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  • A photo/illustration of a cityscape at nighttime

Nightwalks

March 19th, 2023|Comments Off on Nightwalks

In love with the hours when it's neither one day nor the next

Superstore Wilderness Vol 1, March 2023

  • Coloured illustration of mouths talking to each other and two empty speech bubbles

Strangers are a good route to happiness

November 1st, 2022|Comments Off on Strangers are a good route to happiness

Little interchanges can significantly boost our well-being

Época Negócios Brazil, October 2022

(originally published in Portuguese)

  • Illustration of man reflecting on himself

Self-knowledge is good for companies too

September 4th, 2022|Comments Off on Self-knowledge is good for companies too

The Johari Window can throw light on how organisations are seen and see themselves

Época Negócios Brazil, August 2022

(originally published in Portuguese)

  • An illustration of a man typing on a computer and his mirror image

How do we know what is “true”?

June 24th, 2022|Comments Off on How do we know what is “true”?

Technology is challenging our ideas about fact and fiction

Época Negócios Brazil, June 2022

(originally published in Portuguese)

  • Illustration of furniture around a TV set

A different way to have meetings

April 28th, 2022|Comments Off on A different way to have meetings

A long-awaited reunion prompts new thoughts about getting together at work

Época Negócios Brazil, April 2022

(originally published in Portuguese)

  • Illustration of smiling faces

Should we be happy at work?

March 28th, 2022|Comments Off on Should we be happy at work?

Why happiness is underrated in the workplace

Época Negócios Brazil, March 2022

(originally published in Portuguese)

The Wired World in 2022

November 4th, 2021|Comments Off on The Wired World in 2022

Smart, informed predictions for the year ahead

Editor

Published November 2021

  • Cover of The Wired World in 2021

The Wired World in 2021

November 26th, 2020|Comments Off on The Wired World in 2021

Smart, informed predictions for the year ahead

Editor

Published November 2020

  • Cover of The Wired World in 2020

The Wired World in 2020

December 5th, 2019|Comments Off on The Wired World in 2020

Smart, informed predictions for the year ahead

Editor

Published November 2019

  • Cover of The Wired World in 2019, including bylines for Richard Branson, Wendy Hall, Tim Harford Mustafa Suleyman, David Eagleman, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Federicao Marchetti

The Wired World in 2019

December 5th, 2019|Comments Off on The Wired World in 2019

Smart, informed predictions for the year ahead

Editor

Published November 2018

  • Gustav Kuhn performing a magic trick with a lighter

The Illusionists

March 1st, 2019|Comments Off on The Illusionists

Conjurors and neuroscientists are helping us understand the human brain

Wired, March 2019

  • Cover of June 2018 issue of Vida Simples magazine

Time for some constructive pessimism

June 13th, 2018|Comments Off on Time for some constructive pessimism

We need to rethink our attitude to stuff going wrong

Vida Simples Brazil, June 2018

(originally published in Portuguese)

  • Graphic illustration saying "Start Again"

Can we reinvent the internet?

December 28th, 2017|Comments Off on Can we reinvent the internet?

Monopolies. Cybercrime. 'Fake news'. Even the internet's founders admit their utopian vision has failed. So, what if we could start again?

Wired,  January 2018

  • Cover of Vida Simples magazine January 2018

Emotional intelligence and technology

December 28th, 2017|Comments Off on Emotional intelligence and technology

Why tech is threatening our inner lives

Vida Simples Brazil,  January 2018

(originally published in Portuguese)

  • Cover of The Wired World in 2018

The Wired World in 2018

November 15th, 2017|Comments Off on The Wired World in 2018

Smart, informed predictions for the year ahead

Editor

Published November 2017

  • Cover of Vida Simples October 2016 issue

A wiser approach to work/life balance

October 28th, 2016|Comments Off on A wiser approach to work/life balance

Forget the time management, it's all about attitude 

Vida Simples Brazil,  October 2016

(originally published in Portuguese)

  • Students at Avratech study coding in a classrom

Torah and technology

September 9th, 2016|Comments Off on Torah and technology

Israel's ultraorthodox Jews are getting jobs as coders

BBC Online magazine,  9 September 2016

  • A woman looking at her reflection in a computer screen

Rediscovering the real us

April 1st, 2016|Comments Off on Rediscovering the real us

OPINION: Our online life is damaging our identity             

BBC Magazine,  1 April 2016

My London

June 15th, 2015|Comments Off on My London

A personal take on the greatest city in the world             

Viagem Brazil,  June 2015

(originally published in Portuguese)

  • Dancers from Companhia Urbana de Dança perform on stage

Dancing against prejudice

March 28th, 2014|Comments Off on Dancing against prejudice

‘All those theories about Brazil being a country of mixing, that’s a lie’       

Financial Times magazine,  March 28 2014

  • Cildo Meireles in the Pirelli Pavilion, Milan

Face to face: Cildo Meireles

March 28th, 2014|Comments Off on Face to face: Cildo Meireles

The acclaimed Brazilian artist is still defying convention            

Financial Times,  28 March 2014

  • Trekkers in the Atlas moutains

Nearly, but not quite

March 1st, 2014|Comments Off on Nearly, but not quite

David Baker set off to conquer the Atlas mountains. He almost succeeded

Four Seasons magazine,  Spring 2014

  • David Baker with a word cloud above his head saying things like "reflection" and "moments of peace"

Life unplugged

March 1st, 2014|Comments Off on Life unplugged

Twenty-one days without the internet 

Info Exame Brazil,  March 2014

(originally published in Portuguese)

Training to be a divemaster

February 28th, 2014|Comments Off on Training to be a divemaster

Six years ago, an underwater panic attack ended David Baker’s love affair with diving. Could he really train to be a divemaster?        

