Ever wondered what money is? I know I did and not only once. The shortest answer I get when I ask around is: “pieces of metal or paper which can be exchanged for goods”. People don’t seem to have any...
Almost a year ago, as part of my 3 businesses / year goal, I got involved with an interesting project called WeGetThere. The basic idea behind this project is crowdfunding. Specifically, they wanted ...
VentureConnect, event dedicated to entrepreneurs in IT, technology and online launches Venture Mentoring – a series of monthly meetings. Each month, a VentureConnect mentor will meet entrepreneurs wh...
I’m a man, so I like soccer. Don’t even try to challenge this affirmation, it’s hard wired in my genes. Just like women are born with the natural ability to give birth and nurture their children, men...
Today is my daughter’s birthday, she is 6 year old. First and foremost, I wish her joy, because life is filled with joy, even in its darker moments, I wish her power, because sometimes life may be un...
Here we are, on one of the weekends I get to spend together with my 6 year old, Bianca, doing a little bit of shopping. It’s a really cold February Saturday, and the shop is pretty packed. As we’re a...
It’s official, the latest version of WPSumo, 1.1.5, is up and ready for download. It’s also the first release after I took on this project, last year. As you may imagine this wasn’t an easy ride. As ...
It had to happen. After giving it a lot of thought (and a few hours of fiddling with the interface of Appscend.com) I decided to publish a portable version of this blog on the AppStore. If you’...
I once read somewhere that the highest number of suicides are taking place on Sundays, between 7 and 9 PM. The reason behind this is that people are highly unhappy about their jobs. The mere thought ...
It was a bit of a roller coaster in here lately, with a lot of stuff coming up to my plate. We had the first major release at WPSumo for this year, which includes the long awaited child theme documen...
As I suspected, after the first promotion post, I got a few emails about some of the promo codes not working. Of course they work, only the one I’ve published were already taken. Bummer! So, he...
A few weeks ago, Apple introduced promo codes for iBookStore. A long time veteran of the AppStore, the promo code was probably the most used marketing technique for app promotion. As an Apple develop...
Recently, Apple allowed authors with books published on their iBookStore to use promo codes. A stable and very popular feature for iOS developers who published their apps in AppStore, promo codes wer...
One of the biggest lies of my life was this one: if you do your job constantly, if you listen to your folks obediently, nothing bad will happen to you. All you have to do in order to live a happy lif...
Yeap, I know. This is a very generic title. But, if you clicked through it, you’re gonna be in for a treat. Every once in a while, I get to be involved in specific online events. Sometimes it&#...
As a digital nomad I get to work in public places a lot, especially coffee shops. Every once in a while I run into some mild problems, but, usually, nothing really serious. Until the other day. Sit d...
I had the first cassette recorder when I was around 4. It was called Jola 2, a Polish make. I know, I know, Poland and cassette recorders. But hey, it was the peak of the communist era in the Eastern...
Or, to be more precise, “An Tan Tiri Mogo Dan, Cara Cara Si, Princi Pa Ta Morin Go. Tan Go!” In case you didn’t live in the Romania of the seventies, chances to know the meaning of those words are cl...
It’s the first day of 2012 and I think it’s time to review my taming monkeys experiment. It all started a year ago, when I decided to ditch my new year resolutions. Instead, I replaced them with twel...
A couple of years ago, an interesting Twitter handle caught my attention. It was something called @tinybuddha and it aimed at delivering “simple wisdom for complex lives”. This handle gre...
No fire can burn without air blown into it. The flame must consume oxygen in order to exist. So every time I’m getting burned by something I do, or something others are doing or saying to me, I...
It’s the last day of November and I decided to write a short report about my eleventh monkey. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go read the introductory post. In short, at the beginning of 20...
Have you ever heard of the Internet Bubble? It was a very interesting phenomenon in the early 2000s. Basically, what generated this so called “bubble” was the fact that the value of internet startups...
I usually do this kind of lists at the end of each year. I did one in 2009 and one in 2010. But, as I decided to change my approach towards these events, with my taming monkey challenge replacing my ...
Every once in a while, when I’m in the middle of a discussion, Bianca, my 5 year old daughter breaks in with a low voice, but very firmly: “dad, you talk too much!” And oh, she is right every t...
TweetRemember how understandable it was to be late 20 years ago? It wasn’t like the world will collapse if you’re late 5 minutes. There were no cell phones. If we had to meet you, and you were late, ...
TweetThis is a post I never really wanted to write. We all knew it’s gonna happen at some point. But as long as he was still alive, there was still a chance that his spark will continue to igni...
TweetI spent the last weekend with my 5 year old daughter Bianca, at my new place. Yes, I moved downtown, I’m not a suburb guy anymore. This apartment I rented is very close to a place where I used t...
TweetYou’re not gonna believe me, but the only reason we screw things up is because we want to. Even more, we screw things up because we’re deeply convinced this is what we have to do. Breathe in, si...
TweetI bet you clicked the link to this post because of the 50.000 EUR in it! So, to quench your curiosity, that money is for real. It’s not vouchers, or anything like this.:) But it’s no...
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