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Big Bang Big Boom
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Google Chrome Ad
Thursday, February 18th, 2010This brilliant ad describes the features of Chrome, the Google browser.
And here is the making of, also brilliant. It shows the careful planning and execution the whole team went through to put it together.
Readings: My Amazon review of “Crush It!”
Friday, November 6th, 2009This is the review I left at Amazon for Crush It!
I had great expectations for this book, being a fan of Gary’s style. I must say that Crush It! doesn’t disappoint. Gary’s tone gets you energised from the first page. He really believes in his message, and it comes across. He guides us in creating our own personal brand. If you have a passion (as most of us do), you must follow it, work like hell, and the results will come. But you must read the book to know all the details, from the man himself. Ah, and it’s small book. I finished it in two evenings. The essentials are all there, with no beating aroud the bush. A must.
Never Underestimate the Power of a Great Story
Thursday, November 5th, 2009Storytelling is a fine way to grab people’s attention, be it in a blog post, be it in social life. Stories are what get people interested in what you have to say (or sell). It’s a way to engage them, and make them read on or want to know more. A great example is this commercial from Canal +.
Codebits 2009: I’m going!
Monday, October 12th, 2009
3, 4, 5 December 2009. Lisbon, Cordoaria
Sir Ken Robinson: A New View of Human Capacity
Friday, April 24th, 2009
Wonderful inspiring talk by Sir Ken Robinson, author of “The Element”, on the issues of creativity, inovation, and that special something we all have, but few of us use. I’m getting the book.
Gary Vaynerchuk: Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Gary Vaynerchuk at the Web 2.0 Conference in New York. He talks about personal branding, and about why you should JUST do what you love and work at it! Contains strong language. Cool!
TED Talk: Pattie Maes – Unveiling game-changing wearable tech
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Amazing what can be acomplished today. It makes you think what will be possible in the near future.
Tim Brown: The powerful link between creativity and play
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
I read Fred’s post, got curious about IDEO, added the book
to my reading list, and found this engaging talk by their CEO Tim Brown.
Codebits 2008 so far
Friday, November 14th, 2008The presentations part of codebits is now closed.
The ones I enjoyed the most were:
- André Luís on Microformats
- Pedro Custódio on Web Forms 101
- Mitch Altman on Making Cool Things with Microcontrollers
As last year, I didn’t stay for the coding contest part, but I sure will be there tomorrow for the final presentation of the projects. It’s refreshing and fun to see what these brilliant people come up with each time.
Here’s the live feed from the event. Take a look. You never know what might happen.