A JOURNAL SINCE 2005
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Named after the number of the house where I grew up in Chile. Personal stories, travel, product and AI, books, and a thank-you to every year since 2013.
Welcome to 5561CL
I went online back in 2005 to explore the exciting and ‘new’ world of blogs. What it started like a personal journal is now a full fletched website that I mainly use for professional purposes.
However, in 5561CL -the number of the house where I grew up in, back in Chile - I speak about more personal things, from my ‘thanks [insert year] series, to my travels around the world and certainly, some explorations around fintech, product management, real states or economics, all topics I’m very fond of.
With that being said, welcome to 5561CL a blog that contains personal stories dating back 2013, the year I moved to Milan to pursue my MBA
The power of (great) branding: Roots of Fight
It is not common to find apparel brands that escalate as fast as Roots of Fight. In little over 5 years, the company has grown fast enough to build a niche and create its own path, building an aspirational, motivational and solid brand.
¿Qué hace una cafetería exitosa? Parte 2
Después de publicar el primer post sobre cafeterías (léelo aquí) seguí dándole vueltas a cómo diferenciar una cafetería de la otra. Aquí intento desarrollar un par de ideas más.
Cultivar el anonimato
Cuando nos creamos las primeras cuentas en Fotolog o My Space empezaron a pasar cosas que para nosotros, no tenían precedentes: comenzamos a construir pequeñas audiencias que interactúaban con nuestras fotos, updates o incluso, nuestros estados de ánimo.
Farewell 2015
Well, it's that time of the year again.[^1] Time to look back and evaluate whatever you have done. Have you stick to the goals you visualize and wrote down the year before? Do you have any idea about the goals for the upcoming year? Now it’s when you evaluate and smile (or frown) on what you have done.
Preparando Relatos Salvajes
Desde hace años que procuro hacer cosas que me hagan sentir incómodo pero que sé, me sumarán y enseñarán algo una vez que las haya hecho. Con el paso del tiempo lo he logrado hacer exitosamente en varias ocasiones y cada vez que lo he hecho, he sacado algo en limpio.
2 months into LOL
For the last 2 months I have been playing LOL almost every single day. Everything started out, as a casual thing but as times went by, I have been growing my game, getting to know the esports ecosystem in Chile (and the world) and I even actually met KLG, the strongest LOL squat in LATAM.
Data Exploration & BI
Today I had the chance to give a small lecture during the "Semana de las Comunicaciones" here in Chile. I decided to talk about one of the subjects that I enjoy the most: data manipulation.
Eating out in London
You know I love to eat. Every little thing that happens in the kitchen has a bit of magic to it. And being in London for several days, well, you know we had to go out and try a bit of it all.
Quick wins for a quick post
Quick wins are nothing but simple frontend changes you make to your website in order to create impact on the conversions of your website.
GreenBay Packers: El balance sheet del equipo más popular de NFL
Recuerdo perfectamente la dinastía liderada por Brett Favre. El equipo parecía realmente invencible y para todo el mundo simbolizaba uno de los equipos más poderosos del orbe. Al mismo nivel de Manchester United, L.A. Lakers o los NY Yankees.
Expanding my mind: My 30 favorite podcasts
Im a sucker for [good] storytelling. I can't help it. I love to tell and mostly hear a good story. For the last 2 years I have been listening to several podcast and I think it might be nice to share them with you.
The second best decision I’ve made up this year
In a year in which everything has been filled with big fat “No”, I’ve made a couple of really good decisions. The second one makes me really happy indeed. What am I doing? ==I decided to join an acting class== I have been with “the band” for almost a thrilling month. Actually, every Friday I’m absolutely excited because the next day, is acting day.
¿Qué hace una cafetería exitosa?
Hace un tiempo he podido ver de cerca varias cafeterías. No siempre como usuario, cabe destacar. Y me he puesto a pensar cómo se pueden diferenciar dado un escenario donde todas cuentan con lo mismo: café recién molido, máquinas de calidad para prepararlo, ambiente agradable, branding fuerte, baristas simpáticos (y altamente entrenados) y comida, que por lo general se divide en: muffins, ensaladas y sándwiches.
Hinduism: Why so many Gods
Hindus worship many gods. Epified brings you a brief introduction to the idea of Hindu polytheism and explains the logic behind Hinduism's many gods.
El trabajo de encontrar trabajo III
3 meses. 3 meses que han estado llenos de altibajos. 3 meses donde me vi obligado a jugar en una cancha mojada, con zapatos malos y pelota desinflada. 3 meses donde he reafirmado mi profundo deseo de irme definitivamente de Chile y por esas cosas divertidas que tiene la vida, de cierta forma, lo hago día a día.
What is it like to work for the sharing economy?
Hands down, one my all time favourite podcasts is Benjamin's Walker Theory of Everything. He is constantly telling compelling stories that keeps me coming back. However, the last "triad" was specially provoking.
Islamic Finances and Greece
The last couple of weeks, I have been reading 2 really good books. Shantaram and Heaven's Bankers: Inside the Hidden World of Islamic Finance. The last one has been such a huge learning to me. Basically, islamic finances transforms the relationship between lender and borrower into a investor - manager one, in which the risk is shared and making money out o thin air is haram (not permitted).
Exploración de datos para transformar una organización
Siempre recuerdo una de las tantas frases célebres que Henry Ford nos regaló. Si bien no soy capaz de citarlo textual, Ford decía algo como “no debes saberlo todo. Pero si debes conocer a quién sabe hacerlo”.
El trabajo de encontrar trabajo II (inglés)
This post is the sequel (out of 3) of my job searching adventures. You can read the first one here (en español).
The first thing for this post is a change in my attitude.
El trabajo de encontrar trabajo I
Desde hace un mes estoy buscando trabajo. Jamás -insisto- jamás, pensé que sería así de difícil. Quizás varios de ustedes jamás han buscado, hasta Enero también estaba en ese grupo. Quizás no, quizás ya has buscado y saben cuánto demora, cuales son las mejores maneras de hacerlo y cómo puedes acelerar el proceso.