Notes

Caroline

One of my favorite short movies. "Bear" always reminds me of it.

Poetronika: the project I buried myself

At the end of last year, I was thinking about an ambitious goal: to create 12 projects in 12 months. I know that many people have done this challenge, and I thought it would be a good idea to improve...

unemployed → self-employed

It's been almost two weeks since I got laid off , so it's time to move on and set new goals. I've decided to follow a long-time passion and start working on my own projects to become self-employed....

Group Chats

I noticed that I hate all group chats with more than three people. At some point, I just stop following the conversation, get frustrated, and never come back. That’s why I am so bad at diving into...

Two years without Instagram

Two years ago, my wife, a few friends, and I went to upstate New York to relax for a couple of days for camping. There was one thing that nobody expected — the cellular coverage was so low that we...

I got laid off (and I feel fine)

I got laid off yesterday. Damn. So, yeah, yesterday was quite a morning. I got a message from my manager, jumped on a call, and was told the news. Oh, brutal American work culture. In the meantime, I...

My favorite clothing brand

90% percent of my clothes are 100% cotton, and most of these pieces are from Elwood . I discovered this brand by accident when my wife gave me a sweatshirt from them a couple of years ago. Since...

Libby App: the easiest way to read books for free

One of the first apps I installed after moving to the United States was Libby . It's a mobile app that allows you to get e-books and audiobooks for free. I had heard about it for a long time, and...

Think backwards

Whenever I start working on a project, I try to think backwards. I imagine what will happen in the end: how happy I will be, how I will tell my friends, Twitter followers, and a broad audience about...

How to Work on Pet Projects

Even though I have a full-time job, I always find time for my small pet projects. This has been the case in all my jobs, from the first one onward. At different times, these projects have ranged from...