Month: February 2021

This is my second monthly checkpoint for the 365 days writing challenge I started this year. I showed up every day in February too, so, up until now, I can safely say the challenge is going ok. Today included, I published a post every day for the first 59 days of 2021, which leaves 306 … Read more

And not necessarily of who you are. Because that counts, you know. Where you are is just as important, or, sometimes, even more important than your amount of knowledge, your experience, your skills or your connections. The “simple” context in which you play infuences the game in ways that are not negligible. Here are 3 … Read more

Starting next Monday (two days from now) restrictive measures in Valencia, the town where I live in now, will be relaxed. For the last 6 weeks we’ve been in a de-facto lockdown: we couldn’t run outside without a mask, bars and coffee shops were closed and there was also a cierre perimetral during weekends, meaning … Read more

Every once in a while I remember a very interesting Christmas eve, from more than 15 years ago. Recently, I remember this more often, you’ll see a bit later why. It was a snowy day, and I had to drive from my home town, in the middle of the country, to Bucharest. I pondered a … Read more

My 365 days writing challenge is progressing nicely, I’m already close to 60 days of continuous blogging and the habit is starting to stick. Since I’m getting more and more comfortable with it, I decided to give it a little bit of a structure. I already have two posts that I know for sure I … Read more

There is a very popular short story about Elon Musk that goes (more or less) like this: Elon Musk made $180M when PayPal was acquired in 2002. He put $100M in SpaceX, $70M in Tesla, and $10M in Solar City. He borrowed money for rent. Depending on what social media platform your read it on, … Read more