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I started this post in my newsletter last week, but I decided to move it here because of its length. Weeks ago, Timnit Gebru, AI Ethical team co-lead and researcher, ended her collaboration at Google Brain. As a very summarized version, the story starts when Dr. Timnit Gebru and other colleagues sent a paper for …
Read the articleCommunication and Leadership in Times of Crisis was the title of my seventeenth newsletter issue. This post is an excerpt from it. If we are going to adopt full-time remote work or any other temporary solution, it will be helpful to keep in mind some tips for improving communication and support teams. Being there for …
Read the articleThis post is a wrap-up of several excerpts from recent issues of my newsletter. I included articles and reactions to a post that asked to keep business and politics, and social activities separate. It all started some weeks ago, ending September, when Brian Armstrong, Coinbase co-founder and CEO, published an article at the Coinbase blog …
Read the articleFostering Creativity in STEM To Prepare Our Next Generation was the title of my fifteenth newsletter issue. This post is an excerpt from it. Recently, researchers found that creativity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (also called STEM) is very similar to creativity in the arts. You could see the details in the article Which is more …
Read the articleAfter 20 years, Tony Hsieh retired from CEO and left Zappos. There is a leadership learning opportunity in analyzing this period. You could find the details in this article. I also included this news section in one of my past newsletter issues. Since I read his book Delivering Happiness in 2011 (a book that I always recommend), I’ve been …
Read the articleThis is the continuation of an earlier post about Clayton Christensen and “How will you measure your life”. I decided to split the original post because, in my opinion, both works How will you measure your life and disruptive innovation, deserved an individual post. If you never heard about him, or you heard but you …
Read the articleYou probably know Azeems Azhar’s Exponential View. Also, there’s a podcast, and the last time invited Daniel Hulme, CEO of Satalia, who explained his radical vision on how technology can be honest to build fundamentally decentralized organizations. I recommend you to listen to it, only 38 minutes, but if you want to know more first, …
Read the articleI included in my last newsletter a twitter thread that shared a proposal about which would be the technologies that would drive the future online sales. It was Connie Chan, investor, and partner at a16z, who pointed out that Amazon’s next competitor would be a social or video app, social selling, and live streaming. Social …
Read the articleIt was the year 2011, on a trip across the states, when I bought Tony Hsieh‘s book Delivering Happiness at the airport, don’t remember if it was LAX or Las Vegas. It was during my honeymoon trip. At that time I already know Tony’s profile as Zappos CEO, about its Amazon acquisition, and about the …
Read the articleMorning exercise is one of this year’s resolutions. Nothing unusual, like many other existing goals that anyone could set. But anybody could feel curious and ask me: Why should I change it to mornings? Are there any real benefits of waking up earlier for doing workouts? But, before answering these questions, I might go to …
Read the article¿Faltan buenos programadores en éste país? Bajo esta premisa, de nuevo se ha reabierto este debate (que nunca se ha cerrado o se ha querido cerrar) a raíz del artículo de Enrique Dans en su columna de expansión después de una conversación con Bernardo Hernández (Google, Tuenti). Realmente no había leído el artículo de Dans, …
Read the articleA raíz de la eclosión de internet como canal para el comercio, estamos viendo cada vez más empresas que se lanzan hacia nuevos modelos de negocio innovadores y hacia la desintermediación. En este artículo quiero centrarme en el modelo de negocio de suscripción a través de la red, el paso de la venta minorista a …
Read the articleLa gente más afín a Scrum te dirá que si no practicas una metodología dentro del marco Agile estás anclado en el pasado, que para software es mucho más efectivo, y que es una metodología que aplican las grandes tecnológicas como Google, Yahoo, etc. Si te interesa Scrum y Agile, hace poco publiqué un post …
Read the articleEl mes de Marzo ha terminado, y con él la campaña de Marzo Negro que en enero anuncio Anonymous y que varios hemos apoyado y cumplido. Ayer mismo retiré el banner de la cabecera del blog. También este fin de semana, con el fin del Marzo Negro, se anunciaba para el sábado 30 en las …
Read the articleLast sunday I was sent this infographic about the process of hiring a great developer. It is from General Assembly, never heard anything about them but I have already sign up for their course. Let’s see what happens… It is quite complete, and I found it very interesting and so curious, don’t you think?
Read the articleA few weeks ago I was thinking about Square’s business model, a company focused on mobile payments. I became interested on the subject, and I knew that I would finally end up writing a short article about this. At the moment, I see different ways for mobile payment. The most important and surely with more investment …
Read the articleEl pasado miércoles 1 de Febrero, se publicó el documento de oferta pública de acciones de Facebook (la IPO, Initial Public Offering), previo a su inminente salida a bolsa. En ese documento, el fundador y CEO de Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, dedicó una parte importante a intentar mostrar a sus potenciales inversores el concepto de “The …
Read the articleSe ha escrito mucho últimamente sobre este tema, que ha abierto un fuerte debate sobre Twitter y la censura en general. No es mi intención abrir otro debate más, porque ya he participado en alguno y hasta ahora no han llevado a ningún lado. Quiero expresar mi opinión al respecto, según lo que he podido …
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