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		<title>AS3 on PureMVC. Round One.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
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As referenced in the title, this article is about coding Actionscript 3.0 in a Model-View-Controller design pattern, namely the PureMVC way.
Problems don&#8217;t exist. Only opportunities for creating solutions.
A few years back, when I started on web design / development, it was a one-man show. I then started working with other developers from time to time. (...) <br /><a href="http://blog.joaopescada.com/article/as3-on-puremvc-round-one/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>As referenced in the title, this article is about coding <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActionScript" rel="Wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Open definition in Wikipedia">Actionscript</a> 3.0 in a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model–view–controller" rel="Wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Open definition in Wikipedia">Model-View-Controller</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_pattern_(computer_science)" rel="Wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Open definition in Wikipedia">design pattern</a>, namely the <a href="http://puremvc.org/" target="_blank">PureMVC</a> way.</p>
<h3>Problems don&#8217;t exist. Only opportunities for creating solutions.</h3>
<p>A few years back, when I started on web design / development, it was a one-man show. I then started working with other developers from time to time. Two years ago, I joined a team of Adobe Flash developers, and only then I realized how many routes a single coding task can take. We all have different approaches on coding and with this in mind, I felt the need to find a standardized way of developing Adobe Flash based websites / applications.</p>
<p><span id="more-36"></span>Last year, after a lot of online research on Actionscript frameworks, I found PureMVC to be the most stable, mature and — most importantly — well documented.</p>
<h3>Kicking the tyres.</h3>
<p>Before having other team members sharing my opinion, I had to try it myself and apply all the concept on a real project.</p>
<p>My first approach on this design pattern — by the time of publishing this article — is still to be available online. It&#8217;s nothing too fancy, but what&#8217;s on focus here, is the code holding the pieces together. It&#8217;s a structure built to support three websites with similar content for Casinos de Angola. Two websites are on an ongoing approval process, while the third is still to be designed.</p>
<h3>“If anything can go wrong, it will.”</h3>
<p>Having little to no experience using the <acronym title="Model-View-Controller">MVC</acronym> pattern, and a deadline to meet, it was a risky choice to make. But still, I opted to take this road. And so — validating the aforementioned <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy's_law" rel="Wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Open definition in Wikipedia">Murphy&#8217;s Law</a> — I failed the initial deadline.</p>
<p>The development process took waaaaaay longer than I expected. Not because there was a lot to code, but because there was a lot to learn in order to get a solid ground to start building with the chosen architecture.<br />
A big learning curve of concepts before getting into any real coding is a bummer.</p>
<h3>Happier programming.</h3>
<p>What do you think about the idea? Sounds good, right? It feels even better!<br />
The framework enables a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loose_coupling" rel="Wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Open definition in Wikipedia">loose coupling</a> between resources allowing an easy development of really project independent components. Maybe this is geek / coder talk, but it feels a more Human-like communication between abstract project resources. Bare this in mind: the notifications are a bliss to work with!</p>
<p>Being an avid follower of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Repeat_Yourself" rel="Wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Open definition in Wikipedia">Don&#8217;t Repeat Yourself</a> principle and a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_freak" rel="Wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Open definition in Wikipedia">control freak</a> for logical organization and standardization I chose to implement a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_over_Configuration" rel="Wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Open definition in Wikipedia">Convention Over Configuration</a> paradigm by specifying the website structure / layout in a single <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML" rel="Wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Open definition in Wikipedia">XML</a> (Model) file.</p>
<p>As most developers, if I can avoid extra work, by automating processes, I do. Better yet: if I can avoid starting a new project from scratch, and just re-factor 10-15% code of a previous one, I SURE do. And that&#8217;s what happened. Having the website contents (Model/Proxies) automating the layout (View), only a few bits of the business logic (Mediators) had to be changed. Now THIS is (planned) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_reuse" rel="Wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Open definition in Wikipedia">code reuse</a>!</p>
