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The new race for hearts and minds

The new race for hearts and minds

The smartphone was a key form factor for the past two decades. However, a new effort to find the next winning hardware is already ongoing between Meta, Apple, and Google. Let's take a look at how those companies are approaching the space of personal devices, and what AI has to do with it.

Stop making chatbot happen

The recent announcement of Zalando fashion assistant looks like yet another chatbot. Let's take a look together at what tools and services you should build as a company using AI, and why chatbot is not it.

Tech layoffs - perspective is everything

Tech layoffs - perspective is everything

We are only in the first weeks of 2023, and January has been already a record-breaking month for the whole tech sector in terms of layoffs, according to TrueUp over 70k people in tech have been fired (edit: 75k now). Even as many companies (Microsoft amongst them) report record-breaking profits,

My (MacOS) software setup

My (MacOS) software setup

This document's purpose is to remind me about everything I need to set up in case of a clean system install (I do not like setting up the new machine from a backup as it brings a lot of garbage with it). 🧪This is a work in progress and the

You are too good at planning

You are too good at planning

As we get older, our calendars tend to have fewer events and random "nights out". Part of it is due to that we are more risk-averse, and we have less free time. But what if the true reason is your planning skill?

Why design demos are so good?

Why design demos are so good?

Design demos are often a magical place to be. Hands-on participation of c-level, eng, and biz people, and every opinion matters. What is there to learn and how can we ensure our presentations with stakeholders have the same effectiveness?

Illness (word 'illness') prediction is not hyped enough

Illness (word 'illness') prediction is not hyped enough

How and if we can tell that you will be sick tomorrow, and how you can do it already today yourself? PS. fonts with the same look of capital 'i' and small 'L' characters should be banned.

We got the AI revolution wrong

Artificial Intelligence

We got the AI revolution wrong

In recent years we all assumed that the first jobs to be replaced by computers will be the ones that do not require much creativity or abstract thinking. We were wrong. “Art is dead, dude. It’s over. A.I. won. Humans lost.”

Rephrasing and paraphrasing superpowers you can use

We all love discussions where we quickly agree on the issue at hand and needed actions. Let's do a quick dive into two easy-to-use methods for this.

Libraries - how companies do not understand open spaces

Libraries - how companies do not understand open spaces

Working in a library with an open space of 400 seats is nothing unheard of, but such a huge open space at work is doomed to fail. Is it? Let's take a look at what we all can learn from hundreds of years old reading rooms.

[07/2022] This month...

[07/2022] This month...

Everything I found interesting in July. All things bunched up together. There is no one topic, just the most share-worthy links from last month, unfiltered.

Droidcon Berlin '22

Droidcon Berlin '22

Brief (warning - it is not) summary from this year's Droidcon Berlin, and my first big (>1300 attendees) conference since... well Flutter Europe in Jan 2020. Walk with me through 3 days of Android and mobile content!

[06/2022] This month...

Hybrid work is hell, README as a manual for people, an app for tipping, ransomware gets search feature and more...

Internal tooling feedback loop

Internal tooling feedback loop

Building document templates, processes, and internal tooling are hard, and often ungrateful tasks inside teams and companies. How to build tools that are most useful, and how to gather feedback on a word template?

Good document copywriting

Let's go over by most common pitfalls of helping others write better as well as getting help in a more organized way.

New search engines are coming

There are new players in the Internet search market, and people's behaviors are changing. Is this the first time Google's main revenue source is directly threatened?

Why blog?

To write more In a good organization/teams content and not presentation skills are the king. Write more. Make your point straightforward, and add good arguments in a clear way. To rubber duck your ideas Explaining to somebody your problem or solution from start to the end helps you notice