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Remco Livain

Remco Livain

📍 Zürich, Switzerland

The burden of focus, as an entrepreneur

A beautiful „side effect“ of my work as a consultant and being my own „boss“ is that I can fairly freely decide what it is I would like to work on. Focus is one of the key elements of any entrepreneur’s success. As my consultancy has started to grow

Intertwined relationships, about work- and life long friendships

I see every interaction with people around me as a singular relationship; one that needs attention, interaction and love to succeed. These interactions come and go, but I realize that I need to invest the time and effort to keep them up. At the end of the day, it is

Why I ordered AirPods Max

My last, substantial purchase of the year are a pair of headphones. Not just any headphones, but the ridiculously (over-)priced Apple AirPods Max [https://www.apple.com/chde/airpods-max/?afid=p238%7Cscejy8WHQ-dc_mtid_chlvzsjfw0_pcrid_485079281895_pgrid_114232307669_&cid=wwa-ch-kwgo-wearables-slid---productid--Brand-AirPodsMax-Announce] . Yes, I really did it. I have shelled

Choosing a coffee maker is hard

In only three weeks, we will be moving into a new office space with our GANDT-team [https://www.gandt.ch]. It is in the same building we are in right now, but there is one major difference, we won‘t have a dedicated kitchen area and we lack a coffee

Quibi confirms it’s shutting down

Barely six month after Jeff Katzenberg / Meg Whitman-lead Quibi launched, the company announced it’s closing up shop. Confirming the details leaked from a call [https://www.engadget.com/quibi-shutting-down-report-195306262.html] with investors, Quibi’s leaders said in a letter [https://quibi-hq.medium.com/an-open-letter-from-quibi-8af6b415377f] that the service’s lack

Twitter releases audio tweets (on iOS)

Big tech product updates are not always worth a blog post. But Twitter’s Audio Tweets feature release on iOS has certainly caught my attention. The addition of Audio Tweets might be the biggest Twitter feature launch since the increased character limit from 140 to 280 characters. > Twitter has

Canon Reimagine Event July 9 2020

I cannot believe what I am about to say: I am truly excited about the upcoming Canon live event on July 9th. Especially as a big fan of MFT cameras and an Olympus-lover, it pains me to say that this might very well be the start of a new era.

Quibi caves under pressure, adds AirPlay support

What is this about? * Quibi is a mobile only video streaming platform * Under pressure of its viewers, the company has decided to add Chromecast and AirPlay support * Did the mobile only concept fail to catch on? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💡Quibi has been discontinued, but I think this is still a very interesting

My (Fri-)day of home office, a weird blessing

If there is one thing Corona has taught me, with regards to my working routines, it is that I enjoy my morning rituals. There is nothing more fulfilling than starting the day with a fresh mind after a good nights sleep. The last couple of months have forced me, and

Why smart cyclists train with watts

Watts and watts/kg are the magic numbers in cycling. There is not a single metric that is more important than the number of watts a cyclist can produce for a certain amount of time. Used correctly, watts can help you better understand how your energy is being transferred to