<h3>Wrapping up…</h3>
<p>“The concept of PureMVC may make the best of us shy away, but once you&#8217;ve got your head around the bare fundamentals, you&#8217;ll soon be flying your way around it.” — <a href="http://ahmednuaman.com/" target="_blank" title="Open Ahmed Nuaman's website">Ahmed Nuaman</a> said it on <a href="http://active.tutsplus.com/tutorials/workflow/understanding-the-puremvc-open-source-framework/" target="_blank" title="Open 'Understanding the PureMVC Open Source Framework' tutorial">the first tutorial on PureMVC I&#8217;ve read</a>, and I could not agree more (though I&#8217;m still learning the flying part).</p>
<p>I&#8217;m currently — at the time I started writing this article — finishing the development of two video players with similar functionalities, and everything is running smoother and faster. The first player took around 7 hours to complete. The second one? 45 minutes!</p>
<p>One of the biggest conclusions I found with this road I took was that allowing myself to fail, brought an enormous bandwagon of knowledge and rewarding experience. Only by trying harder and harder every now and then, and subsequently failing a lot of those times, you will broaden your comfort zone and therefore your horizons.</p>
<p>Maybe there&#8217;s an influence here from the <a href="http://www.offf.ws/oeiras/" target="_blank" title="Open OFFF Oeiras'09 website">OFFF&#8217;s 2009 edition</a> theme: “Fail Gracefully” and the “This isn&#8217;t flying, this is falling with style” quote from <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114709/" target="_blank" title="Open Toy Story's page at IMDB website">Toy Story</a>.</p>
<h3>Want to learn more about AS3 on PureMVC?</h3>
<p>Follows a list of articles / tutorials / books I&#8217;ve read, that I think are important for anyone that would like to learn more on the subject:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://active.tutsplus.com/tutorials/workflow/understanding-the-puremvc-open-source-framework/" target="_blank" title="Open tutorial">Understanding the PureMVC Open Source Framework</a> by <a href="http://ahmednuaman.com/" target="_blank" title="Open Ahmed Nuaman's website">Ahmed Nuaman</a></li>
<li><a href="http://puremvc.org/pages/docs/current/PureMVC_Implementation_Idioms_and_Best_Practices.pdf" target="_blank" title="Open PDF">PureMVC: Implementation Idioms and Best Practices</a> [PDF] by <a href="http://content.futurescale.com/" target="_blank" title="Open Cliff Hall's website">Cliff Hall</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lowpitch.com/blog/why-puremvc-and-scaling-the-learning-curve/" target="_blank" title="Open article">Discovering PureMVC, and scaling the learning curve</a> by <a href="http://lowpitch.com/" target="_blank" title="Open Toby Ashley's website">Toby Ashley</a></li>
<li><a href="http://hubflanger.com/building-a-flash-site-using-puremvc/" target="_blank" title="Open tutorial">Building a Flash site using PureMVC</a> by <a href="http://hubflanger.com/" target="_blank" title="Open Yee Peng Chia's website">Yee Peng Chia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.actionscriptdeveloper.co.uk/puremvc-tutorial-flex-puremvc-jabber-and-xiff-3-introduction/" target="_blank" title="Open tutorial">Puremvc Tutorial &#8211; Flex, Puremvc, Jabber and Xiff 3</a> by <a href="http://www.actionscriptdeveloper.co.uk/" target="_blank" title="Open Dave Keen's website">Dave Keen</a></li>
<li><a href="http://active.tutsplus.com/tutorials/video/creating-a-youtube-search-and-play-gadget-with-puremvc/" target="_blank" title="Open tutorial">Creating a YouTube Search and Play Gadget with PureMVC</a> by <a href="http://ahmednuaman.com/" target="_blank" title="Open Ahmed Nuaman's website">Ahmed Nuaman</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.as3dp.com/2007/12/27/minimalist-mvc-example-using-the-puremvc-framework/" target="_blank" title="Open tutorial">Minimalist MVC example using the PureMVC Framework</a> by <a href="http://www.turingtarpit.com/" target="_blank" title="Open Chandima Cumaranatunge's website">Chandima Cumaranatunge</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0596528469?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=jopebl-21&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738&#038;creativeASIN=0596528469" target="_blank" title="Open page at Amazon">ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns: Object Oriented Programming Techniques</a> [Book] by <a href="http://www.sandlight.com/" target="_blank" title="Open William Sander's website">William Sander</a> and <a href="http://www.turingtarpit.com/" target="_blank" title="Open Chandima Cumaranatunge's website">Chandima Cumaranatunge</a></li>
</ul>
<p>I&#8217;ll be keeping this list updated with new articles / tutorials / books once I find and read them.</p>
<h3>Any feedback?</h3>
<p>Do you use PureMVC or have tried it? Like it? Hate it? Maybe another framework?<br />
I would love to hear your opinions and to know whether or not I should go for a &#8220;Round Two&#8221; article on the PureMVC subject.<br />
Your feedback will be much appreciated!</p>
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		<title>Era uma vez um Upload…</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>João Pescada</dc:creator>
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This post is about a portuguese event, therefore it&#8217;s written only in portuguese.
