Zerebria

Today I start this new series about people who might have been great bloggers if they had had the technology we use now. My intention here is not to write profound and very precise essays full of data and biography (they can be easily found anywhere else in our very informative age), but to share my love towards some of my authors, in the mood of someone who spreads the news of some dear friend’s achievements.

Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859)

De Quincey, besides, is a particular case (more…)

A person in the state of flow is something beautiful to see, like a burst of clean laughter, like a children playing on the ground. (more…)

It’ll never get enough said: David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology to get organized is based upon principles that are simple, but not evident (for more about GTD, check out my GTD First Aid Kit series, or the ‘GTD’ tag at the right column).

One of those principles is dividing lists into (more…)

The house has been on fire ever since it was built. Maybe even while it was being built. It has become a tradition to think of the house in connection with flames, just like one cannot conceive a piano without keys or (more…)

Here’s a story about the difference between efficiency and effectiveness. A few summers ago, I was spending some days with my family at the beach. One morning, I went to the balcony and found certain relative of mine, not very intelligent, who was (more…)