ABOUT Mind the Post

As it happens, it all started with a simple idea...

which has been evolving and maturing...

Mind the post is my own particular cure for what Garcia Marquez described as an insomnia plague in Cien Años de Soledad (One hundred years of solitude): A collection of tagged hunting trophies, brilliant ideas I have found along the way, and many sparks of half-baked genius and stupidity that once called my attention. It is an absolutely non-partisan effort, where I make no concessions to doctrines, conventionalities and platitudes.

I write mainly about Technology —not about technologies. Technologies are fun and funny for a while, but they are like Ulysses’ Sirens for the curious man or woman. When you fall prey to technologies’ songs, you can’t see the forest for the trees any more. Technology is an untamed uncanny mystery, worth exploring because it is so deeply tied to evolution on Earth.

I write about what I find along my journey, what I don’t understand yet, what seems to be at a hand’s reach but is, alas, unattainable. Hence my themes and my writings may surely seem chaotic and arbitrary most of the time. I have no time to write about what I know, or I think I know. I wish I had. Maybe someday.

Fortunately many great people do write about the known every single day. I quote other authors extensively, blogs, papers and all kind of written material which I find enlightening or in support of a view or an argument. I prefer to quote verbatim, but I also freely summarize. I use images in my posts to suggest and stimulate imagination, to better convey the emotion of understanding, as a way of ellipsis, to avoid unnecessary words. I indulge in ambiguity in a deliberate way.

I always do my best to acknowledge every author and the origin of every quote, every image and/or the data I use. I try to rely free un-copyrighted material and open data as much as possible, and I strive to respect the limits of Fair Use. However, if you understand that I am violating your rights, please do contact me. There is no single piece of text or image in this blog that cannot be changed without affecting the overall picture and intention.

I also encourage you to contact me if you are curious about something, or just happen to be a soul mate striving for the same inaccessible summit.

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