Decorreu no passado sábado, 14 de Novembro, o evento Upload &#8211; 2.0 meeting. Um evento de cariz nacional que juntou estudantes, profissionais e interessados nas áreas de Comunicação, Marketing e Relações Públicas para promover a discussão e interacção sobre a Web 2.0, a (...) <br /><a href="http://blog.joaopescada.com/article/era-uma-vez-um-upload%e2%80%a6/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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<em>This post is about a portuguese event, therefore it&#8217;s written only in portuguese.</em></p>
<p>Decorreu no passado sábado, 14 de Novembro, o evento <a href="http://www.uploadlisboa.com/" target="_blank" title="Abrir website do evento">Upload &#8211; 2.0 meeting</a>. Um evento de cariz nacional que juntou estudantes, profissionais e interessados nas áreas de Comunicação, Marketing e Relações Públicas para promover a discussão e interacção sobre a <a href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0" rel="Wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Ver definição na Wikipedia">Web 2.0</a>, a um custo acessível a muitas bolsas.</p>
<p><span id="more-72"></span>Atendendo aos assuntos discutidos no evento e ao facto de ter conseguido juntar mais de 250 participantes num espaço fechado, durante um dia inteiro (com pausas para almoço e <em>coffee breaks</em>, claro!) para ouvir 11 oradores e 3 moderadores — e <a href="http://angelaguedes.com/139346.html" target="_blank" title="Ver artigo 'Upload Lisboa - 2.0 meeting' de Ângela Guedes">tendo</a> <a href="http://ruinunes.com/2009/11/evento-upload-2-0-lisboa/" target="_blank" title="Ver artigo 'Lisbon Upload 2.0 Event' de Rui Nunes">já</a> <a href="http://blog.activemedia.pt/2009/11/16/o-paradigma-do-twitter-wall-na-upload-2-0-lisboa/" target="_blank" title="Ver artigo 'O paradigma do Twitter Wall na Upload 2.0 Lisboa' de Jorge Oliveira / ActiveMedia">lido</a> <a href="http://www.webmilionario.com/eventos-marketing/upload-lisboa-2-0/" target="_blank" title="Ver artigo 'Upload Lisboa 2.0' de WebMilionario">algumas</a> <a href="http://www.maistrafego.pt/upload-lx-lisboa" target="_blank" title="Ver artigo 'Upload 2.0 Meeting Lisboa' de Nuno / MaisTrafego.pt">opiniões</a> <a href="http://pedrogilcandeias.com/2009/11/16/twitter-wall-the-self-sufficient-conference/" target="_blank" title="Ver artigo 'Twitter Wall: The Self-Sufficient Conference' de Pedro Gil Candeias">de</a> <a href="http://pedromendes.com/2009/11/16/upload-2-0-–-a-success/" target="_blank" title="Ver artigo '2.0 - A success' de Pedro Mendes">participantes</a> —, julgo ser seguro afirmar que o evento foi um sucesso. </p>
<p>Vou directo a um assunto que mais opiniões gerou e continua a gerar: o painel projectado da <em>hashtag</em> do evento no <a href="http://twitter.com" rel="Twitter" target="_blank" title="Abrir Twitter.com">Twitter</a> (<a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=uploadlx" rel="Twitter" target="_blank" title="Pesquisar #uploadlx no Twitter">#uploadlx</a>) que esteve presente no palco.<br />
De modo geral, veio acrescentar valor às apresentações que iam decorrendo no palco, transmitido em tempo real o <em>feedback</em> da audiência e complementando alguns conteúdos com mais informações. No entanto, por vezes deu-se largas à imaginação em demasia, revelando-se alguma imaturidade da plateia, tendo até roçado a falta de respeito pelo trabalho do orador.<br />
Para efeitos de medição da receptividade do público a cada apresentação, terá funcionado lindamente:<br />
- Quando o público estava interessado, haviam poucos <em>tweets</em> e eram, na maioria, complementares aos conteúdos em foco no momento;<br />
- Quando o público perdia o interesse, os <em>tweets</em> disparavam em larga escala e nas mais diversas direcções!<br />
Em próximas edições do evento, julgo que será benéfico os oradores terem acesso visual ao painel, de forma a receberem <em>feedback</em> e poderem reagir ao mesmo, tornando-se assim a experiência realmente interactiva.</p>
