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2026

• The King Is a Fraud Oct 2
• Cloudflare Built EmDash. I Built NeighDash. Sep 29
• The NYT Is (Also) a Games Company Jun 12
• The Early Bird Caught Me Jun 1
• Smart Keys, Idea to Profit Feb 10
• My No-BS Building Process Feb 3

2025

• The Social Fall, The Bird Rise Dec 30
• Reader Mode, RSS, and the Business of Interrupting You Dec 25
• Smart Devices, Smart Tools, Me Smart? Nov 26
• A Creek I Didn’t Mean to Fall Into Nov 22
• Tiny Games, Big Feelings Nov 13
• Air Fiesta: When the Balloons Multiplied Oct 27
• Classic Programmer Paintings Oct 16
• A Drop Ripples Outward Sep 9
• Airtales: When the Balloon Landed Aug 29
• The Story Behind Airtales Jul 24
• One Last Ride, Seventeen Million Reasons Jun 15
• That time I emailed the Subway CEO because the sandwich artists looked sad May 22
• Build Log May 15
• Neuralese: The Most Spoken Language You’ll Never Speak May 6
• The Vibe Life: Building Smart Keys for Mac Apr 24
• Not Loud, Not Lost Apr 22
• Faith Popcorn's Click, 23 Years Later Apr 16
• Can we trust the time? Mar 15
• Earth Day, Big Dreams, and Small Beginnings Mar 7
• When ginseng tea isn’t enough, figuring out my bandwidth. Mar 5
• The Return of the Fly Feb 5
• Store Conversion? More like Store Distraction. Feb 2
• Can Smart Keys translate other people’s messages? Jan 30
• No-BS Friday Metrics: Store Conversion Rate Jan 24
• The end of the maker’s midlife crisis Jan 18
• Listening Jan 15
• I Got a Name - Jim Croce Jan 4

2024

• Why I’m airing my dirty laundry goals in public Dec 2
• I just wanted to stop sounding awkward in English, then... Nov 30
• STEM needs more role models Oct 10
• Have you asked your team how they really feel about Mondays? Oct 7
• Did Apple copy me? Sep 30
• "Do more of what makes you happy." - Carmel McConnell Jun 23
• SF2.LA: Part 2 - $10M Jun 17
• Earthseed: The Books of the Living Jun 14
• No gimmicks, please! May 30
• Watching May 4
• World powered by women Apr 29
• Bicycle use now exceeds car use Apr 25
• "Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't." - Steve Maraboli Jan 30

2023

• Happy collective survival day! Dec 31
• Tech for Good? Dec 28
• The Founder's Dilemmas by Noam Wasserman Dec 20
• Flow mode with Supergloss Dec 11
• Digital Toxic Shock Nov 28
• SF2.LA: Part 1 Nov 17
• Dear Bill, thanks for all the fish... I mean, the link. Nov 10
• "A word after a word after a word is power" - Margaret Atwood Nov 1
• Experiments by Linus Lee Oct 28
• Gut Feeling Prioritization Oct 18
• 545-mile ride Oct 16
• “There’s a time for self-help and a time for self-helplessness. I think you need both to make it through life” - ¡Hola Papi! Sep 18
• Is my brain LLM-based? Jun 17
• Justify my mistake, please! Jun 16
• Social Media Survivors Apr 20
• Consciousness evolved to make us feel that life is worth living Mar 18
• Google just sent me a love letter 💌! Mar 17
• Turning Your Thoughts Into Reality? Welcome to the World of BCI Mar 11
• The neuroscience of loving music Feb 17
• Horses Break Even, Unicorns Break Hearts Jan 21

2022

• The revolution is in your mind Nov 11
• Lucid Dreaming App Aug 18

2021

• Building a House Quick, Easy & Sustainable Dec 9
• A journey through a thousand dimensions begins with a single bug Dec 7
• 5 Startups That Are Shaping the Future of the Health Care Oct 27
• The Bikeraft Guide by Steve “Doom” and Lizzy Scully Jul 13
• Major Study From Stanford University and Youper Finds Artificial Intelligence Therapy Effective at Reducing Anxiety and Depression Jun 24
• Zima Blue May 17

