The Wizard of Menlo Park
How Thomas Alva Edison Invented The Modern World
Marc Collado
Thoughts on pretty much everything
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Her, not Ready Player One
Tech incumbents wanted the future to look a lot like Ready Player One. But maybe life has other plans and Large Language Models and AI, not Virtual Reality, end up driving the generational change that leads to the next paradigm.
23.29: Notes on Montaigne
Notes on Montaigne's thoughts and ideas — a brief recap sourced directly from his Essays. This is Michel de Montaigne for the rest of us.
Apunts de la WWDC
Com no podia ser d'una altra manera, a Foc a Terra parlem de la WWDC, on Apple revelà les Vision Pro — la seva 'visió' per al futur de la computació. Publiquem en exclusiva les notes que vàrem redactar per preparar l'episodi
AI and the status quo
This is a case for how it will remain the same. AI will certainly change the way we navigate the Internet. But since its consolidation will be a matter of compute power and default consumer touch points, its success will only perpetuate the status quo.
AI is here to stay
Throughout my life, I have witnessed many technological trends come and go. Nevertheless, this time, I am convinced that the acceleration of recent developments in artificial intelligence and the lowering of barriers to entry will usher in a new era of innovation and entrepreneurship that will reshape the world as we know it.
En resum, Silicon Valley Bank
En l'últim episodi de Foc a Terra vam parlar de Silicon Valley Bank (SVB en endavant). Una de les majors catàstrofes financeres de l'època moderna, probablement la més rellevant pel sector tecnològic, només comparable a crisis similars com la del 2000, 2008 o la del COVID.
Influencers — updated 2025.09
This is a list of people who have inspired and shaped my thinking and the way I approach life over time. Although I have never met any of them in person, I consider them mentors from afar.
The Psychology of Money
Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
The Return of the Solo Founder
There hasn't been a better time to be a solo founder. The raise of AI-enabled tools will empower entrepreneurs and creators to build products that, in the past, would have required an entire team.
La mètrica de l'originalitat — part II
Tornem amb una segona part de la conversa sobre la generació d'imatges amb intel·ligència artificial. Concretament, aprofundim en com educar les noves generacions sobre la veracitat del contingut generat per aquests productes.
La mètrica de l'originalitat — part I
El que havia de ser una conversa sobre la generació d'imatges amb intel·ligència artificial, ha acabat desembocant en un llarg debat sobre l'especialització humana, l'efímera societat en què vivim, i les feines del demà.
Hola des de Foc a Terra
Diem hola a Foc a Terra, un podcast de minories, per al gran públic, que t'acostarà — en català — a la tecnologia tal com raja. El teu company de viatge setmanal t'explicarà la tecnologia i les noves tendències, sense embuts ni sensacionalismes.
Why We Get Fat
And What to Do About It
A framework to master the world
When it comes to learning new things, sometimes it can be difficult to assess where to direct our attention. Because of this, I've developed a simple, yet timeless, framework to approach learning.
The Little Book of Stoicism
Timeless Wisdom to Gain Resilience, Confidence, and Calmness
How To Live
27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion
The Shallows
My inability to focus attracted me to this book, which turned out to be a natural extension of Amusing Ourselves to Death. It revealed that, unlike before, when we get immersed in any activity we no longer focus for long anymore.
21.25: random thoughts of the week
On frameworks to think about nutrition and fitness, book recommendations over the Moon, and optimizing for the wrong things.
21.24: random thoughts of the week
More on the protection of user privacy, the value of side-projects, and the art of cultivating and nurturing relationships.
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
Tribe
On Homecoming and Belonging
Creative Selection
Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
21.16: notes on Spring Loaded
A particular take — as if the world needed yet another event review — of last week Apple's Spring Loaded.
Never Split the Difference
Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It
21.11: notes on Yuval Noah Harari
A brief recap of Yuval's most provocative ideas, sourced from his books, interviews, or other public appearances.
21.09: random thoughts of the week
On thought procrastination, clock riches, the value of time, and the subtle difference between wanting "to" but not wanting to "do".
21.07: notes on the Metaverse
The Metaverse is all over the place these days. However, nobody seems to know what they're talking about. This is a brief summary of everything I've learned so far around the topic.
21.06: random thoughts of the week
On the beauty of simple product features, a world of pirates that doesn't think deeply anymore, and some praise for Google Docs.
The Tipping Point
How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Addiction, Apps, and Values
Especially after the pandemic I lost the ability to concentrate and focus. Addicted to these attention-grabbing products, I started to approach the problem differently: having a clear goal of what I want, then designing the usage policy for each service.
Buckets for 2021
2020... we didn't see that coming. Long story short: last year's resolutions failed epically. That's why instead of resolutions, this year I'd like to try out and set — what I call — areas of interest, buckets, or themes.
20.51: random thoughts of the week
On advice on how to read, and novel ways to pick your next read; plus yearly recaps from somebody that usually stays away from them.
20.49: notes on The Attention Economy
We think we are in control, yet, we only see what algorithms want us to see. But algorithms are not objective, they are just opinions embedded in code. Which begs the question: who's in the driver's seat of our lives?
The Paradox Of Choice
Why More Is Less
Audience
At Gamestry our mission is to help creators build an audience. Hence all of our resources and efforts must be directed towards their empowering — so they can focus on what matters, their audience.
20.43: notes on TikTok
TikTok is a fascinating product, that has mastered the balance between creation and distribution of content. However, it is not your typical western social network, and few know their foundational story.
Deep Work
Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Creators as Business Potential
The creator economy has enabled any of us to become creators and directly connect to large audiences. The immediate consequence of all this is that, at some point, all creators will become business themselves.
20.39: random thoughts of the week
On suggestions beyond How To Win Friends And Influence People, nice coffee ware, and pro tips from the most read person in history.
20.38: random thoughts of the week
On the Apple Event, the genius behind point-one updates, and how we lost touch with stuff our ancestors had already figure out.
20.37: random thoughts of the week
On China mega apps, aircraft stability, Google practices around competing browsers, and a Wabi-sabi approach to technology.
Hola des de Safareig
A weekly podcast about how technology is changing our current societal landscape. A multidisciplinary, controversial, and energized take on all these topics, from a local standpoint, with a global horizon.
20.35: notes on Caffeine
Astonishing facts about 1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine's history and nutritional properties. Or, notes on Michael Pollan's Audible Original How Caffeine Created the Modern World.
Leaving the Mac behind
The rationale behind the first Radio Lanza challenge — or why leave the Mac behind and make of the iPad my main computing device by the end of the year.
20.34: notes on Nietzsche
Notes on Nietzsche's thoughts and ideas collected from the episodes 90 to 94 of the Philosophize This! podcast.
Radio Lanza v2
Radio Lanza (v2) is back to challenge ourselves. The new formula will revolve around routinely launching side-projects of ours and rigorously document the journey until completion — or failure.
20.32: notes on Fight Club
Sometimes, after the nth round, you see a movie you didn't see before. Maybe the current social environment makes avoiding the pursuit of endless self-improvement — and just being happy with how things are — more relevant than ever.
The User Generated Nature of Gaming
Gamestry is undergoing its most daring change so far. We're moving away from producing our own content and opening the gates to become a user generated platform. One where all gaming creators can make a living out of their passion.
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
Kind of the Story of My Life