Alberto Escarlate


Why Minecraft is the new Microsoft Office

While news of the Apple Watch has been dominating the news cycle, we also learned that Microsoft is in talks…

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How Do You Stay Relevant When Your Job Is Obsolete?

If you search your memory (aka the web for some of us) for careers that don’t exist anymore you’ll end…

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How Your 8-year Old Is Building A Digital Reputation

One of my favorite posts here at Progress Report was written by Kanyi Maqubela regarding how the credit score is outdated (If…

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Will [] Make The World Better?

Comic from XKCD.

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An Update On 1099.is – 42 Million People Are Currently In The Independent Workforce

For those who don’t know, 1099.is is a website that helps everyone involved in the sharing economy (and more broadly…

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Should Non-Profits Act More Like Tech Start-Ups?

Nonprofits can be slow-moving organizations, with lots of decision-making layers and bureaucratic stickiness.

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Who Really Should Learn How To Code?

I started coding way before the public Internet became available.

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Introducing 1099.is, An Online Tax Resource For The Sharing Economy

If you’ve raised startup seed money recently you’re surely familiar with Series Seed documents.

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