Author: Joan Carbonell

Twitter is usually a space for inconsequential messages, motivational quotes and people trying to convince others that they have the absolute truth. It is often difficult to filter out the people who provide something of value… or entertainment… or both. The truth is that in this virtual world of social networks, it seems that little…

I just received a comment to my last post (I was going to say to my post from yesterday, but who knows when you read this). It was the one entitled “Explaining the metaverse” which explained the businesses that are set up with objects that only exist in virtual worlds. The commentary is by Marc…

At lunch yesterday the topic of metaverses and cryptocurrencies came up. A topic that seems to be fashionable and that sounds something like worlds of superhero hacker speculators. Or better of supervillains. The point is that, for most mortals, it’s like speaking Chinese. Except for the Chinese. For them it must be like speaking Arabic.…

A few years ago, I was interviewed for a radio programme. Nothing professional. I had attended an event and, talking to a neighbour sitting next to me, she had been interested in my approach to my daughters’ education. The thing is, the neighbour happened to work in radio. And a few days later, she called…

Putting the customer first is the key to business success. All organizational decisions must have the customer at the center. Ha! And no, I’m not implying that this is bad advice. It’s a basic principle for any entrepreneur, startup or business looking to grow or simply survive in a competitive world. But not all organizations…

No. I’m not going to be the one to say that training is not important. And I can’t say that it’s because I’m in IT, in technology, in innovation. Even if you are a snail farmer, you are going to have to recycle yourself, to discover new techniques, new markets, new clients, new ways of…

ILUSO I always like to start with this word. It gives me a lot of clues. The O is green and the I is gold. Humm. TIBIO The first I and the O are already well placed and the T is golden. I already have 3 letters. NIETO Wow! 5 greens, in only 3 attempts.…

This morning I was sorting through the cables on my desk. Dozens of cables. Keyboard, mouse, speakers, mobile phone charger, headphone charger, cable to transfer from the mobile to the computer, webcam, lamp, monitor, router, power for everything, … Am I the only one who has this chaos? I moved the table forward so that…

Do you know what the most painful thing about freelancing is? Well, the second most painful. The most painful, without a doubt, is to spend a day every quarter compiling all the information for the tax authorities and end up paying a lot of money. As it is. But the second is the time management.…

It has been a long month, a very long month, without posting here.The reason, the excuse: I had to attend to a sick relative.Nooo. It wasn’t Covid.When I said I had a relative in hospital, the immediate question was Covid’s?Well, no. There are still other illnesses. The good news: we know what it is, how…