If we don’t have to go to the supermarket, how are we going to get our food? It’s going to look very different than what we have today. I imagine in the future we will pick (or get delivered) a subscription box that will contain all our basic needs in terms of food. It will […]
In 20 years we will think back of supermarkets and will ask ourselves, why it took us that long to replace it? Was the internet too slow? The supermarket experience is completely inadequate for the 21st century. Let me walk you to the process – in case you have not visited a supermarket in the […]
The current post-industrial – technocratic – era will transform organizations. Before, you (as put nicely by Seth Godin) needed to comply. A set of rules, a book of norms, and 100 page manual. Your job was to follow the rules and punch the card. Now, I am starting to see a new type of organizations […]
I am a writer. Easy. Also because I believe that stories are one of the best avenues to share good with the world. When we share our stories we distribute the good. We are giving away a part of us, that also will become a part of others. I quote myself. Isn’t it great? Unfortunately, […]
Early guide for human centered software As time pass, I feel more drawn to the principle that coding should be gracious toward humans. When we code, and if we do that in a professional manner, we do it for others in the future. For our customers, for our colleagues, even for our future selves. Sometimes […]
Asumamos que voy a tener nietos. O que al menos van a existir otros humanos en sus treintas en el año 2060. Eso espero. Ahora, digamos que van a necesitar de sustento para mantenerse vivos, pues asumimos que siguen siendo humanos (si, las mascotas de Minecraft para ti son como hijos, pero quiero concentrarme en […]
Hold on. Give me a minute. Don’t close the tab. Let me explain. 10.000 years ago, a guy that looked very similar to you and me, found that hunting was too much of a hassle. It was filled with high uncertainty (a thrill for the hunter for sure), so much that it sometimes meant famine […]
This article is a response/commentary to What Silicon Valley Doesn’t Understand About Agriculture Great articles are the ones that call you to action, challenge your ideas and/or refresh you with new knowledge. I think this is true for this article. Look, I am writing a response to it! The main driver of the article is […]
Have you ever heard of the term “the cloud”? Maybe, in phrases like: “Save it in the cloud” or “Is backed up in the cloud“? This cloud is nothing more than a distributed network of data-centers that allow faster replication, lower latency and almost-instant recovery. During the last 60 years, agriculture has been a field […]