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This is a guest blog article by Ilkka Kakko from RespectSerendipity.com ”For almost two centuries, Spain has hosted an enormously popular Christmas lottery. Based on […]

After my keynote at ISIC, one of the participants challenged me on my claim that information overload is a “bad thing” (not that I put […]

Universities throughout the UK are gathering information for the UK Research Excellence Framework in 2014 and as a result they are gathering large databases of […]

One of the enjoyable aspects of writing research software, is that often a free license is granted to play with and explore a vast variety […]

In my previous post ‘Taking the digital notebook a step further‘ we talked about the various ways in which people use their notebook and how […]

We recently had a meeting with Catherine Styles, the creator of the Sembl Project to discuss how Serena and Sembl are both investigating serendipity, but […]

Serendipity is about time and an attitude of mind. But it’s not just about the individual: it also depends on the social context. Laura Dantonio […]

I’ve recently started a guest blog series) on Finnish-born IIkka Kakko’s serendipity blog (www.respectserendipity.com). In it, I talk about my research so far as part […]

Last month, SerenA took part in the Small Society Lab at Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA). This included a panel discussion around the idea of the […]

Observing the laptop-generation in conference, lecture, and conversation, writing to colleagues, checking football scores, reading emails, speaking eloquently, one eye on screen, the other on […]