Posts (153)

2024 (15)

• “I need you to realize that most people are not like you and are actively victimized by the tech … December 19, 2024
• QR Friend October 7, 2024
• “Oh, I taught them that, but they didn’t learn it.” There is no utterance made in the Teachers’ Room … September 14, 2024
• Writing code faster or working longer hours is not the fastest way to get a project done because you … July 24, 2024
• Caderno Redesign July 11, 2024
• Umbra, Penumbra & Antumbra by Medusa Unit July 10, 2024
• What tube workers actually do, then, is something much closer to what feminists have termed “caring … July 9, 2024
• New website stack July 8, 2024
• In Praise of Public Libraries June 26, 2024
• Personal Blogs June 4, 2024
• I had my first experience organizing an art exhibition. I invited, together with Coimbr'a Pedal, the … June 4, 2024
• It begins with a simple, profound realisation — to quit capitalism, we have to liberate ourselves … March 12, 2024
• These were my thoughts about how cities affect your lifestyle for today. They change you. It takes a … February 28, 2024
• This messaging app I built for, and with, my family, it won’t change unless we want it to change. … January 7, 2024
• Books read in 2023 January 2, 2024

2023 (6)

• In the past 4 years, I’ve been experimenting with analogue photography, with a Canon T70 and a Canon … February 24, 2023
• You see, this cultural phenomenon of speed and growth at all costs is displayed in every startup, … February 6, 2023
• Non-coercive marketing places full authority and trust in people. It creates the conditions under … January 18, 2023
• Once we realise that the new is nothing new, it will appear that the task at hand is much less … January 18, 2023
• These kinds of traits may appear dumb-but-innocuous early on, but if only it stopped there. In the … January 18, 2023
• Books read in 2022 January 1, 2023

2022 (3)

• Cabinet November 30, 2022
• Sérgio Santos (@sdsantos@mastodon.xyz) April 29, 2022
• Books read in 2021 January 1, 2022

2020 (5)

• Books read in 2020 December 29, 2020
• Open Source App Development – Bloco September 9, 2020
• Relaynet is a computer network designed to resist internet blackouts caused by the aforementioned … August 11, 2020
• Contemporary Art in Coimbra May 22, 2020
• Jantarada April 18, 2020

2019 (3)

• New decententralised android and web apps we developed at Bloco with the help of João Diogo Costa. … July 17, 2019
• The future came into focus: I could grow a small team, slowly buy back our investors, and build … February 10, 2019
• We released a new version of Large Text, our Android app for showing messages fullscreen. Get it on … January 18, 2019

2018 (1)

• Posto December 20, 2018

2017 (4)

• If you are somewhere between a lifestyle business and a VC funded monopoly, you should reconsider … June 12, 2017
• However, it is so easy to forget the rule everyone was taught before they met Scrum or had ever … February 6, 2017
• A design studio isn’t an assembly line business. As such, the approaches used in building one or the … January 18, 2017
• Without a clear point of view on what makes you different, it’s easy to wander. Especially in the … January 12, 2017

2016 (2)

• One danger about side projects is wanting to jump into all aspects at once. You start creating … December 7, 2016
• Indie Hackers – Learn from the creators behind profitable businesses and side projects November 14, 2016

2015 (5)

• Startups are not for junior developers November 12, 2015
• Bloco's first trimester: status update July 3, 2015
• GitHub PR selfies April 23, 2015
• departamento.co – group orders of indie magazines to Portugal April 13, 2015
• Introducing Bloco (and the plan) April 8, 2015

2014 (5)

• Features must align with business goals, because they create the theoretical framework in which the … October 5, 2014
• MongoDB and Rails design talk May 30, 2014
• As you build your startup, you are digging a hole. If it doesn’t get easier to get new users, take … February 11, 2014
• [A MVP] Should validate or invalidate key hypothesis: Rarely is the most critical hypothesis - can … January 10, 2014
• They did not want to hear that, but it made things clear: we had to build a better product. There … January 8, 2014

2013 (11)

• What does it take to keep a user? A small Bundlr study May 27, 2013
• Coimbriefing May 12, 2013
• Androplr: Droplr for Android May 11, 2013
• BarcampPT is back March 20, 2013
• Rails Girls Porto February 26, 2013
• When you understand what each UI element in your product means to your customer’s life, you’ll … January 26, 2013
• Caderno - A minimal notepad for Android January 24, 2013
• There is one final trick to getting the most from relationships with mentors. It’s not enough to … January 19, 2013
• Improve Coimbra January 17, 2013
• Beta Talks in Coimbra January 11, 2013
• The myth of fake entrepreneurship in Portugal January 8, 2013

2012 (24)

