April 2009
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Apr 30th
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On Genetics
Every single book on philosophy, politics or business I’ve read, suddenly started feeling like the rind, the shallow skin of all written knowledge about human affairs. Genetics is to social sciences what Assembler is to C++: the underlying code that really makes things happen. My journey on this field began many years ago on my biology classes when I was in high-school. But it...
Apr 26th
Now this is cool: our AI system tells us that... →
Apr 24th
Playing Little Big Planet with three strangers in... →
Apr 23rd
It's quite amazing that it is more efficient to... →
Apr 22nd
Fear is your Friend. Remember that. →
Apr 21st
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Software is the New Rock and Roll
There are as many startups being made by 20-somethings hidden in garages as teenage rock bands playing in obscure basements. Identifiable with weird countercultural names (think: U2 or YouTube), these kind of endeavors can go from a bunch of founders into a large organization if they’re lucky enough to get a record or a venture capital deal (these are different names for a same...
Apr 20th
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Geeky moment of the day: MacMini's bluetooth goes... →
Apr 19th
Data can be so addictive... even more so than... →
Apr 15th
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Innovation-ism (Part II): Argentina & Software
Here’s an honest concern: the few bets on innovation in most of the software companies of Argentina. Of course I can think of some very good exceptions (no, I won’t give names), but exceptions ain’t no rule. Essentially, here we have two models: Those who import a technology or business model to the region; and the software factories. Regarding option 1, any experienced...
Apr 14th
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Apr 11th
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Why is it that you feel like dancing when you... →
Apr 11th
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Apr 10th
In one of those days.. were everything you like in... →
Apr 9th
If the internet had a currency.. who would you put... →
Apr 8th
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Innovation-ism (Part I)
Throughout life it’s common to change and evolve your points of view. I can certainly say that I had one opinion on Marxism before I went to Cuba, and a completely different one when I got back. (My father was a smart guy sending me there when I was 20). It’s the natural reality check you need to get through as you grow up. But there’s one thing that never changed and has been...
Apr 8th
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Nothing in this life feels as good as the... →
Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 4th
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Why Blogging & Why English
My first blog, Games Are Art, was an attempt to periodically write solid arguments on how games were the essential form of artistic expression in the age of software and the internet. But I got bored: my range of interests certainly goes beyond games, so I stopped blogging and focused on starting up Popego (a company that builds meaning). I’ve been toying with the idea to blog again for a...
Apr 3rd