Things that happen when working from home.
Fixing some bugs that probably I created when trying to understand the magic software that I have to touch every morning, someone knocks on the door.
‘Landlady‘ : I have a problem ..
Me: ( My heart stopped … :O WHAT DID I DO THIS TIME? )
‘Landlady’ continues: My computer is not connected to the internet could you take a look?
Me: Ahhhhhh Sureeee 
that should be easy to fix.
( Dam almost got a heart attack o_O )
Everybody like statistics, we all like to see numbers about something that happened and that can show more detailed information of a given time, sport .. EVERYBODY LOVES STATISTICS.
So do we 
.
That’s why we decided to make our Google Reader Replacement with statistics.
Screenshot of the month of April : Number of articles fetch per day and month ( 2013 )
On the company where I currently work, some one challenged me to make part of a project on a new language “Python”.
I must admit that on the first couple off days I went to office a bit more stressed than usual. After wall I would start from scratch not only the project but also the learning of the langage that I would use for it.
The same person also said that Python is easy and everything can be done in one line ( seems that this last part well is almost true ).
After the project was finished and delivered, I must admit that Python is no doubt a really easy language to start learning and make something happen based on that.
From learning a new language to use it in some personal project was just a short time, and when the all powerful ”Google” decides that in July it will shut down “Google Reader“, well I decide to make my one reader .
And after 4 days and using Python + Html5 + Css I can say that V1.0 it now finished
For more tech people:
For this project I used: { Python 2.7 : Bottle, Jinja2, Sqlite3; CSS+JS: ink; JS: jQuery }
In the process of moving to a new country, things that you should take in consideration.
Location location and yes you guess it, location.
It’s true that the first one will make the other two choices easier or harder. but once you make the decision of saying yes, it’s time to start looking for the house.
In the city center? Near public transportation? Close to a “highway”?.
Well it make look strange to you, none of that matters, you should look for the house that will make you fill comfortable after a working day, or fill relax when on the outside is raining, snowing or just dark.
That’s the most important aspect of choosing your new house. I learned that on the best way possible, true I got a house 10 minutes walking from the center of the cite and just 8 minutes walking from the Central Station, but the best felling is the one I get when arriving home after a working day, good or bad day and I can just relax, the location of you mind set is the most important of the first 3, and that should be the first thing to take in consideration when looking for a House.
In 2011 I got the opportunity to move out from Portugal, one big decision had just landed on my hands.
Moving to The Netherlands.
The first thing to realize when moving to a country where you know little about it, is probably make a small list of Pros and Cons, it may help you to make the final decision more rational.
This was more or less my process of choice,
| Con | Pros | |
| Weather | Financial Stability | |
| Friends | I did had and have some friends ( from Portugal ) already in te country they made my life and still make it really easy |
New Friends |
| Language | Carrier Challenge | |
| Country Laws | ( I always say that Ignorance is not an excuse to commit a crime ) |
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| Moving alone | New Opportunities |
The list no doubt pointed to the negative side of moving, and I must admit it took me two days to sit in front of my computer and right down my answer to the proposal that the company had send me.
But before I tell you how it felt to answer to the email, maybe I should come clean to all of those who will read this, I sheeted. When moving to a new Country with no known friends, reality I already had some friends living in The Netherlands, my integration in the company was easy based on that fact. Also cause of that, making new friends was not the challenge I feared once I left the door of the plain.