Ricardo Vitorino
rjvitorino.bsky.social
Ricardo Vitorino
@rjvitorino.bsky.social
I am a Portuguese geek who is passionate about digital product development. I enjoy books, F1, nature, TV shows, travelling, and music.

Here to make friends (DMs open).
“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” - @simonsinek (in “Start with Why”)
November 25, 2024 at 4:55 AM
The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes

https://flip.it/QpmpTN
The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes
WikiProject AI Cleanup is protecting Wikipedia from the s...
flip.it
November 25, 2024 at 4:55 AM
The Internet Archive taken down by DDoS attacks

https://flip.it/u3fQK_
The Internet Archive taken down by DDoS attacks
The Internet Archive has been hit with a series of DDoS a...
flip.it
November 25, 2024 at 4:55 AM
❤️ @MorningBrew for this friendly reminder: Today is the only day of the year one can use the pickup line, “Are you today’s date? Because you’re a 10/10.”
November 25, 2024 at 4:55 AM
Olá @playrtp, esta semana não temos @TheDailyShow ? 🥺
November 25, 2024 at 4:55 AM
Great news for digital nomads that can afford trips to the moon 🌙 🌝 but still need to clock in. https://www.techspot.com/news/104290-us-agency-develops-new-standard-timekeeping-moon.html
US agency develops a new standard for timekeeping on the ...
While traditional atomic clocks are pushing the boundarie...
www.techspot.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Oof, quite a powerful privacy policy by XScreenSaver, roasting Google. https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/google.html
4Ø3 Bots Forbidden
www.jwz.org
November 25, 2024 at 5:02 AM
City trees save lives (via @WIRED)

New research suggests more trees could cut heat-related ER visits in LA by up to two-thirds.

https://www.wired.com/story/city-trees-save-lives/
City Trees Save Lives
Green spaces significantly cool our ever-hotter cities. N...
www.wired.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Glaciers and the ‘gates of hell’: Earth Photo 2024 shortlist has glimmers of hope (via @Flipboard
and @euronews)
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/14/glaciers-and-the-gates-of-hell-earth-photo-2024-shortlist-has-glimmers-of-hope
Striking photos capture Sicilian farmers’ battle with cli...
30 nature-loving photographers were shortlisted for the E...
www.euronews.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:02 AM
Two requests for Europe 🇪🇺 by @andreasklinger

1. Create an EU Inc. (and resume the efforts on the single market)
2. Teach English at the earliest school classes

“🇪🇺 Dear Europe, please wake up – eu/acc”
https://klinger.io/posts/eu-acc
🇪🇺 Dear Europe, please wake up – eu/acc | Andreas Klinger
Europe is special to me as I consider myself a proud Euro...
klinger.io
November 25, 2024 at 5:02 AM
“Link in Bio” is a slow knife - a 2019 post by @anildash that is still valid today, I’m afraid.

“We’ve almost forgotten that links are powerful, and that restraining links through artificial scarcity is an absurdly coercive...
November 25, 2024 at 5:10 AM
“Then things will get weird.“ #oldbutgold

A story from Mike Sall on what the history of Western Architecture can teach us about #webdesign:
https://medium.com/@sall/the-future-of-web-design-is-hidden-in-the-history-of-architecture-1cc93ea854d0
The Future of Web Design is Hidden in the History of Arch...
The history of Western architecture can teach us a lot ab...
medium.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:10 AM
"Working with computers is the easy part of software engineering, working with people is what can be tricky"

in "Software Engineers' Price of Admission" (great piece by @KevinNaughtonJr)

https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinnaughtonjr/p/software-engineers-price-of-admission
Software Engineers' Price of Admission
To be a software engineer you have to be technical.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Excellent response and approach reported by @thecaringtechie here: "My Substack Chat Incident Postmortem"
https://www.thecaringtechie.com/p/my-substack-chat-incident-postmortem
My Substack Chat Incident Postmortem
An application of engineering on-call best practices in r...
www.thecaringtechie.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Not sure I agree with the argument about the food pictures but... “How restaurants use their menus to influence what you’re having for dinner.”
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/8-psychological-tricks-of-restaurant-menus
8 Psychological Tricks of Restaurant Menus
How restaurants use their menus to influence what you’re ...
getpocket.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:11 AM
"The worst thing we can do for our brains is to just give up as we age."

https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahbourassa/habits-age-brain-health
Doctors Are Sharing 6 Common Habits That Are Actually Pre...
These behaviors might not appear a big deal, but they cou...
www.buzzfeed.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:19 AM
We need more calm companies (via @cassidoo)
https://justinjackson.ca/calm-company
We need more calm companies
Calm companies are profitable, value freedom, have a purp...
justinjackson.ca
November 25, 2024 at 5:19 AM
🔙 to 2022 when @colivetree wrote “The leftovers”, which is still up-to-date today. What if all product managers vanished from Earth? Very good thoughts promoting #productthinking here: https://colivetree.com/hello-world/the-leftovers/
November 25, 2024 at 5:19 AM
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November 25, 2024 at 5:19 AM
I look forward to David Attenborough’s new series (“Secret World of Sounds”), who, at 97, 'still works harder than most of us - seven days a week' (via @SkyNews @Bethanyminelle).

It’s daunting to hear the producer’s experience and #climatechange...
November 25, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Unlock the secrets of success in software development with post-mortems! Discover how SMEs like @Ubiwhere thrive through reflection and improvement. 🚀 #ProjectManagement #TechInnovation

https://link.medium.com/xMFLA4mPJFb
November 25, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Haven’t used @chrome for macOS for a week and have not regretted it once. Here’s a link to download @arcinternet, the best browser I have ever used!

https://arc.net/gift/8bc35836
A friend is sharing Arc with you!
Experience a calmer, more personal internet in this brows...
arc.net
November 25, 2024 at 5:27 AM
TIL about “The XY Problem”

The XY problem happens when someone asks about their attempted solution rather than their actual problem. This leads to enormous amounts of wasted time and energy on both ends.

https://xyproblem.info/
Home - The XY Problem
xyproblem.info
November 25, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Gotta love these moments in Zoom meetings when someone talking about “cities” or “a city” unintentionally triggers their iPhone’s Siri, which starts gibbering in the background while the person keeps speaking.
November 25, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Advent of Code is not so much fun on workdays.
I ~~just~~ **finally** completed "Scratchcards" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2023 https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/4 #AdventOfCode
Day 4 - Advent of Code 2023
adventofcode.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:35 AM