The U of T’s Ten Thousand Coffees Initiative and more
October 5, 2024
It was a delightful surprise to be invited to participate in the Ten Thousand Coffees initiative while working towards an Artificial Intelligence Certificate at the University of Toronto between 2018 and 2019. The Ten Thousand Coffees initiative is a unique networking and mentorship platform that connects students, recent graduates, and alumni with industry professionals. By […]
Prioritizing in XXI century
February 25, 2018
On the track of the previous article, I was fortunate for finding and watching this video on YouTube. Overall, it takes the question of how we are training for prioritizing, the urgent and important tasks. Natural Time Multipliers think like this: “What can I do today, that would make tomorrow better?” “What can I do […]
An interesting video about the Agile Manifest
February 25, 2018
Youtube have recommended me the following video, and I had no idea of the subject when in the midst of the video, the lecturer identify himself and I get astonished with such a background he had before writing the Agile Manifesto. I would like to share with you this luring lecture from TEDx
The piano soul
March 22, 2015
Last week, I decided to find out how my great-grandfather used to repair and tune the instrument from which I’ve heard many masterpieces. The pianos are not common, and even less seeing its maintenance happening, no only in Brazil but also in other countries around the world. So I asked my father to do so. […]
My family blazon – Souza
March 22, 2015
I just found my family’s blazon – Souza. Looks nice, and was originally appeared in Portugal, around 700 years ago.
About Development and Regional Markets
March 13, 2015
During the 2002-2012 years, we faced a very regulated and closed market in Brazil. Ok, and how it affects development and freedom? Its about economics. I understand economics as a science of shortage. In many ways, specialists say that we do need to prepare ourselves to a different world, not necessarily of shortage, but related […]
“Bacia de Santos” Pre salt Bassin – The Oil Industry that Never Actually Arrived to Sao Paulo Coast
September 4, 2011
In September 2011, the Santos Petrobras Business Unit has just changed its designation Petrobras’ Business Unit to Petrobras’ Operational Unit – from UN to UO on Portuguese spell. It may signs that the money flow may pass by São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro instead of Santos (it did happen), which leaves only some technical […]
Life decision: Improve people’s lives
September 4, 2011
Last week, I decided on a number of things. So I had the same thinking about the people around me. This text revolves around my personal life and project management techniques. Personal life I lived with my two other brothers in Santos, Sao Paulo, in an apartment ceded by my father. This was somewhat a […]
Kind of poetic these days
July 13, 2011
The English version follows. “Às vezes colocamos óculos escuros para esconder nossos olhos dos outros, e não do sol. Muitas vezes, o utilizamos até para esconder-nos de nós mesmos. Eu acreditando que estava protegido, não percebi que a claridade do dia vinha de cima, de fora, do céu, e fazia meus olhos refletirem nos meus […]
Why I should have an iPhone?
March 28, 2011
Personally, I am(was) a Nokia phone fan. But most phone applications are designed for iPhones. OVI’s Nokia store has apps, but not even a tenth of the variety offered in the Apple Store.My partner and friends have iPhones or would like to have it. But once I am(was) a Nokia fan, I think that the […]
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