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10 BAD Writing Tips

30/06/2026

Can you guess why Gordon Ramsay is on the thumbnail of this article? Or what the popular pasta dish Marry Me Chicken has in common with Harry Potter? Read ten of my best writing anti-tips here →

What’s the Point of Pen and Paper?

29/05/2026

5200 years ago, the Sumerians wrote on clay tablets with styli. Today, the younger generation can barely grasp a writing utensil. Read →

The Magic of Music Part 2: Faster & More Furious

14/05/2026

In addition to emotion and cognition, did you know that music also interacts with our motor pathways? In the second part of this series, I crank up the volume another notch, presenting some more brain-engaging music for working and writing. Read →

When (Working) Life Gives You Lemons

07/05/2026

Norway has one of the highest employment rates in Europe. That does, however, make little difference for the hundreds of thousands who fail to get a job—many of whom are young people who find themselves stuck on the outside, hopelessly banging the doors of the labor market. Read →

The Nuisance of Orthography

14/04/2026

To the untrained eye, it might seem like a lawless Wild West system in which commas and dashes and colons are thrown around like bullets in a saloon. But believe it or not, there are rules. And norms. And conventions.

It’s okay to get confused. Read →

“Letter From Oslo”

01/04/2026

There’s no denying the fact that economic differences continue to increase—also in Norway. Read →

When Science Gets Twisted

25/03/2026

When even research as a concept gets watered down, what’s left for us to trust? Read →