Is interesting to note that more than 10 years later, new applications where questions are asked, grow every day just like mushrooms. Of course they are adapted to the present reality and use technologies and concepts that just weren’t there in the beginning of the Web, but the concept is quite similar. Supported through a social network based architecture, sites like Yahoo Answers, Formspring, Quora, the all Stack Exchange Network or Mahalo allow users to ask questions about particular subjects, usually categorized in different domains, and obtain results, answered and ranked by the community. This kind of services are being already outsourced (like qhub) and they can leverage some business opportunities based on third-party applications.
I also believe that there is much to explore in some non-technological fields such as arts (music, movies, etc.), sports, economics and economics. And of course all the niches within each of these areas.

Collective intelligence communities allow an effectively knowledge management when you live on an information society. The dissemination of electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets increased the group of information junkies. In urban places and big cities of modern countries, is now unthinkable for an individual not to be connected 24 hours a day.
While mathematical algorithms processed by computer, such as Google, are continuously being improved, I also believe there is alot to explore in areas such as artificial intelligence and semantic web. So for now, nothing better to get answers to my questions curated by humans.

Btw, ask me something on Quora.

The first thing that pops my mind is that I dind’t blog here at all, and become a twitter addict. Well, that is not enterely true, because I’ve done some writting to TheNextWeb Portugal.

In August I’ve also started to opinate about some tecnological weekly news at Patrulha.TV with my fellow friend André Tavares. Doing for the first time a video podcast was a very good experience where we’ve learn a lot about communication, we met a lot of people, played with some gadgets, and above all, had a lot of fun. I think that video is finally starting to gain some dimension in the portuguese web environment where most of the urban kids an teenagers consume more webvideo content that watch tv. That said, the way content is produced and consumed began to change, and web platforms play a major row. At Patrulha we want to be a part of this and to push this revolution.

Another achievement was the completion of the Master in Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship.
I’ve also released the event oriented social network tymr.com. During the last months this has been responsible by 95% of my time and were I spend all my strenghts and thinking.
I’ve traveled thousands of kms, stole hundreds of hours to my sleep, met dozens of people and made some of the thoughest decisions of my life but now it’s finally taking shape.
This SaaS is currently in a very active development and more features will be released soon. At the moment, everything is focused in turning it to a robust service.
Someday I’ll write a more detailed post dedicated to all this entrepeneurial experience, that still lasts and it’s only in its beginning.

I’ve attend some conferences and talks like Portugal Empreendedor, SWITCH Conference, TEDx O’Porto, Codebits and BarcampPT, among others, where I had the opportunity to meet inspirational individuals that I admire for a long time and mainly to enrich my ntework of personal contacts. During the next year I intend to be more active and keep on increasing my networking skills =)

I want to believe that 2010 was just a warmup year, and that in 2011 the game kicks off. I’m feeling willful and that’s why I’m taking again the Redpill.

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just believe

I spent most of my time thinking and working on what may happen in 2010, so at the end of the year I feel like I’m awaking to reality!
I do have some great expectations to 2010 and today while sincroWEBing the Christmas stream I found this piece of art that express my feeling…

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may 2010 be with you

This year the purpose is a bit different since I’m more interested in networking and observing some tech-trends and the competitions ideas (I’m still wandering about what projects should I apply or submit), but the expectations are higher than never.
Now let’s pack the stuff and get the ticket train with 20% discount (Sapo keeps to surprise me with this small sugar details)

PS.: I’ve just realised now that Codebits favicon is pretty the same than the one I choose for this blog.

Tim Brown gives some examples why should designers think big on their projects. I think this kind of thinking can make a difference in the evolution of technology and societies and we have to believe that taking the chance is more important than failing! If we believe so, why not thinking at a bigger picture?

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We need more creativity in the world and everybody has some. That’s all the motivation we need to live our lives thinking on changing the world for the better!

What about you? What were your favorite gadgets when you were a kid?

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Linux

Legally free to copy, modify, share and redistribute.
The more you share the more you receive.

Windows

Do not lend or make illegal copies of this software.
The more you take the more you lose.

Most people love them. But Post-it® Notes were not a planned product.
No one got the idea and then stayed up nights to invent it. A man named Spencer Silver was working in the 3M research laboratories in 1970 trying to find a strong adhesive. Silver developed a new adhesive, but it was even weaker than what 3M already manufactured. It stuck to objects, but could easily be lifted off. It was super weak instead of super strong.
No one knew what to do with the stuff, but Silver didn’t discard it. Then one Sunday four years later, another 3M scientist named Arthur Fry was singing in the church’s choir. He used markers to keep his place in the hymnal, but they kept falling out of the book. Remembering Silver’s adhesive, Fry used some to coat his markers. Success! With the weak adhesive, the markers stayed in place, yet lifted off without damaging the pages. 3M began distributing Post-it ® Notes nationwide in 1980 — ten years after Silver developed the super weak adhesive. Today they are one of the most popular office products available.

Just be creative

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