in transit somehow) Mary Gordon quoting Andre Malraux: “Joan of A
from the horse’s mouth
Well, personally, I would just be straightforward with it. Like how Visa has been to me, and vice versa. It’s a good wak
Thoughts on running, management and life
I’ve never really liked running. I like cycling, and I imagine I’d like swimming, but I’ve never really like
Personal Systems 2.1- down the rabbit hole we go…
Continuing from where we left off, here and here! Brainstorming (prototype 1.0): Putting things together (2.0) Refining them (