Saturday, May 26, 2018
> “We are less than 365 days away from John Wick 3, the third installment of the Why the Fuck Did You Kill His Dog? franchise that’s revitalized the career of Keanu Reeves and introduced mainstream American audiences to the hyperkinetic brilliance of Hong Kong–style martial arts, plus dudes in bespoke suits wielding two pistols at once.” [“Put the ‘John Wick’ Franchise on Every Screen”]Thursday, May 24, 2018
So Instapaper is temporarily shutting off access for European users due to GDPR… But the comment of the day goes to: Thankfully, a handful of privacy-minded fellow europeans came to the rescue in the comment section:Thursday, May 17, 2018
soundcloud.com/sangobeat…Wednesday, May 16, 2018
If you’re in the US, you should really support and have a look at Within Personally, I’d love to support these amazing women, but I can’t justify $30 shipping fees on top of a $40 project backing. However, I’m happy to share the word to support this amazing project!Tuesday, May 15, 2018
ICYMI, the latest episode of The Verge’s Vergecast Podcast is incredibly thoughtful. Over the hour-long episode, it sums up a lot of my own interrogations, fears and doubt about Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and the ethics behind these emerging technologies that haven’t matured and for which no one has a blueprint yet. These are things that have been on my mind for the past few years, and especially this past week with the Google Duplex news (aka a Robot Assistant pretends to be human and schedules stuff for you.Tuesday, May 15, 2018
”Today many crypto investors are drunk with greed. They believe the Big Lie that this is a democracy where they can now get rich like all the venture capitalists, because they hear it wherever they go to read about investing in crypto.” [≠]Friday, May 11, 2018
Holy Smokes, this new season of Atlanta was even better than the first: slower, realler, darker, and overall so much better! I really hope FX renews it for another 2/3 seasons!Thursday, May 10, 2018
(This book was recommended by a heavy-reading couple of friends — thanks a ton Daniel & Kim!) Looking back in the past few years, the Syrian Crisis and related forced migrations might have been one of the biggest and most important stories of the decade. This is the background for Mohsin Hamid’s book “Exit West”. Despite the several surrealistic elements, it is a book that looks at the present and tries to paint a difficult if optimistic snapshot of what the world is, and what it may turn out to be.Wednesday, May 9, 2018
With Shana being away this week, I’m treating myself by going to the movie. As it happens, our local indie cinema is showing Road-themed movies in their mobile cinema truck this week. Tonight, it’s all about ”Drive”Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Monday, April 30, 2018
vimeo.com/267307217Saturday, April 28, 2018
Fun Saturday exploring the ‘Portobello’ part of Dublin! And very excited for the 50th anniversary screening of the original Planet Of The Apes tonight at our little indie cinema!Monday, April 23, 2018
Last week, I was in London for a client project — we were exhibiting at Blockchain Expo. During the expo, we had the chance to explain our product to Forbes contributor Jason Bloomberg. He just published an article about a crop of startups disrupting industries using blockchain technology —including Varanida, my recent client. Today’s digital advertising world centers on complex bidding processes... (…) The current system, however, faces several challenges. Ad fraud in its various forms plagues the industry.Sunday, April 22, 2018
And now for something a little different: some of the impressive and amazing streetart I found walking around Shoreditch this weekend… [gallery ids=“3789,3791,3787,3783,3784,3785,3786,3788,3790,3718,3793,3794,3795,3796,3797,3798,3799,3792” type=“rectangular”]Saturday, April 21, 2018
It started like any other week, in our Dublin apartment. I coordinated with my clients, checked on the advancement of our different projects, and worked my way through a couple of things on Monday. On Tuesday, early in the morning, Shana left to go on a business trip to the US. And just a couple of hours later, it was my turn to pack my bags and leave for the airport: after 14 months, I was going back to London for a little bit.Wednesday, April 11, 2018
In France, business-related publishers refer to Google-Apple-Facebook-Amazon as a single group. And because the french love acronyms, they called it 'GAFA's. Beyond the sheer horror of the acronym, I don't think it's fair to associate these companies together. Apple makes money off products Facebook makes money off ads (i.e. off the user) Amazon harvests a lot of data but offers products/services (B2C/B2B) Google (similarly to both FB and Amazon) has B2B/B2C components in addition to the ads.Monday, April 9, 2018
