Nov 27, 2021Value Proposition/Market FitWe’ve all read about “Product/market fit”. And it’s true, there is such “magic” moment, when that fit is achieved. You’ll know it when you get the nodding heads and the corporate wheels being put in motion to start evaluating and purchasing. But, I argue, you don’t have to have a…Startups1 min readStartups1 min read
Jul 21, 2021Facebook Took Our Election Ad Money. Then Bulk-Deleted Our PagesParliamentary elections in Bulgaria (EU country) were on the July 11th. We (a center-right opposition coalition) were running Facebook pages for each candidate, and spent our digital advertising budget on a portion of them, promoting genuine content authored by candidates themselves. Then we stopped the ads, and a day later…Facebook2 min readFacebook2 min read
Oct 26, 2020Facebook should publish their list of banned wordsI got banned from Facebook again, and this time there are no subtleties and nuances like last time, where regional-specific discourse was involved. This time it’s something inexplicable without assuming there’s just a “bag of words” for which users are automatically banned after someone reports a comment (and the appeal…Facebook2 min readFacebook2 min read
Sep 30, 2020I got suspended from Facebook for a region-specific, non-offensive expressionYes, a 1-day suspension is nothing serious, but it’s an indication of the holes in the community guidelines and the complexity of public discourse.Facebook3 min readFacebook3 min read
May 31, 2020We have been discussing the wrong thing about social media and censorshipTrump attacked twitter for fact-checking him. And he used his position of power to question a 90s law shielding online platforms from liability when they moderate content. And discussions are circling around one issue — social networks and their role in public discourse. Are they impartial “infrastructure”; are they “arbiters…Social Network4 min readSocial Network4 min read
May 8, 2020Remote Work Is Not Sustainable For NowNow that many people have been working remotely for two months, probably everyone is wondering “can this go on forever” and “is it better”. Many people, especially in the IT industry, as well as other industries that lend themselves to remote work, have been claiming that remote work is the…Remote Work4 min readRemote Work4 min read
Jan 13, 2020Solving Problems Properly Is Often Not ViableHow many times you, as a software expert, saw some software or process and thought “damn, this can be done so much better”. Yes, a lot. But why, since large organizations spend a lot of money on IT? Is it because software is too complex, is it because of organizational…Technology8 min readTechnology8 min read
Dec 31, 2019Why Blockchain Is Changing BankingIt seems that China is going to have a digital currency based on blockchain. And that’s huge, but I’ll comment on another aspect — how blockchain made this possible. The more tech- and cryptography-savvy will rightly note that it was perfectly possible to do a multi-organizational ledger with cryptographic guarantees…Blockchain2 min readBlockchain2 min read
Dec 25, 2019No, GDPR Can’t Be Blamed For EverythingFor the past few months I’ve had an article opened on my phone that claims how detrimental GDPR has been to businesses and consumers alike. And I wanted to debunk most of what’s inside. But I couldn’t go and debunk the individual facts —they are mostly correct. However, they are…Privacy8 min readPrivacy8 min read
Nov 24, 2019The Digital Single Market Is a Mindset That Europe Still LacksThe Digital single market is the idea that any digital company is immediately exposed to the whole European market without any specific efforts. That once you build a digital product, you can sell in Germany, Spain, Bulgaria, Sweden. Unfortunately, that is not the case — we are rarely seeing pan-European…European Union4 min readEuropean Union4 min read
