Archive for June, 2011

Google Plus is out!

Written by alejo on June 29th, 2011
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“Among the most basic of human needs is the need to connect with others. With a smile, a laugh, a whisper or a cheer, we connect with others every single day. Today, the connections between people increasingly happen online. Yet the subtlety and substance of real-world interactions are lost in the rigidness of our online [...]

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Unexpected tsumego

Written by alejo on June 27th, 2011
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Last week I was wandering around Go problems when I came across this one. It’s this specific kind of tsumegos I fail to solve – the ones that require for illogical reasoning. After reading some useless sequences I usually end giving up, assuming there is no way to overcome that position. Go problems helps me [...]

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Android fragmentation is annoying

Written by alejo on June 18th, 2011
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During last year, the number of devices featuring Android increased -almost- exponentially. Having each of them a different hardware, it was believed to be an advantage, since the user could choose among the different setups. Different hardware also means different software versions. These started to be a pain in the “back” for developers, with 30% using [...]

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Teaching how to read

Written by alejo on June 10th, 2011
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During the last months I’ve been involved in creating a go club and teaching beginners. After a few weeks, we managed to get into a local event involving oriental culture. We managed to show our game and teach some unaware attendants. So our club grew… slightly. One of the toughest tasks as the club teacher [...]

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