<p>Avanço agora para uma pequena revisão / análise de cada orador / apresentação.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/RTeixeira" rel="Twitter" target="_blank" title="@RTeixeira">Ricardo Teixeira</a></strong>: depois de uma abordagem pelos conceitos web 1.0 &#8220;find me&#8221; / 2.0 &#8220;join me&#8221; / 3.0 &#8220;follow me&#8221;, veio falar na relação entre marcas e consumidores na web. Mas talvez por ter sido o primeiro orador do evento, ou só pelo facto do meu cérebro estar a &#8220;meio gás&#8221; naquela altura, acabei por não ter dado a atenção devida ao valioso conhecimento partilhado. <em>Shame on me!</em></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/lrasquilha" rel="Twitter" target="_blank" title="@lrasquilha">Luís Rasquilha</a></strong>: bem humorado, bom comunicador e sempre &#8220;a 200&#8243;, expôs tendências no panorama actual da web. Cedo manifestou ser conhecedor do mercado onde se encontra, mas que também é o seu negócio e, como tal, nem toda a informação poderia ser revelada num evento público. Falando em tendências, logicamente a indústria do sexo / pornográfica tinha de vir à baila, e vários foram os exemplos apresentados onde esta tendência se encontra bem expressa. Acordou e cativou rapidamente toda a plateia.</p>
<p>Durante as perguntas e respostas deste painel, foi discutida a genuinidade e necessidade de transparência na utilização de redes sociais por marcas / instituições / organizações e afins.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/armandoalves" rel="Twitter" target="_blank" title="@armandoalves">Armando Alves</a></strong>: levou ao evento uma apresentação pragmática, bem estruturada e rica em conteúdo. Questionou a real utilidade de muita tecnologia utilizada como ferramenta de marketing, sem que exista uma ideia ou conceito sólido a suportá-la. Revelou preferir o conceito Web Social ao genérico <em>Social Media</em>. Por fim, falou na importância de definir métricas específicas por projecto / campanha de forma a avaliar o real sucesso da mesma.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/31darmada" rel="Twitter" target="_blank" title="@31darmada">Rodrigo Moita de Deus</a></strong>: trouxe ao evento um momento ao estilo stand-up comedy, para falar de marketing político na web. Apontou defeitos e soluções na comunicação política online. Entre bastante humor, transmitiu várias ideias passíveis de serem aplicadas não apenas à política, mas também às marcas / empresas em geral que pretendem presença / retorno da web.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/sergiobastos" rel="Twitter" target="_blank" title="@sergiobastos">Sérgio Bastos</a></strong>: com dados estatísticos e exemplos muito interessantes, especialmente para PME&#8217;s, devolveu uma apresentação com base em muita pesquisa. No entanto, a falta de qualidades de orador, fez com que perdesse a atenção de grande parte da plateia praticamente desde o início do discurso. Foi o primeiro orador após o almoço, e talvez este facto tenha também contribuído para a falta de atenção do público.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/filipecarrera" rel="Twitter" target="_blank" title="@filipecarrera">Filipe Carrera</a></strong>: saltou para a frente do palco, e acordou a plateia adormecida, arrancando aplausos pelo meio. Deu umas &#8220;pinceladas à impressionista&#8221; por exemplos de sucesso de produção de conteúdos / utilização de ferramentas na web 2.0. Depois da entrada triunfal, a apresentação esmoreceu e assim se manteve até ao final, mas nem por isso os conteúdos deixaram de ser interessantes.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/danielcaeiro" rel="Twitter" target="_blank" title="@danielcaeiro">Daniel Caeiro</a></strong> e <strong><a href="http://twitter.com/flaviapm" rel="Twitter" target="_blank" title="@flaviapm">Flávia Paluello</a></strong>: a representar a <a href="http://www.torke.pt/" target="_blank" title="Abrir Torke.pt">Torke</a> e <a href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marketing_de_guerrilha" rel="Wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Ver definição na Wikipedia">marketing de guerrilha</a>. O Daniel demonstrou boa capacidade de comunicação, depressa cativando a atenção do público e aproveitando alguma técnica de guerrilha, infiltrou provocação entre os conteúdos. Falou da gestão da presença de marcas em <em>Social Media</em> (ou &#8220;xoxial media&#8221; como proferiu algumas vezes) e da necessidade de transparência na comunicação. Perdeu pontos junto da audiência ao mostrar, como exemplo do portfolio, a acção <a href="http://pt.myspace.com/" rel="MySpace" target="_blank" title="Abrir PT.MySpace.com">MySpace Portugal</a> que roçou publicidade enganosa.