Archives for 2012

Si uite-asa se plimba lumea cu bicicletele prin nisipul care, in cateva ore, va fi reacoperit de ocean.

E a 3-a sau a 4-a oara cand ajung in Londra si nu cred ca am vazut mai mult de o zi ploioasa, in 3 saptamani de stat in zona, in total.

I slept at work again last night; two and a half hours curled up in a quilt underneath my desk, from 11am to 1:30pm or so. That was when I woke up with a start, realizing that I was late for a meeting we were scheduled to have to argue about colormaps and dithering, and how we should deal with all the nefarious 8-bit color management issues. But it was no big deal, we just had the meeting later. It’s hard for someone to hold it against you when you miss a meeting because you’ve been at work so long that you’ve passed out from exhaustion.

Ma intreb daca as fi in stare sa sustin un asemenea ritm pentru jumatate de an. Am facut-o de cateva ori, dar nu cred ca mi-as dori sa mai fac ceva asemanator.

Cititi tot articolul: nscp dorm.

8 ani! 52 de jocuri!

Angry Birds was Rovio’s 52nd game. They spent eight years and almost went bankrupt before finally creating their massive hit. Pinterest is one of the fastest growing websites in history, but struggled for a long time. Pinterest’s CEO recently said that they had “catastrophically small numbers” in their first year after launch, and that if he had listened to popular startup advice he probably would have quit.

The myth of the overnight success – Chris Dixon.

I probably don’t need to tell you that most startup jobs won’t pay as well as some of the bigger corporate and business jobs. You (or your degree) may be worth more than a startup is able to pay. But working at a startup offers a different type of reward: an incentive-based system that isn’t based on dollars, but rather in skills attained and opportunities seized. The experience will outweigh the pay cut.

Exista motive si motive pentru a lucra intr-un startup sau intr-o corporatie. Cel mai important motiv pentru startup e, probabil, multimea de oportunitati pe care o ai. In corporatie, pentru ca lucrurile se misca mai inceput, din cauza multiplelor proceduri, si oportunitatile apar ceva mai rar.

8 Reasons To Choose A Startup Over A Corporate Job | Fast Company.

E interesant, insa mult mai linistit decat ma asteptam. Evident, insa, pub-urile sunt toate pline, mai ales ca azi s-a jucat Anglia – Irlanda la rugby.

Un video mic mai jos, cu un rinocer pe tron, si fotografii dupa.

Zilele astea sunt la o plimbare prin Irlanda, asa ca am zis sa ajung si pe coasta de vest, pe la Cliffs of Moher si The Burren. Am sa pun mai multe poze, dar pentru moment va las doar cu un val 🙂

Platforma pe care stateam e cam la 6-7m inaltime, poate putin mai mult, fata de nivelul apei, iar inaltimea la care s-a ridicat valul e cam de 3-4m deasupra – dupa cum vedeti, de alfel 🙂

P.S.: cand le-am zis celor de pe-aici ca am fost acolo, toti m-au intrebat: “Ah, surfing?”. Nu am stiut ca in Irlanda se face surf :))

Update: Nu, nu m-am angajat, asa cum spune Andu ca s-ar intelege :))

V-am zis zilele trecute ca testez DuckDuckGo.

Am renuntat, m-am intors la Google.

Motivul nu e dat de rezultatele necesar mai bune sau mai proaste (chiar nu am simtit o diferenta majora), dar eu folosesc destule de multe optiuni de search (mai ales imagini/news/blogs) si DuckDuckGo nu are, asa ca efortul suplimentar imi scade productivitatea si nu cred ca merita.

Vreau sa stau de vorba cu niste dezvoltatori de jocuri Flash, sa ii intreb una-alta. Daca sunteti asa ceva sau stiti pe cineva, dati cu pixul in comentarii, va rog, sau trimiteti-mi un email la bobby.voicu LA gmail.com.

P.S.: nu caut sa angajez (nu acum, oricum, cine stie peste cateva luni), lucrez la ceva si m-ar interesa sa le stiu opiniile 🙂

Astazi voiam sa urc ceva pe YouTube. Asa ca ce URL scriu sus? Vedeti in poza de mai jos :)) Evident, click pe poza pentru a vedea 🙂