Wed 2012/Feb/08

• Si la lluvia llega hasta aquí Voy a limitarme a vivir. Mojaré mis alas como el árbol o el ángel o quizás muera de pena.

  Luis Alberto Spinetta — Canción para los días de la vida

  Thank you for everything, Flaco.

Syndicated 2012-02-08 21:35:00 from Claudio Saavedra's ChangeLog

Thu 2011/Oct/06

• Most of us who work in technology, secretly wish that one day, something we've created will change the world in a positive way, or that we will be able to look back at some point and realize that we've contributed somehow to make this world a better place. For many of us, this is the driving force that put us in this field in the first place, even when we rarely admit it to each other, let alone to anyone else.

  Some of us get to achieve it, one way or another. In an anonymous way, most likely in the form of one single link in a chain of events that, individually, might seem insignificant, but altogether, represent the continuous and dynamic steering of human progress. Our names will not be remembered, neither will our individual contributions, but they will be there for others to build upon, one link at the time, one step after another.

  And then there are those who manage to envision that things are possible in ways that would be unthinkable for the rest of us, and not only that, strive to make them happen. They don't work alone and rely on others, that's certain, yet it's their unique inspiration, persistence, and the exceptional love for what they do what motivates others to flock along them and help them change the world. Steve Jobs was probably one of the most remarkable examples in the latest times of this rare but wonderful people, and we've been lucky to be challenged with his contributions to technology. I am not sure whether being in this industry would be so challenging and exciting as it is, if he hadn't been around.

Syndicated 2011-10-06 12:04:00 from Claudio Saavedra's ChangeLog

Sat 2011/Sep/24

• After three years in Finland, I finally spent a weekend in a traditional mökki, with wood stove sauna, makkara, mushroom picking, midnight drunken cold-lake skinny dipping, rowing, and getting up with dawn for the sole purpose of getting gems like this one:

  

  Since it was the weekend of el dieciocho, I made some pisco sour, too.

Syndicated 2011-09-24 16:17:00 from Claudio Saavedra's ChangeLog

Wed 2011/Sep/21

• Let's say, you have a product that relies on a free software platform. Let's say, you want to add a particular feature to that product for differentiation, but you know that the free software community is not very keen of your practices of keeping code in-house. So you want to give back, at least to avoid some criticism. How to make it so, that the feature is still exclusive to your new product?

  Well, it's very easy. Wait until the free software platform where you added that feature is already in code freeze, and only then do a code drop in their bugzilla. That way, you make sure that they won't be releasing it until at least 6 months after your product is already on the market. Touché.

  Cynicism in this entry is for free and any resemblance with reality is merely coincidental and should not be taken very seriously.

Syndicated 2011-09-21 14:33:00 from Claudio Saavedra's ChangeLog

Sat 2011/Aug/06

• Several years later, back in one of my favorite cities, with my favorite people, to celebrate our favorite project:

  

  Yesterday, Igalia hosted the Desktop Summit pre-registration event at the übercool c-base. It was nice to see so many good old friends again. It already feels it's gonna be a wonderful week.

Syndicated 2011-08-06 09:54:00 from Claudio Saavedra's ChangeLog