Bruno's Journal


yet another triathlete CTO

Can search be entertaining?

Definitely! I just got completely blown out by Oamos. The search experience is fantastic. Images, videos, transitions and music are wonderfully inspiring. Ping from Artur Ortega.


Why Video-On-Demand Streaming in Airlines Sucks

It’s rare to take a flight from British Airways or Virgin Atlantic where the Video-On-Demand system just works. It might be a problem only with UK airlines, but I presume this is a general issue across aviation.


Enterprisey Architects

No, it’s not a typo. I have been daring to write this for ages, but somehow I always refrained myself from doing it. But here it is, this post is about the propeller heads, the skyrocket scientists designing systems in the enterprise world (mostly in the financial services and telco world). Because guys, it’s time to call it a day and move on. Time to stop building the Winchester House.


what the iPhone is that Symbian isn't

one of the key strategic questions that developers looking into creating successful mobile applications need to answer is the choice of platform. we see an increasing consumer demand for desktop-like rich applications on the phone, but somehow the promise of such applications remains undelivered. developers can chose between the smartphone centric OSes, Windows CE and Symbian, or the desktop centric OSes, Linux and OS X. so which one should we chose to build those future desktop-like applications?


Why facebook is just a game

I keep saying that the web follows the pattern of the fashion industry. It’s about image, it’s about fun, it’s about entertaining. Sure, you can also buy stuff and do useful things. But that’s what you have to do, not what you want to do.