Making apps and games from an island in the Marquesas sounds idyllic. It's easy to imagine a developer smiling, one hand on the keyboard and the other holding a perspiring glass of pamplemousse juice, so pleased with his choices. 'AH! Dee-li-cious!' In truth, the developer can't enjoy his pamplemousse juice because he's too busy swearing at faraway bodies in Silicon Valley who think 10 G software updates are perfectly reasonable.Making apps and games from an island in the Marquesas sounds idyllic. It's easy to imagine a developer smiling, one hand on the keyboard and the other holding a perspiring glass of pamplemousse juice, so pleased with his choices. 'AH! Dee-li-cious!' In truth, the developer can't enjoy his pamplemousse juice because he's too busy swearing at faraway bodies in Silicon Valley who think 10 G software updates are perfectly reasonable.
Schlagwort-Archiv: Reisen
Pamplemoupdate.
Privilnerable.
For god’s sake, let’s stop painting our own society as a haven of peace and safety, which it most definitely isn’t, and by the same token, let’s stop turning the rest of the world into a no-go zone, full of dangerous criminals.
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When you look at my privilege, compared to that of many of the people I have travelled among, it is beyond tasteless to suggest that I am the vulnerable one.
Gone beneath my wheels.
There's nothing that the road cannot heal
Goede matin.
Sorry for being late, It was about time that I get to see you.
Fernantwortung.
Being away from others is symmetric, but the (feeling of) responsibility for it is not.
Einflussbereich.
There's a lot you can do, all that is available in your sphere of influence. You can skip your trip to Thailand, for example. It is absolutely effective. It's equivalent to driving a car for a very long time.
Zeit-Reisen.
Wat vooral ideaal is van een zee van tijd zoals de zes weken die ik tot mijn beschikking had, is dat je de eerste weken kunt doen alsof de tijd niet bestaat.
Hans van Ditmarsch: Tien redenen om niet naar Noordkaap te gaan