A quieter layer

Archive

Historical, superseded, and preserved material from Paulo's intellectual and practical work.

  1. work · preserved

    SmartNote 2

    Paulo's first public software release: a Post-it-like note-taking application for Windows 98/XP, freeware, with thousands of users. The installer is withheld pending a malware and integrity review.

    • Software tools
    • Tools for thought
    • Computing history
    • User experience
  2. research · preserved

    Loyalty in fish markets

    Short cultural-economic essay on why loyalty between buyers and sellers can be a rational, profitable market structure, prompted by the documentary Tsukiji Wonderland.

    • Culture
    • Society
    • Entrepreneurship
  3. work · preserved

    Liberalis

    A discontinued freemium website-building product for liberal professionals, honestly documented as a commercially unfeasible entrepreneurial attempt.

    • Entrepreneurship
    • Software tools
    • Design
    • Tools for thought
  4. research · preserved

    Listening to music properly

    Short essay on attentive listening and engaging seriously with music, prompted by discovering Yale's online course on listening to music.

    • Music
    • Culture
    • Technology
  5. research · preserved

    French TV overseas tip

    A short, dated tip on using a VPN to access geo-restricted French (and other) television abroad.

    • Travel
    • Culture
    • Technology
  6. research · preserved

    Deep Learning course

    A 2017 recommendation of Jeremy Howard's fast.ai Deep Learning course, preserved as a dated resource note.

    • Deep learning
    • Machine learning
    • Artificial intelligence
  7. research · preserved · em português

    O pensamento colonizado brasileiro e seus efeitos sobre o empreendedorismo tecnológico nacional

    Portuguese essay from 2014 on cultural dependence and its effects on Brazilian technological entrepreneurship.

    • Culture
    • Society
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Technology