C’mon we can do better than this!

Warren’s plan to break up tech companies

Everyone and their mom have written about Senator Warren’s plan to break-up tech. She certainly hit the right button to get attention. I do feel that the whole thing is one-sided and presents a very limited view of the world around us. It reminded me a little of the stop BEZOS Act of Senator Sanders. […]
Philly mandates acceptance of cash. NJ / NY are next. MA already mandates it.

But cashless is better than cash

Philly mandates acceptance of cash. NJ / NY are next. MA already mandates it.

Philadelphia passed a bill to force stores to accept cash. The states of New York and New Jersey are contemplating [...]

Sensitive ears

Curse of being a part-time audiophile

I call myself a part-time audiophile. An audiophile’s mission is the pursuit of pure sound reproduction and it is never done nor perfect. I am far from like that hence I call myself a part-time audiophile. My motivation stems from a completely different place. My ears are super-sensitive to anomalies. This is how I got […]

Hidden WW2 treasure

Quarry filled with old-timers

It has been a while since I posted on some fascinating urbex topic. For this one, we go to a quarry in central France. It contains a collection of rusting cars dating back to the early 20th century. Nobody knows how they got there and why. Nobody even knew it existed before someone stumbled upon […]
Retro gaming: Donkey Kong

Saving Pauline

Retro gaming: Donkey Kong

Back in the 80s, the game & watch consoles were a big hit. They were simple mobile devices with a segmented LCD [...]

Gender equality

International Women’s Day

Today is international women’s day celebrating the achievements of women and promoting gender equality. When I think about gender equality, I have been fortunate enough that my first three bosses were female. I am fortunate because it became normal for me that women have leadership positions. It made me realize that we often focus on […]

Is it even possible?

Facebook and privacy

You can say whatever you want about Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, if you read his last memo “a privacy-focused vision for social networking” you could deduce he got the message. I found it particularly interesting that he links privacy not only with keeping information private but also with reducing the reach and breadth of the […]
Checks and balances on new products

What is here today might not be there tomorrow

Checks and balances on new products

Yesterday, the Jibo robot shut down permanently. It was marketed as a social robot, I never owned one, but it kind [...]

Sign of the times

Lack of nuance

In today’s world, there’s a serious lack of nuance. And I wonder where it came from? There’s no nuance in politics, religion, work, or anything really. The problem is that lack of nuance kills debate and sharing of ideas. Lack of nuance makes it impossible to change your mind or leave the door open to […]

Fault-tolerant while high-achieving company culture

High standards but forgiving

A culture of a company consists of a few fundamental values which the staff of a company holds dear. Fast-growing companies like startups are very conscious of this aspect of running the company. One of my favorite values I have been championing in the last few years is high standards while forgiving. With high standards […]