The Champion’s Mind

The how-to guide for your mental gameI approached this game as a former athlete and as a current amateur wannabe triathlete. I was looking for something that helped me face the long months ahead of me and the book didn’t disappoint, or, at ...
Published on September 09, 2024 | 1 min read

Accelerate

Accelerate is not a book about IT; Accelerate is a book about culture and the best work methodologies to effectively deliver business value while also fostering innovation in an ever-changing world....
Published on August 29, 2024 | 5 min read

Database Normalization Forms and all that Jazz

While developing software, is difficult not to acknowledge the central role that data (and databases in general) play in the overall architectural design of the system. Now more than ever, in the era of Big Data, data-intensive applications, and Data Lakes, this principle remains a cornerstone...
Published on July 18, 2024 | 6 min read

Doughnut Economics | Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist

Doughnut Economics, by Kate Raworth, is probably the most interesting and clear book that I’ve come across in economic sciences. The author, often considered to be the “Keynes of the XXI century”, challenges the current traditional economic thinking and shows how a model focused solely on grow...
Published on June 09, 2024 | 8 min read

Think Again | The Art of Changing Idea

It doesn’t happen often that I get as positively surprised as while reading the book by Adam Grant “Think Again”. After reading and taking several notes for my zettelkasten system, I can genuinely say that I’m sitting in front of a masterpiece.I was honestly not familiar with any of the work ...
Published on May 22, 2024 | 5 min read

Some of the most influential articles ever written

The Age of Social Transformation, Peter D...
Published on May 22, 2023 | 1 min read

Eichmann in Jerusalem

Eichmann in JerusalemA Report on the Banality of EvilHannah ArendtEichmann in Jerusalem was, and to some extent still is, a quite controversial book written by the German-American...
Published on May 13, 2023 | 9 min read

Science and Complexity: a XXI century perspecive

Science and ComplexityAuthor: Warren WeaverI stumbled upon this article while reading the amazing book of Kate Raworth “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Doughnut-Economics-Seven-21st-Century-Economist/dp/1603587969?crid=...
Published on April 16, 2023 | 5 min read

Why Citizen Kane is Still Relevant Today: A Non-Specialist's Perspective

Why Citizen Kane is Still Relevant Today: A Non-Specialist’s PerspectiveI recentely joined some friends of mine to a Retro Cynemateque where the legendary Citizen Kane (a.k.a. Quarto Potere...
Published on April 01, 2023 | 4 min read

Why I started my own blog... and why you should do it too!

Why I started my own blogAnd why you should do it too!I had the idea of starting my own blog already several years ago, but back in the days I kept asking myself “what should I write about? I am no expert...
Published on March 21, 2023 | 4 min read