This page is inspired by Derek Sivers’ now page suggestion and his Now Now Now movement. The purpose of this page is to share my current focus. If you have your own site, you should make one, too.
Last updated: 25 May 2023.
MBA
I’ve been accepted into the prestigious MBA programme at the University of Birmingham. This was a long-term goal of mine, and I’m so excited to be able to say that I’ll start on the 26th of June. Being a full time worker, the dad of a 3-year-old, and now also a student for the next 2.5 years won’t be a walk in the park, but I know that being surrounded by people who believe in you makes a huge difference—e.g. my wonderful better half who encouraged me to apply, as well as my colleagues who cheered me on big time when I broke the news internally.
The Bot Platform: how it is going
Wonderfully. One of the goals for this quarter was to release a beta integration of our platform with Slack and it’s already live—despite quarter ending on 30 June. Excellent teamwork and I’m so excited for people to start trying it out.
If you read this and want to give it a go, feel free to get in touch!
Family
Vinnie is 3 and 1/2 years old right now. Her full bilingualism is starting to be more and more evident as she mixes up Italian and English significantly less than before, and when she asks for a cartoon she also tells me the language she wants it in (“Babbo, can I watch Paw Patrol in Italian please?”). And if I tell her something in English she usually comes back with “Babbo, puoi parlare in italiano per favore?” (“Daddy, can you speak in Italian please?”).
Ted Lasso
Typing this at the end of the 3×11 episode… nope, didn’t like this season. Too many things just don’t make sense. I’m only enjoying the Jamie storyline and how he evolved as a character. And Roy. How can you not love Roy.