2020

• The Biggest Smallest Cinema in Town Nov 14
• Mental Health After Crisis - Webinar Oct 1
• How I flooded Florianópolis (On a map, relax) Sep 13
• We’ve been wearing masks this whole time Jun 28
• Interview: Reshape Summit Jun 2
• Meraki May 23
• Hangul ❤️ Apr 26
• Like our new COVID world Apr 3
• "Get comfortable being uncomfortable. Get confident being uncertain. Don’t give up just because something is hard. Pushing yourself through challenges is what makes you grow” - Jules Marcoux Feb 10
• Was she right? Jan 12

2019

• Reading Chester Brown to suspend reality before going to sleep. Dec 22
• Kombina.me Nov 13
• We also love you Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, and Finland! Sep 1
• Diversity in Tech: Who’s Missing From the Table? Aug 20
• Youper was featured again on Apple Store. My favorite gift for the weekend. Aug 4
• My resumé in a user's review!  Mar 27
• "Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." — Vincent Van Gogh Mar 22
• JS4Girls Workshop Feb 28

2018

• 10 Sábios Coin Dec 30
• No Bags, Thank You (But Definitely Love) Nov 14
• Hello hello the United Kingdom. Thank you for making me feel my best today. Youper wouldn’t be here without loyal users from the UK Oct 8
• Why forcing cyclists to wear helmets will not save lives 🧐🚴‍♀️ Aug 11
• Google I/O Nibs 2018 May 11
• Interview: Tips on Improving Customer Experience from Six CX Experts Apr 16
• Chris Messina (the inventor of hashtag) just hunted Youper on Product Hunt. Feb 28
• I've changed. I'd hope so. Feb 2

2017

• Still Hypnotized by Locomotives Dec 14
• My first customer brought me here Dec 13
• Where the land ends, the bridge begins. To the same land, to the same side. Nov 18
• 䀀 Nov 10
• AppFigures Interview Oct 3
• The sun is setting once more Sep 17
• Life in Chinatown Aug 29
• Models Aug 15
• JS4Girls Workshop - 2017 Apr 8
• The skinny one, carrying the lightweight rider. Jan 28

2016

• Hacking My Garden Dec 15
• Super Interessante Interview Dec 12
• Our first Senior Mentor giving a boost to version 3.0 of YOUPER. Dec 10
• Working hard. Playing hard. Youper 3.0 is coming up. Dec 8
• Who’s on their payroll? What your Council Members don’t want to share. Nov 13
• Task of the day!!! Practice saying "Pull an all-nighter" until sunrise. Nov 3
• Silicon Island, Medieval Sewers Sep 18
• No goal was ever met without a lot of sweat. Jul 15
• SP WT LV Jul 14
• Celebrate your goals, breath and dance. Jul 1
• How HCI Saved My Emotional Health May 29
• The Monster Poster May 20
• Google IO16 May 19
• The Last Trip May 15
• It was a great pleasure listening to you, Reshma. Mar 28
• She blamed herself Jan 16
• An Idea That Wouldn't Let Me Sleep Jan 1

2015

• I need a very young veggie Nov 22
• The meat has been overcooked Oct 14
• ❤️ Tomatinhos Aug 14
• Then I heard other people Jul 14
• When my digital net met the real world May 14
• Zucchini Man Mar 14
• Life Credits Feb 14
• A Thumb, a Smile, and Ten Days Waiting Feb 14
• Hey Gringo Jan 14

2014

• Black Soldier Flies for Lunch Nov 15
• Minerito Nov 14
• Borrowed Eyes Nov 1
• Magic Potion Oct 14
• Happy three months on the road. Namaskar. Sep 15
• A Day Without Borders Sep 15
• “My bones are visible to remind the world that inside, we are all the same.” Sep 15
• "A tight fence was still built around every love relationship, the love partner was privatized..." Sep 15
• Weight I Didn’t Need Sep 14
• All kinds of gente Aug 15
• Outside the fridge, ideas ferment faster! Jul 15
• Caseiro da Bahia-ah Jun 15
• The End of Livro de Mochila May 15
• Daddy's face May 15
• I don't work with Captain Ahabs May 15
• Missing Letters May 15
• Kombi Alice Apr 21
• Ahimsa Apr 14
• Do Things, Not Countries, Dieguito! Apr 2
• Selling the Kombi Feb 17
• Broken Crankshaft Feb 15
• Apple-grape cider Feb 10
• Mobile Compost Beds Jan 15
• "My existence has a disruptive power" Jan 15

