And enjoying hard things — Recently I got asked by my friend: How do you find the motivation, strength, and will to become continually better in some aspect of your life? The answer is simple: I enjoy finding hidden brakes in my life and remove them. Let me explain with a story: When I was writing my Thesis at the Uni, I…

Why every government founded software project should be Open Source? Let’s see the strongest arguments: Public Good: What is government money? It is redistributed taxpayer money, so if a citizen is paying for something, they should be able to at least see it, and even better, get it and reuse it. Free to Copy: Open Source Code is copyable and…

What did I learn from attending ~20 times, during and (hopefully) after Covid (AUS) — This article is about a concrete event, however you can use these principles and tactics in any other networking occasion. What is Founder Connect (FC)? This event is organised by Startup Victora (SUV), a non-profit organisation that is an important facilitator of the Melburnian startup community. FC itself is a biweekly (fortnightly) fast-paced networking event…

Your problem is not unique… — As you course along in your life, big and small inconveniences will happen, these problems, obstacles are (I am sorry to break this down for you, you special snowflake) NOT unique. 80% of your problems had been encountered by somebody, someway in similar shape or form. You have an opportunity…

The recent pandemic had its benefits, mostly around the e-governance space; many governments are scrambling to digitize their services.

by “turning the ship”? — Your life is in motion like a ship on the water. The bigger turn you make on the wheel, the bigger resistance you will face. The path to big changes over time is frequent small changes amplified with compound interest. This is true for physics, habits and relationships as well. …

I am fed up with the excuse that a problem is too complex, therefore it should not be bothered… — I hear this all the time from software engineering to the global economy… What if this is not true, what if we use the right tools we could get insights and solve our “complex” problems? For example, take the usual blanket problem of “communication”: there is a complex communication problem…

I recently started listening to the ILoveMarketing podcast, (which is a great resource to get into the value added marketing space) and on the other hand I am a big fan of Elon and his companies. These two interests created an illusion of a contradiction in my mind because Elon…

I just lost my client due to the virus so I collected some options to show what can we do as a community, and also to don’t do things parallel rather do it together. Protective clothing DIY Create and wear masks: https://masks4all.co/ Why? because it flattens the curve based on scientific EVIDENCE. …