"I write knowing it may disappear. I highlight books knowing the highlights will fade. I trust that what matters will return, will find its way to the surface. I no longer worship the permanence of text."

I spent my free time this last month to learn some personal finance and, specifically, how to do personal bookkeeping. I did this so that I can have a more complete view of all of my accounts and how I am spending money. I developed a good system that I think will work for me nicely now and is durable and robust enough to serve me for a long time.

El título de la entrada de hoy no deja mucho lugar a la imaginación. Durante el puente volví a verme algunos vídeos sobre "Commonplace Bo...

If you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Use tools that give you...

A pesar de estar elogiando los feeds RSS... resulta que este blog no ofrece uno.

The simple pleasure of listening to music the old-school way by storing it on your phone. Pros and cons of managing your music library offline. Rediscovering patience from the early digital era.

Sometimes I get asked by newcomers how one can become a developer like me - specifically, with a job and career like mine.

¿Alguna vez os habéis descargado un EPUB que ocupaba chorrrocientos megas? El motivo es, muy probablemente, que las imágenes van en alta resolución. Como un .epub no es más que un .zip con una cierta estructura, es posible descomprimirlo, reducir el tamaño de las imágenes y volver a dejar todo …

Sentarse al fresco. Aquel ritual de los veranos en mi pueblo. Decir al fresco es decir algo por decirlo así, en el intento más de mental y de deseo que de logro porque fresco, fresco, lo que se dice fresco, allí hacía muuuuuy poquito. Era un pueblo blanco, de calles blancas anchas y casas blancas…

From group buys to switches, an overview for people new to the hobby. This is a dangerous path you're about to walk down. Is your wallet ready?

Loneliness in blogging isn’t always what it seems. Even when we don’t hear the claps or see the likes, there may still be a quiet audience out there, listening.

“I don’t have anything of value.” I hear that a lot when I give tips about fire and burglary protection. When a customer said it recently, his girlfriend didn’t miss a beat: “You have me.” Touché. It was a joke, but also a truth. We take so much for granted: Family Friends Home Health Freedom We often only notice the value when it’s gone. But we don’t have to wait for that.

When I started working in tech in the early 2010s I began running in to idea guys.