Diary of a Saasy Girl

Here's the last of my tryptic posts from Eve Poole and her workshop I attended back in February. If you remember dear reader it was all about women in work and Eve used everyday items to represent a key message. Today I touch on the remainder pieces; the mascara, lipstick and nail varnish. Mascara Women, and some men, will use Mascara to accent the eyes and make them seem bigger. In conversation, the art of holding eye contact with the other person shows they are listening to what you are saying. The longer and deeper the eye contact then it is perceived this person is more intelligent.  One of our basic functions is to blink and some boffins have researched the typical person's blink rate. If you want to come over as professional then hold your eye contact longer and reduce your blink rate down. Of course, its OK to blink; never blinking might come over as being a psychopath.  A quick blink rate could suggest to the other person that you may be nervous, or lying or flirt...

A recent city trip to Ghent was planned to be a relaxing weekend away filled with architecture, beer and chocolate and not necessarily in that order...  As an added bonus, on our last day, before jumping on the train homeward bound we visited the local Design Museum and stumbled upon the Hello Robot exhibition to find a well curated feature.  It started off with some statements collected on how we feel about the prospect of robots coming into our lives and the impact they could make.  Humans have, for a long time, feared anything related to automation, even from the first industrial revolution, with the onset of looms and steam engines, to more recent developments with computers and the internet, and the potential that machines will take away our livelihoods. In some respect, the human has a point to be concerned. Indeed, automation has reduced the need for human input while producing quality, reliable products without demanding a lunch break.  ...