Black Lives Matter. Save The Planet. End Inequality. ✊ 2020 SUCKS. Massive Attack just released a 3 song EP and it contains more insights on the sad state of our world than everything else you saw today. I am writing this on the day it was released, trying to process it and taking some notes.

This is one of my favourite live recordings of all time. I got the extended version for cheap bucks at a record store. And later, compared to other friends' copies, realised that this is the only version that really matters here, because the original release, which contains only separate performances from Getz and Gilberto, is missing the most important part.

This album is an incredible historical document, as much as it is a layer cake of precious stories, that I have been discovering since it entered my life in the late 90s in CD format.

How can something made in such a dark place be so inspiring? How can someone so depressed find the time, the energy and the resolve, to complete this laborious, delicate, beautiful piece of art? And, rhetorically we might also ask: how can someone so talented die so young? 😱 What is being young?

I am lucky to say I have covered quite a bit of ground around the Iberian peninsula, but I had never explored Costa Brava, even though I've moved to Barcelona almost 2 years ago. I had high expectations and it did not disappoint.

Hype keeps building up around static site generators. But this technique has been around for much longer than most people think. Our industry's collective memory 🧠 is very short, and it some times needs a little help.

Today the new version of my website is uploaded to a staging endpoint. What is happening, what is new, and what comes next?

Here I am again, rebuilding the whole thing, enjoying React and static site generation and making plans to blog more often.

Last week, I had the immense privilege of participating in London Lean Kanban Days 2017, including a mind-blowing day of workshops with the speakers. Infinite thank you for this amazing opportunity. Here are a few highlights and my retrospection on the event.

My first website was hosted on tripod, back in 1995 and for the next 13 years I had a constant, tireless, and experimental presence on the web. But In 2008 I took my last site down. For a whole decade, andretorgal.com was nothing but a placeholder or a 404. It's time to change this sad state of affairs.