Ramón Cacho

Discovering Encarta Encyclopedia

While growing up, my first exposure to a computer was with an Apple Macintosh. It was tall and square and noisy; it was something different. My grandfather had a construction company and needed help keeping track of projects and payroll. He trusted my mother could do a good job so

The Next Next Thing

After almost 3 years building a team inside a company in Puerto Rico, I'm leaving to do something of my own. Here's the short story of how I got here and where I'm going next. I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. At the age of 17 in 2007,

Why writing is important

Knowing how to write is now more important than ever. People working remote require the ability to communicate effectively. Of course, Zoom and video calls have gained popularity, and it’s now the default medium to engage whenever an idea is hard to convey through text, but let's be honest

Travel during Covid

Covid has hit us hard. I'd love to dismiss it all and forget about it, but it's been 7 months of been stuck in the same place. I'm the kind of person who likes to travel and discover new places to gain new perspectives. I enjoy immersing myself in different

Early Operational Efficiency

When it comes to growing a startup, you need to optimize for operational efficiency.

Entering Jakarta via Train, a poem

I recently found this while searching my notes. I had arrived on Jakarta via train on December 5th, 2017. I wrote down what I saw through the window right before entering the city.

Unemployment impacting the economy

This pandemic has surely changed life for everyone. With less economic activity, small and medium sized business are struggling to stay afloat and employees are leaving to collect their unemployment checks. Although the government is handing out help, these "helps" could be triggering negative second-order effects. How? Well, large groups

11,315 Days

I started my 30-day "creative block" of waking up at 6AM every morning (weekends included) to work on creative stuff. I might write, read, code or work on a side project. But I'll always try to write for at least 5 minutes. Eleven thousand, three-hundred and fifteen days is the

Bliss

I started my 30-day "creative block" of waking up at 6AM every morning (weekends included) to work on creative stuff. I might write, read, code or work on a side project. But I'll always try to write for at least 5 minutes. I spent 6 months traveling solo around Southeast

The Blue Marble

I started my 30-day "creative block" of waking up at 6AM every morning (weekends included) to work on creative stuff. I might write, read, code or work on a side project. But I'll always try to write for at least 5 minutes. Sometimes I wonder what exactly does it mean

Search a Year in Wikipedia

I started my 30-day "creative block" of waking up at 6AM every morning (weekends included) to work on creative stuff. I might write, read, code or work on a side project. But I'll always try to write for at least 5 minutes. Every now and then I go to Wikipedia

Clarity

I started my 30-day "creative block" of waking up at 6AM every morning (weekends included) to work on creative stuff. I might write, read, code or work on a side project. But I'll always try to write for at least 5 minutes. It's now been 8 days since I started

Music as a tool

I started my 30-day “challenge” of waking up at 6AM every morning (weekends included) to work on creative stuff. I might write, read, code or work on a side project. But I will always try to write for at least 5 minutes in order to get the juices flowing. If

Taking a gap

I started my 30-day “challenge” of waking up at 6AM every morning (weekends included) to work on creative stuff. I might write, read, code or work on a side project. But I will always try to write for at least 5 minutes in order to get the juices flowing. Last

On Doing

Today, I’m starting my 30-day “challenge” of waking up at 6AM every morning (weekends included) to work on creative stuff. I might write, read, code or work on a side project. But I will always try to write for at least 5 minutes in order to get the juices

Excuse me, Software, you can now devour the World.

Marc Andreessen famously said back in 2011 that “software is eating the world [https://a16z.com/2011/08/20/why-software-is-eating-the-world/]”. Since I began writing this post, Marc released a new blog post “It’s Time to Build [https://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-time-to-build/]“ and the impact of not building

March 2020

Times are a changing, once again. This year has been one of many ups and downs. In January, the place that I call home at the moment, Puerto Rico, got hit by an earthquake which took down the electric grid for weeks. Literally no power. A reminder that even if

¿Cuándo arreglaran eso?

I recently moved back to Puerto Rico and something I consistently ask myself while walking or driving around the island is, “when will that get fixed?”. With “that” I’m referring to street lamps, potholes, abandoned parks, and much more. That’s the title of this post. Big things start

King Google

This topic has probably been discussed a million times, but it’s fascinating to see how no other company has been as protected as Google in their respective verticals. Google feeds on human curiosity or lack of information. What differentiates humans from animals is the capacity to reason. And with

Can we "Entrepreneur" our way out of bad leadership?

Development isn’t a linear process, and innovation and entrepreneurship alone won’t solve governance challenges or build strong political institutions..

Cubanology

Driving down the famous “El Malecón” boulevard in Havana, Cuba you’ll encounter a beautiful and serene bay with dozens of fishermen passing time, chatting about life and listening to music on their old radios while they focus on the catch of the day.

Killing Time: Internet Usage

I recently read an article on The Economist that shines light in the fact that leisure drives internet usage in India and other developing countries around the world where internet adoption trends are similar.

Bots, Fake Accounts, and Decentralized Twitter

Shared with a friend a thought regarding Twitter’s issue with bots, scammers, and fake accounts. It’s become quite apparent that, so far, policing these is an almost impossible task for algorithms; an epidemic affecting all major platforms (look at Facebook). The reason communities like reddit [https://reddit.com/

Lese-majeste

When I was in Bangkok, I visited a not-so-visited museum, called the Coin Museum. Where they’re supposed to showcase the development of the national currency & the history of the Thai Mint. Most of the museum, however, was arranged to honor the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Through videos and photographs,

Realization

I’ve come to realize how the most important part of any journey, is the time you spend on the journey. Reaching the destination is great, and probably enjoyable as it’s what you’ve been “working” on, but the true learnings and joy, come from understanding where you are