PinnedHow a WhatsApp bot got famous and evolved as the Brazilian WeChat and conversational commerce platformWhatsApp is the most downloaded and loved application in Brazil. Brazilians are so dependent on it, that the sight of it being taken offline for 48 hours imposed by a judge order caused national wide outcry. As an entrepreneur I knew I could make money with WhatsApp in some way. …Messaging5 min readMessaging5 min read
Jul 16, 2022Member-onlyFrom Unity to Godot: Game Objects and Components in Godot?Coming from Unity, you just opened Godot for the first time and you can’t find where are the Game Objects and Components? Not only that, where are the Prefabs and Levels? All you can see are four buttons under a label: “Create Root Node”. What are Nodes? Where do I…Gamedev9 min readGamedev9 min read
Apr 24, 2022How I grew up like Alba (the game) and the story of my Daddy as a Nature ProtectorToday I finished the game Alba: A Wildlife Adventure. In the game you control a small girl who walks around an island discovering animals, cleaning up trash, while trying to save a small Nature Reserve. …Nature5 min readNature5 min read
Oct 8, 2021Making a Van Gogh game in just 3 daysI made a historically accurate short game about Van Gogh, specifically about his stay in the city of Arles, France, where in a matter of around 450 days, he produced a staggering amount of more than 180 paintings, including many masterpieces such as The Sunflowers, The Bedroom, The Yellow House…Van Gogh9 min readVan Gogh9 min read
Sep 28, 2021Member-onlyWhat do Art, Mental Disorders, Sports, and Linux have in common?“To be an artist is to be dysfunctional”, said David Bowie. I’m obsessed with art, and being socially dysfunctional, with two mental disorders (Autism Spectrum Disorder and Bipolar Disorder), I wholeheartedly agree with Bowie. Why does most art come from disturbed minds? Art is normally created by dysfunctional people because…Art3 min readArt3 min read
Mar 22, 2021Member-onlyTired of meetings? Free tools you can use to explain ANYTHING without having to make a call.You’ve already probably seen the phrase “that meeting could have been an email” somewhere. Chances are that you even thought or even written down that phrase yourself many times, after many frustrating meetings or calls, after many meaningless Zoom calls, that ate up hours of your life. …Productivity14 min readProductivity14 min read
Nov 7, 2020Member-onlyPike fishing adventures in the middle of CopenhagenI’m from Brazil and I’ve been living in Copenhagen for 2 years. In Brazil we have more than 2000 freshwater fish species, but Pike isn’t one of them and I’ve always wanted to catch big Pike, after watching on TV how violent this fish is. Looking for Pike in a…Pike4 min readPike4 min read
Aug 14, 2019Reinold Baudisch, Meu Papai, Meu Herói e Professor dos Pescadores BrasileirosDepois de quase 2 meses de luta com seu coração, meu papai e meu herói, o professor de milhões de brasileiros, Reinold Baudisch, não resistiu e partiu. Os primeiros 16 anos da minha vida, eu vivi, sem exceção, praticamente 24 horas, todos os dias, ao lado do meu pai…Pai8 min readPai8 min read
Apr 18, 2018O Segredo de Tudo e de NadaMente de Macaco Pensamentos Demasiados Efeito Borboleta Mente de Principiante Esforço sem Esforço Portão sem Portão 0 = 1, 1 =0 0 = ∞ A folha de papel é uma galáxia e os pássaros migraram para o norte.Felicidade1 min readFelicidade1 min read
Oct 3, 2017Art Salvation or Sit and Feel Before EndingA poem on master painters and suicide. You might think the end The self destruction As the light But if you could one last time See and feel The terror dreams of Hieronymus Bosch The precision of Da Vinci The destruction of Goya The explosion of earthly emotions of Van Gogh The violence of Gaugin The orange nights of Lautrec The…Art1 min readArt1 min read