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/" rel="Twitter" target="_blank">Fernando Baptista</a></strong>: relembrou o que é &#8220;ser social&#8221; e que a presença de marcas em redes sociais deve ser regida pelos mesmos princípios básicos das relações interpessoais. Da mesma forma reforçou a importância de marcas / empresas usarem várias agências (relações públicas, media, digital, etc), cada uma com um objectivo específico, e colocá-las em conversação sincronizada o mais cedo possível.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/vmtrigo" rel="Twitter" target="_blank">Vasco Trigo</a></strong>: depois de mais uma breve abordagem sobre a história do universo em geral e da internet em particular, fez uma passagem pelo futuro, definindo o conceito web 3.0 como &#8220;a web das coisas&#8221;. Falou de ética na produção de conteúdos online e da responsabilidade dos jornalistas na contribuição para um futuro mais semântico de modo a reforçar a autenticidade da informação disponível. Teve ainda tempo para uma chicotada política, pena o facto da audiência já estar reduzida nesta altura. Foi quase um Magazine 2001 / 2010 (RTP2) em directo, como foi referido várias vezes.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://twitter.com/pauloquerido" rel="Twitter" target="_blank">Paulo Querido</a></strong>: trouxe uma apresentação visualmente original. Falou da evolução da internet, com alguma &#8220;previsão&#8221; do futuro sobre o conceito <a href="http://www.labnol.org/internet/web-3-concepts-explained/8908/" target="_blank">web 3.0</a>, sob o termo &#8220;web líquida&#8221;. Tendo sido a última apresentação do dia, foi prejudicado por vir repetir muita informação já discutida ao longo do dia e pela fraca assistência do público, que nesta fase já estava reduzido a cerca de metade. Foi dos poucos oradores que tentou interagir com o público lendo o <em>feedback</em> no painel do Twitter, acabando por ter de desistir a fim de não se perder na linha da sua apresentação. Demonstrou conhecimento e um trabalho consistente de pesquisa / preparação.</p>
<p>Nota final para a promoção de hábitos de leitura e partilha de conhecimento em papel, que a organização levou a cabo com a oferta de livros em &#8220;troca&#8221; de inscrições e ainda uma iniciativa de <em>bookcrossing</em> (troca de livros) entre os participantes. Ambas as iniciativas são de louvar, mas fica a sugestão de limitar o tema para <em>bookcrossing</em>, pois embora a variedade fosse muita, não interessava a todos os participantes, e assim no final alguns levaram de volta o livro que entregaram no início. </p>
<p>Reforço novamente a <strong>nota positiva</strong> que todo o evento merece. O sucesso do evento foi resultado da boa interacção entre todos os intervenientes.</p>
<p>Deste modo: <strong>parabéns à organização, oradores, moderadores e aos participantes!</strong></p>
<p>P.S.: Agora… ficaram no ar duas questões: quando e onde será o próximo Upload?</p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seegno/4109150406/" title="Abrir foto no Flickr.com" rel="Flickr" target="_blank">Foto</a> de <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seegno/" title="Abrir página de utilizador no Flickr.com" rel="Flickr" target="_blank">Seegno</a>.</em></p>

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		<title>Making time, out of tomatos.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>João Pescada</dc:creator>
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A few weeks ago, I had a workshop on Personal Development with @DanielSaNogueir / We Create, and found the need to manage time in a more effective way, in order to reach my goals (amongst a lot of other new and awesome things I&#8217;ve learned there — but that&#8217;s a whole new post that will (...) <br /><a href="http://blog.joaopescada.com/article/making-time-out-of-tomatos/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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A few weeks ago, I had a workshop on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_development" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank">Personal Development</a> with <a href="http://twitter.com/DanielSaNogueir" rel="twitter" target="_blank">@DanielSaNogueir</a> / <a href="http://www.wecreate.pt/" target="_blank">We Create</a>, and found the need to manage time in a more effective way, in order to reach my goals (amongst a lot of other new and awesome things I&#8217;ve learned there — but that&#8217;s a whole new post that will get it&#8217;s 15-minutes-of-fame some other day in this blog).</p>
<p><span id="more-38"></span>Now fast-forwarding to last week.</p>
