Many people have asked me why, when I was an employee, I used to change jobs so often. The answer stands in between my own curiosity to take on new challenges, and the various assholes I had to deal with through the ages. Just as an example of this last case, here goes a true [...]
Welcome to the company!
July
22,
2010
Humour · Project Management · Switzerland · Technology
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Tweeting without Twitter
July
1,
2010
During my flight to WWDC this year I could not really sleep, and the 12 hour flight was the source of memorable tweets that will never make it to Twitter. Because of timing and context, and also because of the inexcusable lack of wifi network in some major airlines. Anyway. I used Pages during the [...]
Argentina · Humour · Technology · Twitter · iPhone
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Making traveling enjoyable again
April
20,
2010
If there’s only one good thing we could take from the global grounding of planes all over Europe, it might as well be the possibility to enjoy traveling again. Even recognizing that the airline industry has been able to dramatically cut costs and times of travel, one can’t deny the fact that it has done [...]
Act Now · Humour · Opinion
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suecia
March
14,
2010
en suecia, al menos en göteborg, hay luces en cada ventana. dicho asi, parece una tremenda boludez, pero es asi: mirando las fachadas de cualquier edificio, cada ventana tiene un velador entre cada cortina. siempre. de esos veladores de mesa de luz, con su pantalla color crema, dando una luz acaramelada, melosa, calida, que contrasta [...]
Humour · Opinion
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Ask Me Anything
February
10,
2010
Exactly what you have read: if you have any question for me, don’t hesitate and post it in formspring.me/akosma. I’ll be glad to answer it for you! Of course, iPhone-related questions are top priority. But progressive rock questions are, too. And of course, anything related to Argentina and Switzerland. And software in general. Well, that [...]
Humour · Opinion · Technology
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On the Importance of Yerba Mate in the Software Development Process
October
26,
2009
This paper will highlight the results of an extensive research conducted since the mid 90′s, on the effects of the consumption of beverages based in the plant known as Ilex paraguariensis, in the framework of software development process activities in South America and some small parts of Europe. This paper will provide an introduction to [...]
Argentina · Humour · Papers · Software
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Wonderful uses of the Phone
July
27,
2009
(Image caption: “A passenger in a plane of Northwest Orient Airlines makes a phone call relayed by radio”) Wonderful uses of the Phone by Richard F. Dempewolff Reaching over a shelf in her kitchen, a housewife pushes a button in a modern device similar to a transistor radio. “One, one, five, seven, five, eight, zero,” [...]
Lenin y Perón
July
25,
2009
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Argentina · Humour
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PvP today
June
20,
2009
Seen on PvP today:
Apple · Humour · iPhone
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Si Phone
May
25,
2009
Argies, time to chuckle: This blog has been surprisingly quiet lately; lots of things going on. Next month is WWDC! Stay tuned.
Humour · iPhone
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