Some time ago, while cleaning stuff in my computer, I decided to switch my browser to Opera and delete the version of Firefox that I was using at the time. While doing that and removing all the Firefox folders that are left behind, I accidentally erased all my bookmarks and I didn’t had them synced […]
Author: Gonçalo Valério
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Just found out about the existence of this device, at OMG Ubuntu, 5 minutes ago. This is one case where internet’s common expression “Shut up and take my money” fits very well. Seems to be amazing and is affordable. Can’t wait to put my hands on one of this toys together with one Raspberry Pi. […]
Underwater Sunshine
Last month “Counting Crows”, the rock band responsible for some big hits like “Mr. Jones”, “Big yellow taxi” and Shrek’s soundtrack “Accidentally in love”, has released a new album called “Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)”. This week they shared some of their new songs with everyone through “Bittorrent” and gave […]
Almost 9 zeros
Take a picture, add some pre-made effects and share. Now just wait for people to leave comments on your “work”. These were the steps that i made till i reach this photo: The biggest tech news in the last few days was around this simple process and the application that is behind it. It’s called […]
How design works
Nowadays, in almost every business that have the general public as the client, one essential factor that dictates the success of the products is the design. Big companies already found it and also many startups that are trying to win their spot in the market. Addressing this subject, i found a nice website developed by […]
Developers and facebook
While doing my daily news reading I stumbled on an article at the blog “GigaOm” discussing whether or not programmers like facebook to interact with each other and to discuss work. In the middle of it I followed a link that lead me to the place where the original discussion about this topic was taking […]
Everything is a Remix: Part 4
The final chapter of the “Everything is a remix” series is officially out. As I posted here the first three episodes I have to do the same for this one. Is the end of an interesting and visually appealing analysis to the background of creativity and innovation, suggesting that there is nothing 100% original. We […]
Tribes and Startups
Yesterday I’ve read a very interesting post, on the blog “onStartups“, about the different roles you can find in a tribe and how that structure can be compared to today’s startups. For me the great value of article, is the explanation about how different people with different skills and backgrounds, are actually quite important to […]
Time to start coding
In last months of 2011 one fever started throughout the web, specially in the tech blogs and aggregators, about whether or not people should have some programing skills. It’s true that in the technological society that we live in, the ability to code and automate some tasks is very useful. So, like in any other […]
Finally some choice
Yesterday when walking around in a mall, I decided to enter one Portuguese store called “Worten” to check some notebooks and other equipment, to stay updated about what this stores are selling and the current prices. I already had read about some netbooks being sold in Portugal with Ubuntu but I thought it was only […]