Estado da nação 2008

As conversas que tenho tido na últimas 2 semanas sobre a situação de Portugal têm sido dominadas pelas duas entrevistas do antigo Ministro das Finanças Medina Carreira. São quase 20 minutos de puro reality check.

Em quase todos os pontos abordados fico com uma sensação de estarmos, como país, a viver um filme de ficção onde sabemos que nada é verdade mas estamos satisfeitos com o facto de parecer real.

Aqui ficam as duas partes de uma das entrevistas:

Parte 1:



Parte 2:

Concordo totalmente com a critica feita à televisão como meio de comunicação irresponsável e cooperativo com a situação actual. Não serão os únicos culpados (somos todos) mas têm uma dimensão e um alcance que exige uma muito maior responsabilidade.

Como sociedade só conseguiremos (sobre)viver se a regra (e não a excepção) for que cada um faça o seu papel. Para que isso aconteça é preciso que desde muito cedo possamos ter exemplos a seguir. Se a quem cabe esse papel não o executa o que estaremos a construir para o futuro?

July 23, 2008 | Tags: | 4 Comments 

Wall-e


Wall-e reminds me of Johnny 5 from the great science fiction movie Short Circuit that really impressed me when I was a small kid. More Wall-e mini movies here.

July 18, 2008 | Tags: | 2 Comments 

LIFT Asia 08

LIFT Asian 08 will happen in Korea on September 4, 5 and 6. I wish I could go. Watching a event like this in a completely different culture would be an amazing experience.

LIFT Asia 08

Here’s a brief look into the program:
LIFT Asia will feature eight sessions: Beyond the web we know, Online for better society, Towards a Networked City, From robots to networked objects, The near future of social worlds, Techno-nomadic life, Virtual money and green tech.

Confirmed speakers: Robert Scoble, Takeshi Natsuno (inventor of the imode for NTT Docomo), Eric Rodenbeck (Stamen Design), Wonsun Park (Hope Institute Korea), Adam Greenfield, Jeff Huang, Yang Soo-In, Bruno Bonnell, Frederic Kaplan, Tomoaki Katsuga, Jan Chipchase (Nokia), Christian Lindholm, David Birch (consultant), and the one and only Dan Dubno (Green gadgets).

A look at the practical information page gives a glimpse of what visiting Korea must be.
Must. Go. Soon.

July 17, 2008 | Tags: , | Leave a Comment 

Going Solo in Leeds

If you didn’t have a chance to go to Going Solo in Lausanne, Stephanie is organizing a second edition in Leeds, UK on September, 12th. Here’s a few videos from the first edition where you can see how it went.

Going Solo Leeds logo.

July 17, 2008 | Tags: , | Leave a Comment 

Startup challenges by Twitter

Techcrunch has interviewed Twitter cofounder Evan Williams after the acquisition of Twitter search engine Summize (now using search.twitter.com as a domain).

Besides the acquisition there’s lots of other interesting points of view on Twitter startup challenges including scalability, data privacy and business model. Here’s the video (20 min):

July 16, 2008 | Tags: , , | Leave a Comment 

Ficus Ginseng

With love.

Ficus Ginseng

July 15, 2008 | Tags: , | Leave a Comment 

Past, present and future of Plazes

It’s great news to hear that Plazes was acquired by Nokia a few weeks ago. I heard about Plazes 4 years 3 years ago during a presentation at reboot and it feels good to see an entrepreneur start and then succeed.

Plazes

During the last 4 years many questions were raised as to what was Plazes all about, how did it make money or why would people use it but Felix Petersen (one the founders) has continued to move Plazes forward and to believe in his vision for the project.

A lot has changed in terms of development since it was conceived (isn’t it always like that?) but this is project that shows that sometimes, if you really believe in your vision for what you’re doing, then it’s good to keep improving your project until its right where it should be, solving users problems and creating value.

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This video (found via Peter) is an interview with Felix Peterson where he talks about the deal and the past, present and future of Plazes. It’s great to hear directly from one of the founders what is this all about.

Congratulations Felix!

July 9, 2008 | Tags: , , , | 6 Comments 

A não notícia

Vou para Lisboa de manhã e oiço na rádio durante 30 minutos reportagens sobre o incêndio em Lisboa. Entre entrevistas com o comandante dos bombeiros, entrevistas com um dos moradores e entrevistas alguns transeuntes há opiniões para todos os gostos.

A SIC faz o destaque com 13 vídeos do local.

No regresso a casa passo na Avenida da Liberdade e está a rua cheia de mirones a olhar para um prédio ardido e para uma rua cortada com carros de bombeiros.

Portugal fora (re)começaram as discussões sobre os prédios devolutos e os riscos de incêndio.

O Expresso destaca uma frase sem autor: “Evitámos um novo chiado”.

Está feita a não notícia. Amanhã há mais.

July 7, 2008 | Tags: | 1 Comment 

What the f**k is social media?

Great presentation on what the f**k is social media.

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July 7, 2008 | Tags: | 1 Comment 

Recipe: Lassi Mango

In a hot summer Sunday nothing like a cold Lassi Mango to refresh. Lassi Mango is an Indian drink very similar to a mango milkshake. Here’s he recipe I found on the food network:

  • 255 milliliters plain yogurt (organic would be perfect)
  • 130 milliliters milk
  • 200 grams fresh mango, stoned and sliced
  • 4 teaspoons sugar, to taste, or feel free to try salt and cardamom seeds

Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend for 2 minutes, then pour into individual glasses, and serve. The lassi can be kept refrigerated for up to 24 hours. It’s that simple.

Lassi Mango
Photo by batixa

July 6, 2008 | Tags: , | 3 Comments 

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