TED Talks are almost always engaging, and Daniel Goldman’s 13-minute talk on compassion where he ponders why aren’t we emphatic more often, is no exception.
I got a divorce almost four years ago. Recently my ex-wife contacted me via IM and mentioned that she was moving to Panamá. A few years ago she had mentioned in passing that she had a spot of trouble getting a civil status certification - I didn’t think of it at the […]
Job not getting you up in the mornings?
Great speech by Clay Shirky about how much people love doing something is an indicator of if it will succeed.
Originally found via BoingBoing.
Last week I got a job offer.
Ever since we started Arquetipos I’ve focused a significant portion of my time on looking for projects, and one appeared last week. A local nearshoring operation wanted to hire a project manager for one of their main clients. The group would start at 15 people […]
Consistent pictures of what 200 calories look like, for those on a diet and thinking what to eat. Found on the same search: snacks under 200 calories.
Yes, that’s way little butter.
Even though I have almost no spare time whatsoever, and I shouldn’t be researching better and improved ways of wasting more time, I went and got myself a Nintendo Wii.
While Microsoft and Sony are fighting over whose processor is bigger, Blu-Ray over HD-DVD, or if Playstation 3 or the Xbox 360 have better HD support, […]
The transcript of Richard Hamming’s 1986 conference You and Your Research is very much worth reading, if nothing else for the following quote:
And I started asking, “What are the important problems of your field?” And after a week or so, “What important problems are you working on?” And after some more time I came in […]
I’ve been very lucky these past few years, both personally and professionally. On my current project I’ve had the pleasure of meeting some great people, and work with two of the best and more dedicated developers I’ve met. Still, I’ve known my share of companies driven only by politics in the past, which […]
Long time no see.
It’s all my fault, I know - I’ve been too bloody busy with offline concerns, and just completely let the blog slide. In the interim I got robbed at gunpoint, managed to release not one but two huge upgrades to our main project, started exercising regularly, moved to Mac, lost several […]