Author: Artur Ventura

Codebits 2011, a set on Flickr.

London 2011, a set on Flickr.

Porto 2011, a set on Flickr.

Am I the only one thinking the new interface of facebook sucks to such a degree that I’m thinking about deactivating and moving to Google Plus all together? First is a mess. The only way I know to change to the older interface is to change the language (fine Facebook, I’m gona learn Afrikaanse so…

I’ve recently open a blog about shoes with 8 (woman) friends of mine, called shoesisterhood.com. Mainly about woman shoes. Well, our editors went to some parties and in order to select which pictures to post on the blog they created an free flickr account to post those pictures. Well, first the account was placed as…

Do you like and use Google Tasks in GMail? How about a full screen interface for tasks that you can leave open during your work? Check it here.

I’m loving Google+, but they seriously need to use different font sizes. With only one font size in the Stream everything seems cranked up to 11, making it hard to read: After tweeking the CSS in Chrome I’ve decreased the font size of the messages, with different sizes for the user comment and page message.…

If you ever read yours truly, probably you’ve know that some time back I’ve generated a big poster with the entire domain of Project Fénix. I’ve made a interactive map, with all entities names, available here for your viewing pleasure.

When I started working on Project Fenix one of the things that impressed me was the size of domain model. Back then it contained about 9000 entities and was 17000 lines in size. It was (and still is) a monstrous file. But the worst part was the fact that the team was used to inspect…

I’ve started reading Jon Ronson’s new book, The Psychopath Test, and a odd but astounding fact came to my mind. Each time we meet someone we are changed, both in psychological but also in a biological sense. Most emotional memories can’t be forgotten because they make structural changes on your brain. Also and through theory…