Financial Times magazine,  February 28 2014

Pilotless planes

December 6th, 2013|Comments Off on Pilotless planes

Why there’ll soon be no need for the man at the front              

Wired, December 2013

Everything connected

September 6th, 2013|Comments Off on Everything connected

The internet of things promises to transform the world. But are we risking our privacy, security and freedom?    

Wired, July 2013

  • Leontino Balbo Junior in his sugar fields

Post organic

August 1st, 2013|Comments Off on Post organic

Leontino Balbo Junior's green farming future

Wired,  August 2013

The Euro supercar

April 6th, 2013|Comments Off on The Euro supercar

Rimac’s $1m electric car is 50 per cent faster than Tesla’s Roadster. But can it overtake its rivals?

Wired, April 2013

Take my hand

March 6th, 2013|Comments Off on Take my hand

The bebionic3 has 14 different grips and is delicate enough to hold an egg        

Wired, March 2013

Meet the aural designer

March 6th, 2013|Comments Off on Meet the aural designer

Emar Vegt composes the click of a BMW’s door and tunes its engine as if it were a song

Wired, March 2013

Real needs, real people

January 6th, 2013|Comments Off on Real needs, real people

Can Silicon Valley solve Africa’s water problem? Scott Harrison is on a mission to try      

Wired, January 2013

Into the deep

January 6th, 2013|Comments Off on Into the deep

We know more about space than we do about the ocean. That is about to change  

Four Seasons Magazine, January 2013

Children’s programming

February 6th, 2012|Comments Off on Children’s programming

Meet 12-year-old app developer Puck Meerburg                        

Wired, February 2012

  • Hackers stand around their project at Geekcon 2011, Israel

Hackfest by the sea

December 6th, 2011|Comments Off on Hackfest by the sea

Israel’s GeekCon is the irreverent tech meetup that emphasises fun and games. Wired went to join in  

Wired, December 2011

Wired’s tech cities: Tel Aviv

September 6th, 2011|Comments Off on Wired’s tech cities: Tel Aviv

Israel’s technology exports hit $28.5 billion in 2010. Here is the next wave of businesses to watch  

Wired, September 2011

Mozilla vs King Corporate

May 6th, 2010|Comments Off on Mozilla vs King Corporate

Firefox’s open-source evangelists take up arms in a battle of the browsers            

Wired, May 2010

The chocolate scientists

February 6th, 2010|Comments Off on The chocolate scientists

The founder of Wired and a former Space Shuttle coder are reverse-engineering chocolate to make the perfect bar  

Wired, February 2010

Impatience, Grasshopper

October 6th, 2009|Comments Off on Impatience, Grasshopper

The inventor of the Corpus Clock is in a hurry to get on with other projects    

Wired, October 2009

Take me off the shelf

April 6th, 2008|Comments Off on Take me off the shelf

A new library lets readers borrow people for a chat. David Baker is a book for a day

The Times, 22 April 2008

The unkindest cut of all?

March 6th, 2008|Comments Off on The unkindest cut of all?

Critics say that male circumcision is unnecessary and barbaric. Advocates claim it has many benefits  

The Times, 24 March 2008

Corporate communes

July 6th, 2007|Comments Off on Corporate communes

In the 1960s they shared Marxism, meals and love. Today’s communards are more likely to be sharing profits

Financial Times, 7 July 2007

‘I wouldn’t say I was a believer’

October 6th, 2006|Comments Off on ‘I wouldn’t say I was a believer’

Despite a dispiriting experience as a nun, Karen Armstrong is happy to think deeply about God  

Financial Times, 7 October 2006

When life keeps getting louder

August 19th, 2006|Comments Off on When life keeps getting louder

Police sirens, thumping music, loud neighbours – noise is no longer ‘the forgotten pollutant’        

Financial Times, 19 August 2006

Land of my fathers

April 6th, 2006|Comments Off on Land of my fathers

It took David Baker 40 years to get to Israel, but there he finally found peace  

Financial Times, 1 April 2006

Sins of immersion

September 17th, 2005|Comments Off on Sins of immersion

Olympic Man, Floral Woman and unwashed bodies all help to fuel lane rage at the swimming pool

Financial Times, 17 September 2005

Full moon by the sea

September 6th, 2005|Comments Off on Full moon by the sea

For centuries, Hoi An has been a well-loved jewel of Vietnam          

Financial Times, 17 September 2005

Two wheels good

November 6th, 2004|Comments Off on Two wheels good

Bicycles are cheap, healthy and good for the environment. So why do so many motorists hate them?

Financial Times, 20 November 2004

Scallops in the morning

September 6th, 2004|Comments Off on Scallops in the morning

After Enrica Rocca’s Borough Market Day, shopping, cooking and eating will never be the same    

Financial Times, 4 September 2004

Wheel of fortune

September 6th, 2002|Comments Off on Wheel of fortune

The science of theme parks: forget end-of-the-pier distractions, the modern amusement ride is a hi-tech thrill laboratory   

Hot Air, September 2001

‘A pebble on the beach of history’

September 30th, 2000|Comments Off on ‘A pebble on the beach of history’

How Iranians see their part in Persia’s 2,500-year story               

Financial Times, 30 September 2000

Riddle of the sands

September 6th, 2000|Comments Off on Riddle of the sands

No sex. No drugs. No flesh. No alcohol. Why would anyone want to holiday in Iran?       

Arena, September 2000

Death on the road

August 6th, 1999|Comments Off on Death on the road

How life can change in an instant                        

Arena, August 1999

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