Dear reader, a couple of weeks ago I was having a discussion about how to translate the verb “to embrace technology” in Italian. It turns out that there is no single word to express the concept, neither there is a… Continue Reading →

Dear reader, Today has been a good day: happy, thankful, productive and funny, until an SMS hit my phone and set me on an endless spiral of thoughts. You may remember my post titled Not Good Enough, in which I kind… Continue Reading →

Dear reader, as you may have noticed, I love reading (just look at the “Book I read” page). Every time I read a book, I think that it would be great to share it with this or that specific person. So,… Continue Reading →

Sometimes reality beats fiction. It even beats non-fiction, it seems. It took me a while too realize that I was working and reading in the bathroom (on a chair, not on the provocative toilet!) about working remotely. Oh well, sometimes… Continue Reading →

Dear reader, last week I was unpacking some boxes that remained closed since I moved to our new house. Opening one of them, I was greeted by my degree, my PhD and some medals for having been a blood donor and a… Continue Reading →

Dear reader, sometimes I look at the spectrum of activities I performed during my working day, and the time of day I devoted to them. More often than not, the result of mapping my schedule is something similar to figure… Continue Reading →

Last week I was in Berlin on a short business trip and, since I was meeting with some friends there and didn’t want to create logistic problems at dinner, I let down my strict ketogenic diet for a couple of… Continue Reading →

Dear reader, yesterday I was having an interesting conversation with two fine ladies. I was arguing that we, as human civilisation, are getting richer with every passing year. On the contrary, they opposed that we are poorer in some respects and… Continue Reading →

Dear reader, there are probably endless ways to start an argument and an equal number of ways it could end. An argument is never a good thing. You can’t win an argument. You can’t because if you lose it, you… Continue Reading →

Hello dear reader, this is the second post in a series dealing with the fundamental questions about processing your emails. The first post (available at this address) tried to answer the Why, What and Where questions. Now is the turn of When,… Continue Reading →