<p>Last week, reading my Twitter&#8217;s timeline, found a tweet of <a href="http://twitter.com/quodis" rel="twitter" target="_blank">@Quodis</a>, on <a href="http://twitter.com/quodis/status/5398699824" rel="twitter" target="_blank">welcoming their newest team member</a>: <a href="http://twitter.com/Leihla" rel="twitter" target="_blank">@Leihla</a>. Being a follower of <a href="http://www.quodis.com/" target="_blank">Quodis</a>&#8216; work and having some free time on my hands, I went to check on Leihla&#8217;s Twitter account to find out more about her. Suddenly, a simple hashtag got my full attention: <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23time" rel="twitter" target="_blank">#time</a> on the following tweet &#8220;<a href="http://twitter.com/Leihla/status/5065198752" rel="twitter" target="_blank">Tried the pomodoro technique and saw some improvements on my time management</a>&#8220;.</p>
<p>* Ding! Ding! *</p>
<p>I had to find more on this &#8220;pomodoro technique&#8221;. And so I did: <a href="http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/" target="_blank">The Pomodoro Technique</a>, the official website on the subject.</p>
<p>The Pomodoro Technique is a time management method, created in 1992 by <a href="http://cirillosscrapbook.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Francesco Cirillo</a> as a way to improve his own study habits. Since then it has been taught and practiced by professional individuals and teams all over the world.</p>
<p>The name Pomodoro, means tomato in italian, and it was adopted due to using a <a href="http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&#038;rls=en&#038;q=tomato%20timer&#038;oe=UTF-8&#038;um=1&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;sa=N&#038;hl=en&#038;tab=wi" rel="google" target="_blank">kitchen timer (tomato shaped)</a> to keep track of the time.</p>
<p>The success of this technique relies on a few simple rules:<br />
- work with your focus on a single task for 25 minutes (a Pomodoro unit — an indivisible time measurement unit);<br />
- then take a 5 minute break;<br />
- repeat the last two steps, until the task is finished and the active Pomodoro ended;<br />
- every 4 Pomodoros take a longer break, like 30 minutes.</p>
<p>These are the basic rules, but there&#8217;s a lot more to add to it. For a deeper study, I recommend reading the Book (in PDF or printed version) <a href="http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/resources.html#pomodorobook" target="_blank">available on the official site</a>.</p>
<p>Right from the first day I started using this technique, results came up. Not only I enhanced my productivity, but also found a lot of interruptions I didn&#8217;t noticed they existed before (as interruptions / <a href="http://www.giantimpact.com/articles/read/article_momentum_breakers_vs_momentum_makers/" target="_blank">momentum breakers</a>).</p>
<p>In fact, this system enables a lot more then just improving productivity, it increases awareness of decisions and determination to reach objectives, building motivation that will fuel more productivity.</p>
<p>In resume, it&#8217;s a methodology so simple, one can learn it in… well… a Pomodoro. (I had to pull this one off!)</p>
<p>As a final note, the set of tools I use to implement the Pomodoro Technique:<br />
- <a href="http://pomodoro.ugolandini.com/" target="_blank">Pomodoro Desktop</a>, a free Mac status bar application to track time;<br />
- <a href="http://www.potionfactory.com/thehitlist/" target="_blank">The Hit List</a>, a beta (free by now) release of a Mac application for task management.</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong><br />
An alternative desktop timer, platform independent (AIR-based), is <a href="http://www.focusboosterapp.com/" target="_blank">Focus Booster</a>.</p>
<p>So… feeling the need to take control of your productivity time? </p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/werms/238172698/" title="Open photo at Flickr.com" rel="Flickr" target="_blank">Photo</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/werms/" title="Open user page at Flickr.com" rel="Flickr" target="_blank">Jacki-dee</a>.</em></p>

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		<title>Google Maps Navigation. It’s gonna get messy out there!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>João Pescada</dc:creator>
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And oh-so-pretty to watch from the couch!
