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For the first time in history we have a connected society where people can work together from the edges of the world, in real time. This powerful way to cooperate comes with a lot of caveats, gray areas and necessary adjustments in our best practices for "getting things done".

A free form deliberation on digital currency, its effects on contemporary events and how it relates with all things online…

We live in a century of change. But so was said for the 20th and the 19th century… Every era has a different focus, either it may be socio-political change, economics or industry. This century seems to have a focus on high tech, especially computerized tech. The Web is a high profile product of our computerized tech, leading innovation in all its parts. It is our responsibility to go through this time with a foresight of what we want to achieve and how we’re going to get there.

Next year will be the year of Linux, said for 2004. Since then we’ve been up and down the media hub bandwagon, the smartphone revolution and the cloud-based services. So much shuffling around for something so personal; our digital lives

Web components have been around for a while and they’ve been making the rounds in developer circles, showing off their unique properties and potential. Their application in production has had a slow start as we’re all still trying to gain familiarity with this new interface and assess how it fits with our current web development process.

Developers are often driven by their desire to make a difference in the world through their work; and with that enjoy a life of substantial purpose. Money, fame and recognition are mere consequences of doing good and helping people. What a perfect way to end our story there; but like many occasions in someone’s lifetime, the “happy end” is just the beginning…

We live in a fast world and our development culture reflects that. We want our apps to be up and running as soon as possible, bug-free. Everything needs to show exponential growth, otherwise what's the point...

Have you ever had that bittersweet feeling of crossing paths with a special someone and knowing that if you don’t act now any chance you had to relate will be gone and lost forever? That’s where we are, humanity as a whole, facing the Web today...

We’ve heard the news, we’ve seen the demos. Now we’re wondering how is VR going to affect our lives. Here is an in depth analysis on how the human spirit could cope in a virtual environment… vastly based on our human nature and common psychology rather than scientific predictions.

In the 90s you would often hear on MTV the phrase ”keep it real”. Basically it means “be true to who you are”; it was the normal attitude when alternative rock was at the forefront of popular music. But what does all this have to do with developing?