Rolf Potts, author of the essential Vagabonding, offers some pointers to release yourself from the endless production-consumption cycle and get the time to roam the world. This notion – that material investment is somehow more important to life than personal investment – is exactly what leads so many of us to believe we could never afford… Continue reading The Difference: Living Well vs. Doing Well
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The first step to find your passion
While doing research to write a college admission guide, Cal Newport received a revealing advice during an interview: “You need to be exposed to many things,†she told me. “You should expose yourself even though you might not know if you’ll be interested.†When you find something that catches your attention: follow-up; see if it sticks.… Continue reading The first step to find your passion
A tale of two Karatekas
Some days ago, Jordan Mechner released a new version of Karateka for iOS. Karateka was the first game that used rotoscoping and the first one that offered a cinematic experience. Since he was a kid, Mechner wanted to make movies. He ended up creating games. In some ways, he’s history’s first multimedia director. 1GB in… Continue reading A tale of two Karatekas
Post-Capitalist Society
Fifteen years ago, Peter Drucker’s Post-Capitalist Society (1993) changed my life forever. The main idea behind Post-Capitalist Society is that the economic rules that governed the world up to the 1980’s are (or were?) obsolete; that the land, labor and capital, and other capitalism engines had seized to be. And that the most important thing for… Continue reading Post-Capitalist Society
Do you know how secure is your password?
How secure is my password is an easy web tool that, like it says in the tin, allows you to evaluate how safe is your password. It also gives you advice on the fly in order to improve it and create a better one. The true motivator: a box that says how long would it… Continue reading Do you know how secure is your password?