• Coimbra Startup Meetup December 28, 2012
• Introducing Reading For this year's Codebits, I decided to do a solo project I had on my shelf … November 27, 2012
• Growth Hacking by Mattan Griffel September 11, 2012
• You’re running a company, not trying to publish in an academic journal. September 11, 2012
• Made in Coimbra September 11, 2012
• The result of a summer coding sprint of the Bundlr team: Matching Bags & Shoes September 7, 2012
• Lean Startup Braga August 15, 2012
• Life at a startup: quotes July 21, 2012
• But then I had to kind of laugh and my response was “You don’t have to worry about me.” I said, “I … July 21, 2012
• On startup hubs July 3, 2012
• Getting into Startups Metrics June 27, 2012
• Traction is what entrepreneurs need to show to get investors interested. Simple as that. However, … June 25, 2012
• Business development at a startup June 21, 2012
• When you are in The Struggle, nothing is easy and nothing feels right. You have dropped into the … June 17, 2012
• Yesterday we launched a new version of Bundlr. Go take a look at http://bundlr.com May 30, 2012
• First there’s the urban shift. The rush to suburbia is over; people want to live in the hearts of … April 28, 2012
• That’s how learning should be, and is how I still teach myself new skills today. I pick a project I … April 17, 2012
• Resist the temptation to get a job. Instead, play. Find something you enjoy doing. Do it. Over and … April 16, 2012
• Once you close that round and you get your Techcrunch hit, it’s all now in the past. Having a … April 8, 2012
• How GitHub Works March 10, 2012
• What I Learned Bootstrapping Folyo in 2011 February 17, 2012
• Of course the story is the same when the company “runs off a cliff without leaving skidmarks,” never … January 18, 2012
• We live in a highly individualistic culture. When we’re shopping for a vacation we’re primarily … January 5, 2012
• After some more months of work, we just released Bundlr's premium plans and a new homepage under the … January 4, 2012

2011 (29)

• 5. Learn to fear not shipping Seth Godin attributes much of his success not to producing better than … December 19, 2011
• Monocle 24 December 15, 2011
• New York’s “SILICON SUBWAY” December 14, 2011
• Path, my new favorite app. December 4, 2011
• The Twelve-Factor App December 4, 2011
• The problem with talent, though, is that in most cases the person involved can’t control its amount … August 20, 2011
• Summer reading. July 19, 2011
• Coimbra Startup BBQ July 5, 2011
• The MongoDB ecosystem is growing June 27, 2011
• News update: Bundlr launched June 19, 2011
• TeuxDeux May 19, 2011
• In normal times investors will look for “traction” before investing. We want to make sure we’re in … May 7, 2011
• If there was a secret formula for getting an audience, or gaining a following, I would give it to … April 3, 2011
• Coimbra Startup Coffee March 31, 2011
• Last week I went to the to the HTML5 & Chrome Web Store Tech Session, organized by the local Google … March 19, 2011
• We have reached a major checkpoint. The point at which we are only just a bit embarassed and afraid … February 26, 2011
• Design of Everyday Things and The Art of Profitability. More food for thought to help me on my … February 19, 2011
• Ultra fast web development with Sinatra February 11, 2011
• Build a Killer Product Faster! The Secret of User Activity Streams and Cohort Metrics February 10, 2011
• Free Ebooks On Creativity And Design February 3, 2011
• Rethinking Education February 2, 2011
• Bundlr wasn’t intended to be a journalism tool but journalists can take advantage of its features … February 2, 2011
• Where's The Middleman? - Content Intermediaries On Web2.0 January 31, 2011
• Blog archaeology January 31, 2011
• Seed Capital invests in Bundlr January 30, 2011
• PechaKucha Night Coimbra #01 January 22, 2011
• MagCloud: on demand magazine printing is awesome! I have a ton of ideas for using a service like … January 14, 2011
• 10 Business Models that rocked 2010 January 12, 2011
• Sinatra & Mongoid template app January 4, 2011

2010 (40)

• More presents: Designing Media by Bill Moggridge The book features interviews with thirty-seven … December 28, 2010
• My best sources of 2010 December 27, 2010
• New books arrived, just in time for the Christmas "break". December 18, 2010
• “Normal people have jobs. Entrepreneurs are irrational.” December 18, 2010
• More conferences: Congresso de Ciberjornalismo and Upload Lisboa December 8, 2010
• Bundlr teaser: The Headline. We're still working on the design and branding, but it's converging. … November 22, 2010
• Selling from day one November 20, 2010
• MongoDB cloud hosting platforms comparison November 6, 2010
• LeanTalk - Community around lean startups November 2, 2010
• On the new content curation tools October 18, 2010
• a startup is an organization in search of a business model October 17, 2010
• October events: FOWA and TEDxCoimbra October 13, 2010
• Using PickFu to get feedback for your startup October 3, 2010
• Future of Web Apps 2010, London October 2, 2010
• Great cover from Wired October, 2010. This is a magazine I can buy both for industry news and … September 29, 2010
• Bundlr: introduction September 23, 2010
• The solution is synthesis: to never compromise two essential principles. One, that we always have a … September 21, 2010
• First teaser of our new project. September 20, 2010
• Apigee for Twitter API development September 20, 2010
• On sending emails through web apps September 16, 2010
• In Silicon Valley failure is constantly refined into materials of future success, and it is one of … September 15, 2010
• Conference season is here September 3, 2010
• How will I know when people are ready to pay? The easiest thing to do of course, is just throw out … August 30, 2010
• Free by Chris Anderson August 25, 2010
• Hacking music: favorite post-rock bands August 23, 2010
• Startup metrics August 20, 2010
• SlideShare’s existing customers had needs that the company’s new product—along with its pricing and … August 17, 2010
• Next on my reading list: The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steven Blank - most referenced book … August 15, 2010
• The Art of Start August 13, 2010
• MongoMapper & Mongoid August 1, 2010
• Made to Stick July 31, 2010
• Coimbra Directory July 27, 2010
• Next on the queue: The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki. See the presentation. July 24, 2010
• Bringing Nothing To The Party July 23, 2010
• NoSQL, Rails and MongoDB July 17, 2010
• life @ coimbra July 17, 2010
• You can’t afford to be number two, or to have a “good enough” product. It has to be remarkably good, … July 13, 2010
• Weekend reading July 10, 2010
• New website(s) July 9, 2010
• Notebooks June 13, 2010