It’s April. Looking back on the beginning of the year, I’ve been going non stop, moving from the French Riviera over to Dublin, finding ourselves a flat, working on two new fast-paced projects, and planning the rest of the year. Tonight’s therapy comes from well… the Therapy EP by the always soothing Vancouver Sleep Clinic!Monday, April 9, 2018
It’s April. Looking back on the beginning of the year, I’ve been going non stop, moving from the French Riviera over to Dublin, finding ourselves a flat, working on two new fast-paced projects, and planning the rest of the year. Tonight’s therapy comes from well… the Therapy EP by the always soothing Vancouver Sleep Clinic!Monday, April 9, 2018
My friend @LiamBoogar recently launched a newsletter where he tackles Branding, France, Technology, and a lot more — all through his personal and opinionated point of view. The latest issue is really solid, and talks about Labor Laws in France and the labour market in the US. Here’s a solid gem that struck me: ”Even in the Silicon Valley, where great benefits, remote work & “unlimited vacation” are advertised on every /careers page, the reality is that “unlimited vacation” doesn’t work in a culture where taking any time off is seen as lazy.Sunday, April 1, 2018
vimeo.com/262703085Thursday, March 29, 2018
After our trip to Belfast during St Patrick’s day, we were eager to get out of Dublin again and explore the surrounding areas a bit more. After an evening spent on Pinterest searching for some inspiration, we decided to take a train down to Killiney, apparently a location with a beautiful viewpoint on the sea. We started off enjoying a lovely breakfast at home — we have the same type of food throughout the work week, so weekends allow us to either go to a lovely café in the neighborhood, or fix ourselves with a little homemade goodness as the suns comes out.Wednesday, March 28, 2018
> I don’t know when it will happen, but when it does, it’ll happen fast. — Read on daringfireball.net/linked/2018/03/27/stevens-2nd-amemdmentMonday, March 26, 2018
Bank Holiday Monday, over St Patrick’s Day Weekend. We left the apartment at an early 6.45am to walk towards Dublin’s Connolly station. There, we met with Shana’s coworker M and her boyfriend M. We hopped on the train and discovered that our names were appearing on a little display above our seats. Those little details can make us nerds so happy! Over the next two hours, the duration of our trip, we spent our time talking and learning more about M&M — they are both from Sweden and arrived in Dublin about two and a half months before us.Sunday, March 25, 2018
Sound the alarms: “This final, tacked-on piece of legislation will erode privacy protections around the globe.” This notice, courtesy of the Electronic Frontier Foundation This bill is the CLOUD Act. It was never reviewed or marked up by any committee in either the House or the Senate. It never received a hearing. It was robbed of a stand-alone floor vote because Congressional leadership decided, behind closed doors, to attach this un-vetted, unrelated bill to the $1.Wednesday, March 7, 2018
If we’re to rate this movie in itself, based on the technique, the depth of its characters, and the story, we’re talking about a 4.5/5. Personally, I’d rate it a 4, just because the story is less compelling to me. In any case, this is a really intense role for Daniel Day-Lewis who inhabits the character of Reynald Woodcock perfectly. The lead female character of Alma is also played incredibly well.Friday, March 2, 2018
From @MGSiegler: “I think Twitter is going to have a good year in 2018, while Facebook has a bad one.” It’s not that crazy to think about. And to some extent, this is already happening. But to capitalise on this, Twitter will first have to tackle its harassment, hate-speech, and nazi problems. From there, they should be able to focus on their strengths: becoming the “public forum” it was meant to be and honing in on being the bets platform for breaking news and sports/global events.Thursday, March 1, 2018
vimeo.com/258819640…Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Completely agree with this @SBNation / @BulletsForever article about the Wizards “without John Wall": ”Asking whether the team is better without Wall misses the mark. What’s more important here is that this is the best team he’s ever played on, and that bodes well for the Wizards’ immediate and long-term future.” [≠]Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Completely agree with this @SBNation / @BulletsForever article about the Wizards “without John Wall": > ”Asking whether the team is better without Wall misses the mark. What’s more important here is that this is the best team he’s ever played on, and that bodes well for the Wizards’ immediate and long-term future.” [≠]Wednesday, February 28, 2018
It finally happened, during our first winter in Dublin: