Monthly Archives: March 2009

People, Projects & Startups at Barcamp Portugal

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Andre

At the last Barcamp in Portugal I did a couple of 30-second video interviews to show some of the faces working on the Web in Portugal. Here’s the video. Feel free to share. Please add your names and urls in … Continue reading →

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Pescadinha de rabo na boca

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Andre

Esta pergunta é dirigida a todas as pessoas que, em Portugal, pensam que tudo* aquilo porque têm de pagar é demasiado caro à partida. Conseguem perceber porque vocês próprios não ganham mais? Foto por Stephanie Booth * estou claramente a … Continue reading →

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Dynamic Wine Labels on the Google Phone

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Andre

Last weekend at the Barcamp Portugal I showed for the first time the new Cortes de Cima Dynamic Wine Labels to the community. Thanks to Luis Abreu who owns the Google Phone you see on the video and Francisco Cabrita … Continue reading →

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A propósito da solidão

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Andre

É pena que tenhas compreendido demasiado tarde que a Internet só é boa para o orgulho; não faz grande coisa pela solidão. (visto no Bitaites) So true.

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My MacBook Stickers

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Andre

Sometimes people ask me questions about the stickers I have on the MacBook. Here are all the answers. The stickers are (with some added link love): MyID.is (a friends French startup) Star and kid (by Portuguese designer – can’t remember … Continue reading →

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10 Optimization Tweaks to Speed Up Adegga

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Andre

Adegga moved to a dedicated server a while ago. We took this opportunity and also implemented a couple of other performance tweaks. In this post I’ll explain the things we changed and how they affected performance. We implemented 10 tweaks … Continue reading →

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Praia do Barril

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Andre

Photos from the weekend trip to the beach are online on Flickr. Here’s one:

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Praia

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Andre

Praia from andrerib on Vimeo. Praia is Portuguese for beach. This video was made at Praia do Barril in the Algarve. A visit this weekend brought me good memories of the amazing moments I had while watching the sea and … Continue reading →

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Whitespace in design

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Andre

Some might argue that passive whitespace is the unconsidered space present within a composition. I disagree: if you don’t consider all your whitespace, that’s just bad design. Passive whitespace creates breathing room and balance. It’s important. This is a quote … Continue reading →

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Behind the scenes at Dwell

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Andre

Dwell is one of my favourite magazines. The articles are good, the design is amazing and the topic is a favourite: architecture of modern spaces. In the video below Kyle Blue, the Design Director of Dwell discusses his work as … Continue reading →

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