My most recent experiences and insights

  • Altruistic but not unrewarding

    Saturday was a special day. A very special one. The culmination of almost two years of work. Normally it would have been a year, but Covid complicated things. Although the preparation work was largely done, the start-up had to be postponed. But there were no more excuses and in the end we made it. On Read more


  • To graduation!

    This weekend we have varied our traditional family toast. We usually use “To the revolution!” followed by the traditional clinking of glasses. We are not very revolutionary either. We would like to change a lot of things, but without the need for violence. The “To the revolution!” was our toast inherited from the cronies that Read more


  • Do you fish tuna or sardines?

    Yesterday I read a short post on LinkedIn by copywriter Luis Garau. It started with “I open a melon with a watermelon emoji”. And there certainly was a watermelon emoji. Curious because the melon icon also exists. Although it actually looks more like a grape than a melon. Of course the watermelon is more eye-catching Read more


  • Can the perfect formula withstand unrestrained use?

    What is your favourite dish? Let’s take, for example… paella. Paella is very good. There is seafood paella, chicken paella, vegetable paella, mixed paella, blind paella, lobster paella for a special day and almost anything you fancy. You can use a lot of imagination. More than once with what you find in the fridge. And Read more


  • Warren Buffet will blow up the Nasdaq

    No. I’m not a fortune teller. Nor does it necessarily mean that Warren Buffet is a great genius. Although he probably is. At least when someone wants to give an example of a great investor when selecting portfolios and stocks Warren Buffet’s name always comes up. The question is much more earthly. The news starts Read more


  • Online Payment Protection

    Recently has been applied the new regulation about online payments where, again, EU is leading the security worldwide. With the new regulation to confirm any online payment the user is required to use multiple elements to avoid any kind of fraud. Usually those elements are something the user has, like a personal smartphone, and something Read more