Author: Tom

Scientists Discover The Oldest, Largest Body Of Water In Existence–In Space

By Tom on October 6, 2015 — 1 min read

Turns out water is more common than we thought, amazing how quickly our scientific understanding of the universe continues to expand at a such a rate. But it was only 40 years ago, in 1969, that scientists first confirmed that water existed anywhere besides Earth. Source: Scientists Discover The Oldest, Largest Body Of Water In…

The Most Important Thing, and It’s Almost a Secret

By Tom on October 6, 2015 — 1 min read

Everyone knows about the spread of war and the hopeless intractability of poverty. But everyone is wrong. Source: The Most Important Thing, and It’s Almost a Secret

Quantum weirdness is everywhere in life – Johnjoe McFadden – Aeon

By Tom on August 10, 2015 — 1 min read

Science is finding more and more that processes fundamental to life seem to rely on quantum effects, fascinating stuff! As Schrödinger predicted, life navigates a narrow stream between the classical and quantum worlds: the quantum edge. Source: Quantum weirdness is everywhere in life – Johnjoe McFadden – Aeon

WordCamp Europe Seville – Remote Work, Open Source, and Motivation

By Tom on July 29, 2015 — 1 min read

I recently spoke at WordCamp Europe in Seville on the inherent motivation that the distributed model promotes, here’s the official summary: Our traditional understanding of motivation is broken. Thankfully the science is now clear. We’ll explore how a culture which embraces Open Source and remote work promotes the real drivers of motivation and ultimately leads…

By Tom on July 27, 2015 — 1 min read

Wow, really great read by @rosso; “how to be an independent woman in a relationship”. Not talked about enough. http://t.co/1Jy8MeSrcu — Tom Willmot (@tomwillmot) July 27, 2015