With Google announcing yesterday (28/10/2009) its Maps Navigation app for Android 2.0, all the major players in the GPS Navigation market felt the shockwave. Garmin&#8217;s shares dropped 16%, while TomTom went down by 21% (Garmin &#038; TomTom @ Google Finance).
Google not only entered (probably) the most lucrative (and expensive) (...) <br /><a href="http://blog.joaopescada.com/article/google-maps-navigation-its-gonna-be-messy/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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And oh-so-pretty to watch from the couch!</p>
<p>With Google <a href="http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2009/10/announcing-google-maps-navigation-for.html" target="_blank">announcing</a> yesterday (28/10/2009) its <a href="http://www.google.com/mobile/navigation/index.html" target="_blank">Maps Navigation app</a> for <a href="http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.0-highlights.html" target="_blank">Android 2.0</a>, all the major players in the GPS Navigation market felt the shockwave. Garmin&#8217;s shares dropped 16%, while TomTom went down by 21% (<a href="http://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&#038;chdd=1&#038;chds=1&#038;chdv=1&#038;chvs=maximized&#038;chdeh=0&#038;chdet=1256756284254&#038;chddm=29&#038;chls=IntervalBasedLine&#038;cmpto=NASDAQ:GRMN&#038;cmptdms=1&#038;q=AMS:TOM2&#038;ntsp=0" target="_blank">Garmin &#038; TomTom @ Google Finance</a>).</p>
<p><span id="more-29"></span>Google not only entered (probably) the most lucrative (and expensive) market of mobile apps delivering a free (!) app, but also managed to cook it in a feature-rich way. It takes advantage of running in an internet-enabled device (versus most GPS dedicated devices), backed up by the <a href="http://www.google.com/" target="_blank">Google Search Engine</a> big-brother-monster and adds more skilled and totally useful features like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLXZ5BHeDFg" target"_blank">Search by Voice</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SYoBHbt8NY" target="_blank">Street View</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxB7bqkmXtI" target="_blank">Traffic View</a>.</p>
<p>As an iPhone owner — not willing to get the all-new <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/28/motorola-droid-first-hands-on/" target="_blank">Motorola Droid</a> — and for the sake of an healthy competition in this mobile GPS market, I hope Google and Apple settle their differences fast so that Google Maps Navigation app gets released in other phone flavors — at least Google <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/27/maps-mobile-gps-technology-wireless-google.html" target="_blank">said</a> they&#8217;re &#8220;eagerly working&#8221; with Apple on it.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s wait and see how this game evolves.</p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/laihiu/2692346829/" title="Open photo at Flickr.com" rel="Flickr" target="_blank">Photo</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/laihiu/" title="Open user page at Flickr.com" rel="Flickr" target="_blank">laihiu</a>.</em></p>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 10:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>João Pescada</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;m still setting up the blog and learning how Wordpress works — there&#8217;s a first time for everything!
This will serve as an extension of my Twitter account. A base where I can publish my thoughts on particular subjects. From trending topics like social media and user interaction, to more boring ones like coding meta-patterns and (...) <br /><a href="http://blog.joaopescada.com/article/hello/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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I&#8217;m still setting up the blog and learning how Wordpress works — there&#8217;s a first time for everything!</p>
<p>This will serve as an extension of my <a title="twitter.com/jpscd" href="http://twitter.com/jpscd" target="_blank">Twitter account</a>. A base where I can publish my thoughts on particular subjects. From trending topics like social media and user interaction, to more boring ones like coding meta-patterns and usability.</p>
<p>If I got your attention, you can always stop by every other week to check what&#8217;s new, or follow me on Twitter, as I will certainly link back to any article I&#8217;ll post here.</p>
<p>Thanks for stopping by!</p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/-staci-/4122415213/" title="Open photo at Flickr.com" rel="Flickr" target="_blank">Photo</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/-staci-/" title="Open user page at Flickr.com" rel="Flickr" target="_blank">-staci-</a>.</em></p>

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