Life The right way we should look at luck There is more to luck that just pure accident. There is something deeper to it than randomness. Don't believe things are completely out of your control.
Learning The two ways of learning Constant learning is of paramount importance for our success and personal growth. It is only natural then, if acknowledgment is prior to this, to crave the mental space to learn. But we often seem to be doing things the wrong way.
Life Learn to fall in love with boredom One of the greatest threat to success is not failure but boredom.
Thoughts On limiting speech (thought exercise) The gravest threat of modernity is the attempt to limit speech on grounds that it may hurt others’ feelings.
Short On signaling and mindless activism (thought exercise) If your daily actions are not consistent with your declared values, it is your values that are canceled, not your actions.
Thoughts Practice more, plan less The most effective way of learning and getting results is practice, not planning.
Thoughts Sharing the thoughts of a relentless mind Thoughts are only as good as the distance they travel. Ideas are only as valuable as the number of minds they touch.
Humanity We're all versions of Pygmalion In Ovid's narrative, Pygmalion was a Cypriot sculptor of great renown. According to the writer, Pygmalion had no particular interest in women. Pygmalion loathing their lascivious Life, Abhorred all Womankind, but most a
Life Could you use some time to ... ? We humans value lots of things and we've devised ways to measure that value by inventing base "relate to" references, that everyone understands. We commonly call these references "currencies" and I've written about
Programming Are programmers inherently bad? Rhythm 0 (1974) was a six-hour work of performance art by Yugoslav artist Marina Abramović in Studio Morra, Naples. The work involved Abramović standing still while the audience was invited to do to
Life On various forms of currency I'm better at wanting to write than actually writing. I think this is, in part, due to the fact that lately, every single time I think about laying down my thoughts on a
Learning Thoughts on learning This article bears a lot of personal importance to me. It's one I've had in draft for a long time. Always tweaking it, being slightly afraid to publish. Probably because I wanted it
Conferences The Codecamp experience Much like Carlsberg is probably the best beer in the world, Codecamp is probably the biggest conference in Romania. It turned ten this year, enrolling in an events spree throughout the country, even
JavaScript A small JavaScript related rant In terms of programming languages, it's pretty hard to find something that matches the ubiquity of JavaScript. This language is like an adrenaline junkie running loose in an amusement park. He's gonna try