A while ago a good friend of mine asked more about the products and features I work with. Then he said something: “You put so much passion explaining things and this is not even your working hours”. I can clearly remember when I was answering to that statement a great TED talk was popping into my mind:
In sales, in business and in other aspects of life, I agree that is not the “WHAT?” or the “HOW?” that drives things. Is the “WHY?”! The great examples given there are about Apple products and Dr. Martin Luther King but, in general, if you understand the vision and how you can contribute to that vision, how it connects to you and makes you fill, then it will enable you to sell, to buy, to motivate and to be motivated.
If you never listened to this TED talk, I recommend it and Simon is a great speaker so time flies by
I have not written in my blog much and today I won´t write about any trends or give any suggestions.
I will follow up on the ‘Dream’ Sign I have on the sealing of my room. See this post for more info on this
Since I was kid, I often could realize I was having a dream and could decide to either let it go or try to influence it.. Sometimes it works.. Sometimes the dream is ruined because I break the concept of the story.
But lately, as soon as I realize that it is a dream, I start questioning it:
- “Why is this person asking a question? If it is just in my dream, I know the question and I know the answer”
- If I have an Idea that is relevant, I feel the need to wake up and write it down. I never reach the end of the story..
and as always I have my new year resolutions like everyone else. Here are a a few:
Eat healthier (avoid the pizza oven at the office is a great start)
After my foot and arm injuries I want to play football more often (I play for a Google football team and in a charity league with some friends.. that should cover this one
Visit home (Portugal) more often. I missed a lot of stuff by being away and with all the crazy travel I did in 2010.
At work there are great things happening and my wish here is to contribute even more to our success
Last but not least:
It is time for everyone to build up hope for a better future. This is also the time to help people who need the most. Programs like Kiva.org or UNICEF are safe choices if you decide to put some money aside to help others. Offer your time, offer your ideas (if they are good) to a volunteering program in your community.
Recently I got the new Nexus S, a nice upgrade from the Nexus 1. Sure, I’ll miss the trackball but my main concern was: How do I transfer the hours of dedication to Angry birds and Angry birds Seasons? I have almost 3 stars in every level and I was considering not upgrading because of this.
Some people told me I needed to root the phone and copy /data/data/com.rovio.angrybirdsseasons/files/ between devices.
That probably works but I didn´t want to spend that much time on this and I wanted to find an easier way to transfer the progress on Angry Birds.
I investigated and found a great solution (easy for the non techies).
Install an app called Angry birds backup (from YONGSIN for the normal one and the Angry birds Seasons from Nadav Fima – they are free but you can donate on YONGSIN site)
Open the app and press the backup button
Go to the SD card and you’ll see a folder called angry birds backup. Copy it to your computer (or directly to the SD card on the other phone)
Install angry birds and angry birds backup in the new phone
copy the Angry birds backup folder from your computer to your new phone
Important: complete the first level of angry birds before you press the button restore on your angry birds backup app otherwise the tool will tell you that you don’t have Angry birds installed.
Et Voila.. I got my results back and I’m now a happy Nexus S user.
Hope it helps all the people that need to move to a new device and want to keep their Angry Birds progress
As some of you highlighted, my blog has not been very active lately. At work, a lot of good things are happening and it has kept me in the ‘clouds’ for a while these last couple of weeks. In the last 30 days I flew many miles. Started from Dublin (my hub city) then:
Spain, Mexico, Spain, Ireland, Sweden, Ireland, Belgium, Ireland, Sweden, Ireland and UK today (if it happens… my flight is delayed 4 hours due to the beautiful snow that is covering the usually wet Dublin )
And until the end of the year: Ireland, Denmark, Ireland, Lisbon, Ukraine
I will address cloud computing in another post because that cloud has kept me in the skies
PS: (totally unrelated) I love tethering from my Android phone as it is serving as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot to my computer allowing me to write this post and not be totally bored at the airport
Hello! My name is João Rufino. I was born in Cascais, a costal village located 30Km west from Lisbon - Portugal. I love science, history, business and technology. I currently manage the EMEA Mid-Market Sales Engineering Team at Google and I am located in Ireland. Hope you enjoy my blog as I'll share some ideas about several subjects and bit more about myself. If you're interested to read more about me feel free to check the More About Me... section ;)
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