As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity *everything* requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects.

keeping one's desires and wants under control is a challenge of the young. listening and acting on what you want is a challenge of the experienced.

Os cuento una estafa de CIENTOS DE MILLONES de euros que hacen algunas compañías aéreas, aun sabiendo que lo prohíben la Ley y la UE. Lo más ‘gracioso’ es que nos roban 81 veces más dinero del que pagarán si algún día les multan. Ayer me tocó sufrirlo con Volotea. Abro #hilo.

Played tennis with my friend Matija Pecotic today, he coached my sons. Former top 200 in the world. Concert pianist. Does a Rubik’s Cube in less than 30 seconds. Real estate investor at age 30. Played #1 on Princeton’s tennis team, then went to HBS. Been in the U.S. for 15 years

Quitting Ten years ago today, I quit my job at The Washington Post, sold my furniture, packed my bags and left DC so I could go learn more about this nebulous thing called “technology.” Unlike what most of the advice books will tell you— “you must be running toward something

Japanese company Kirin Holdings is launching a this spoon designed to enhance salty tastes without extra sodium It produces a weak an electrical current that concentrates sodium ion molecules on the tongue, changing the taste of food It will cost $127. x.com/alsamahi/statu…

I went looking for the original source of the Einstein quote "Imagination is more important than knowledge". I thought it'd take 30 secs, just out of curiosity. But then I discovered this incredible interview in "The Saturday Evening Post". Here's a tiny excerpt. The whole

That's correct. Publishers removed '1984' from our library. 🕳️

The moment a trout eats a mayfly, fractions of a second before the surface tension is broken. [📸 panilssonoutdoorphotography]

I leave my app untouched for 3-4 days and always find something wrong that wasn't there last time... this time it's some node js module missing, and something that worked well is now flagging an error for incorrect data type... consistent inconsistencies!

Been working to post my app on Apple App Store and Google Play Store recently... Apple's App Store experience is so much better... the user interface, the quantity and usefulness of feedback of rejections... everything

many Olivias

Born too late to explore the earth Born too early to explore the universe Born just in time to answer your questions about foot cream

Enjoying so much learning history lately now that I can ask LLMs for clarifications, comparisons, and details!

there is value in storing and organizing ideas, conversations and reports that are useful to us, according to date, place, topic... I predict general aggregators (openAI, Anthr,Grok...) will start offering this soon. The browser's 'history + bookmarks' evolution of LLM search

I think, thanks to AI LLMs, a lot of people are going to change jobs and hobbies in the next 5 years after re-igniting deep interests they always had but were unable to explore until know due to lack of access to knowledge

so hot in Madrid

Right before I dive fully into a big project, I catch myself wanting to do something totally different — like learning or studying a new thing. Feels way better than procrastination. Maybe subconscious “last meal” effect: a final feast for the soul before the work consumes me

the productivity loop: quiet work from home --> loneliness and demotivation kicks in --> go work from a coffee shop or coworking and get inspired by other people working --> other people are noisy and disrespectful, you get distracted --> quiet work from home

I just erased my PayPal account because I could not remember the last time I used it and could not find a way to turn off the monthly 'account statement' email notification. Two hours later, I need it...