Monthly Archives: July 2008

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 … Continue reading

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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.

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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. Here’s a brief look into the program: … Continue reading

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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.

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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 … Continue reading

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Ficus Ginseng

With love.

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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 … Continue reading

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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. … Continue reading

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What the f**k is social media?

Great presentation on what the f**k is social media. | View | Upload your own

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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 … Continue reading

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