As the result of a serial of coincidences and delicate consequences (I don’t want to get into the story here), I end up going to Saint Petersburg alone to attend a small ICC event for Ubuntu, I was also required to give a speech to about 50 people there. My first Russian impression was the [...]
My week in San Francisco is mixed with all sorts of extreme feelings – excitement, pleasure, curiosity, fear, moment of embarrassment, moment of true fellowship, fun, challenging, frustration of small failures and delightedness of small successes, annoyance, hilarious, awe, worship, feeling good and bad about myself, disagreement, appreciation… I could keep going on with this [...]
I am traveling to the United States, LUCKY; but it’s for business, not for pleasure, UNLUCKY; My flight number is UA888, LUCKY; I missed the flight, UNLUCKY; I missed only by five minutes, LUCKY? I missed it anyway… UNLUCKY! I changed the flight to the second day same flight, LUCKY; I should be smart enough [...]