Part of a series of essays written for Building The Tech Startup It is often argued that it is hard to succeed in the startup world without a disruptive idea or a product that belongs to a new category, however, it is sometimes enough to capitalize on better solutions for…

Part of a series of essays written for Building The Tech Startup Nowadays, it has become extremely easy to spend a day shopping without cash. This “cashless lifestyle” is the result of years of evolution of credit and debit cards, combined with a huge market push towards the use of…

After scientists have suggested that the 97% non-coding sequences in our DNA is in fact alien code, and after Elon Musk argued that we are living in an alien video game, it might be time we reconsider our thoughts about what we think is the origin of our creation and…

It has recently become crystal clear that we are effectively living the Internet of Things (IoT) era and while this was predicted and planned years ago, the surge in “smart devices” is becoming more and more obvious. …

Since I started coding in PHP and web languages, I have developed the habit of creating small projects and proof-of-concepts in HTML/CSS/PHP. In most cases, those languages will do the trick and a native desktop app won’t be necessary (especially for basic applications). However, when you want to develop a…

No one can deny that The 1960s was a very remarkable decade, a time of pivotal change at all levels. This is not only because of the Vietnam War, the assassination of John F. Kennedy or the first moon landing ever but also because the 1960s marked a fall of…

Listening to 99%INVISIBLE’s “99%Private” podcast drew my attention to Privately Owned Public Spaces. Consequently, I paid extra attention to the spaces that are open to the public on my trip to New York City for the Thanksgiving holidays. To my surprise, I found that most of the publicly open areas…

Unless we are lost, rarely do we think about wayfinding and signage in the design of spaces and the role they play in guiding and orienting us. Listening to 99%INVISIBLE’s “Walk This Way” podcast made me think about how professional wayfinders can manipulate the user by guiding him to commercial…

After listening to 99%INVISIBLE’s “Deaf Space” podcast, I took a look at my College’s main library to see how well its design handles accessibility. In fact, since its creation in 1961, the Skillman Library has been focusing on providing a constant universal experience for all of its users without exception…