Anti-viral writings for financial resilience, location independence and meaningful relationships.
Before diving into today’s topic, I just want to remind you that this post is part of my 230 days blogging challenge. This is my 9th post so far, and, although I know I have a long way to go, I feel confident. Some of the benefits of this challenge are already forming: a bit … Read more
You’ve heard it a million times and, almost always, it was the correct thing to say. Almost always, if something looks, feels or seems too good to be true, it isn’t. I have only one problem with this. The “almost” part of it. Let me explain. Although, in the vast majority of contexts, this is … Read more
Some of you may know that I’m somehow involved in cryptocurrencies. My focus is not in the speculative part of it, or trading. My interests are mostly in cryptography – and how it can be used to solve real world problems. Also, I’m interested in blockchains which have something in common with writing: blogging or … Read more
As I’m slowly getting on track with my 230 days blogging challenge – this is my 6th day, by the way – I’m starting to revisit feelings and attitudes from my ultra-running races. If I really think about it, such a long writing challenge is very similar with an ultra. It stretches over a huge … Read more
Working as a software developer comes with many perks: you can work remotely (or from coffee shops), you get to see your work used by thousands of people and you are almost forced to learn continuously. But one of the most interesting perks is the ability to reproduce processes and metrics from software development in … Read more
For years, if anybody would have asked me this question, I wouldn’t even think about the answer: entrepreneur, of course. I would have said this on auto-pilot, 100% convinced that this is, always has, and always will be the correct answer. A little bit of context is required, though. I became an entrepreneur when I … Read more
The other day I was expressing some personal frustration on Facebook (where else?) about some further lockdown here in Spain. After a few consecutive prolongations of the initial “estado de alarma” (2 weeks each), the Government now wants a 5 weeks prolongation. And this in the context of very low epidemic numbers. My stance was … Read more
For about 7 years I worked as a radio anchor and, a week ago, I just remembered how it all started. I was a student at the Faculty of Journalism, in the post-Decembrist Bucharest, circa 1992. I was part of the second generation of students, working with a new set of teachers and curricula, which … Read more
