Thoughtspad

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 14 Jan 2014

Mission to Mars – My Vision for Space Exploration

Buzz Aldrin was not the first man to walk on the Moon, but wasn’t

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 6 Jan 2014

Sending The Singularity University Shield to the Edge of Space

Based at NASA Research Park in Moffett Field, California, Singularity University is a one

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 2 Dec 2013

How to Start a Career in Computer Science

Which way? I still remember asking myself in front of all the possibilities in

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 8 Nov 2013

Speaking at CEO National Conference 2013 – Technology and Startups

Last Friday (November 1st) I spoke at the CEO National Conference about how to

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 25 Sep 2013

Reality Check – The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition

This book is surprisingly entertaining, and covers pretty much everything you need to deal

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 17 Aug 2013

The Innovator’s Solution – Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth

  This book’s message could be easily summarized by saying that there are only

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 12 Jul 2013

Decisive – How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work

About 5 years ago, I had the chance of attending to one of the

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 6 Jul 2013

Censorship – The Knot That Binds Power and Knowledge

I found this pearl after some research on this topic, and bought it for

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 30 May 2013

What Google Trends Has to Say About Censorship

While studying about censorship and the term interest trends world wide, I decided to check

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 27 May 2013

Free – How Today’s Smartest Businesses Profit

We’ve all used free services, and we all love it when money doesn’t seem

Read More →

Adriano Marques 13 Comments 15 May 2013

New Scam from China, tries to force you to register your domain under other TLD through their site

If you own a .com or .org domain, expect to receive one of these:

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 23 Apr 2013

Things I Learned About Life and Entrepreneurship While Learning How to Shoot with a Bow

I’ve just begun practicing, and did some classes to learn proper bow handling, form,

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 15 Jan 2013

Chicago Skyline from the West Loop – a Time Lapse

Watching the gorgeous skyline of Chicago from the office is definitely one of my

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 16 Nov 2011

Building an Internet Connectivity Monitor

A short speech I gave at the Creativity World Forum 2011 in Hasselt, Belgium.

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 28 Feb 2015

Experiences with Fail Safer

During the past couple weeks I have been slowly bringing www.failsafer.com to a temporary

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 10 Jan 2015

The Innovators – How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution

This is not the first Biography I’ve read that was written by Walter Isaacson.

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 6 Jan 2015

Survival of the Sickets: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity

Disease is a word that carries such a visceral meaning: we’ve all had (or

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 2 Jan 2015

The Perfect Theory: A Century of Geniuses and the Battle over General Relativity

General Relativity have always been an intimidating topic for most people. The book makes

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 28 Jun 2014

Thank You!

  As one of the finalists to be part of the Graduate Studies Program

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 19 May 2014

Me Ajude a Ajudar 1 Bilhão de Pessoas

(This is an integral translation of my Indie Gogo Campaign to Portuguese . Click

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 19 May 2014

Help me help 1 Billion People

Dear reader, I just started a campaign at Indie Gogo to raise money to

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 16 Jan 2014

Life at The Speed of Light – From the Double Helix to the Dawn of Digital Life

Quickly passing through the most important events in the history of biology and genetics,

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 13 Jan 2014

American Turnaround – Reinventing AT&T and GM and the Way We Do Business in the USA

After working for AT&T for 44 years, the author found himself with an invitation

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 4 Jan 2014

An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth – What Going to Space Taught Me About Ingenuity, Determination, and Being Prepared for Anything

Most know for its Space Oddity performance on board of the International Space Station,

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 28 Dec 2013

Thinking Fast and Slow

Outstanding work from Economics Nobel Prize Laureate Daniel Kahneman, on thinking process and how we

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 14 Dec 2013

The Science of Fear – Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn’t — and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger

The terrorist attacks of 9/11/11 are the perfect example of how fear can put

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 8 Nov 2013

Fall in our courtyard

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 9 Oct 2013

Quick video for the 5th I.T. Symposium at the State University of Goias

A couple months ago I was approached by a former classmate who is now

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 5 Oct 2013

How to Create a Mind – The Secret of Human Thought Revealed

  Much like the Singularity is Near, and pretty much all other book from

Read More →

Adriano Marques 0 Comments 30 Sep 2013

Abundance – The Future is Better Than You Think

We’re used to hear about doomsday news every day, and we have literally become

Read More →