2013

• Una Cagada Nov 15
• Unos buscando se van, otros vuelven se encontrando Nov 15
• 8:40 pm - Time to howl Nov 15
• Real World Problems Nov 15
• Sábia Team Nov 14
• No Backpack Trip Oct 15
• Sheriff of the Sh*tlands Sep 15
• What would you code for a plate of mayo cones, Jorjão? Sep 5
• Lunch with lots of love Aug 15
• What happens if I miss Monday's meetings? May 15
• Good morning gradients May 15
• Medianeras Apr 24
• Daughter of Ziraldo Apr 15
• Hacking NASA Feb 15

2012

• Bricks in the wall Oct 15
• Where we live, love grows… and so do blackberries. Sep 15
• 3 (DREI) by Tom Tykwer Jun 24
• Cidanô! Jun 15
• Cold Friend Apr 24
• Dancer in the Dark Apr 24
• I could swear one of them blinked. Feb 25
• One-Finger Rotation Jan 24

2011

• The speech is either very current or we haven't learned anything in 100 years. Dec 24
• El Baño del Papa Nov 24
• Abandoned Project n144 Sep 25
• The Runaways Sep 17
• MouseArea Inertia (for Dummies) Sep 7
• Glossy Effect with Gradients Jul 15
• QML 360° Panorama Jul 8
• SoundEffect vs Audio Jul 8
• QML Image Sequence Jul 8
• "Okay. Everybody just pretend to be normal, okay?" - Little Miss Sunshine Jun 12
• Witmarsum (Brazil) May 6
• Taking the gang out for lunch! Jan 24
• Ashamed! Jan 8

2010

• "Its a long way to the top" - AC/DC Dec 24
• Bottle Dec 22
• On the Road to Três de Maio (Brazil) Oct 31
• Episodes May 2
• Salto do Yucumã (Brazil) Apr 23
• Road SMS Apr 18
• Yucumã (Brazil) Apr 1
• Travelling by Kombi Mar 20
• Bic Door Handle Mar 15
• Brasília to the Amazon Mar 9
• On the Road Mar 3
• Moby Dick Feb 22
• Ride On Feb 22
• Fourth and Me Feb 14

2009

• Ilha do Campeche (Brazil) Jun 23
• São Martinho (Brazil) Jun 17
• Around the Island in Seven Weekends May 24
• Scoutel: slept in the Amazon, woke up fluent in bug repellent May 14
• Northern Santa Catarina (Brazil) Mar 11
• New Ideas Mar 10

2008

• Human nature, feral edition Jun 1
• Wild Travelers: Hi Punkabbestia May 10

2007

• New Year, Old World Dec 20
• The First Voyage Around a Strange World Nov 30
• In the Rhythm of the Trip Around the World Nov 21
• Traveling With Moby Dick Nov 8
• Addicted to Travel Oct 30
• A Trip Is Worth a Thousand Pictures Oct 19
• The Round the World Prize Oct 15
• Read, Travel, Get Sick Oct 14
• Twenty Years Chasing the Dream Oct 4
• An Experience Trip Into the Unknown? Sep 18
• Paratii, Between Two Poles Sep 10
• Adventures on the Trail of the Americas Sep 5
• The Fifty Year Old Backpacker Sep 2
• Have a Good Trip, Gulliver Aug 23
• Sr. Amâncio Aug 21
• Te Quiero, Unexpected America Aug 20
• I Put My Life Out to Travel Aug 10
• Gulliver's Travels Through a Real World Aug 2
• Blessed Are the Writers Jul 25
• Looking for Lost Books Jul 16
• A Lost City in the Invisible Amazon Jul 11
• Much More Than a Hundred Days Between Sky and Sea Jun 29
• A Trip That Has No Price Jun 20
• The Art of Traveling with Words Jun 15
• The Backpack Book Author Jun 12
• Meet the Backpack Book Jun 5
• Urban Trail May 14
• Dear Amyr Apr 20

2006

• Road Trips of 2006 Dec 2
• Short Story: Sea of Stones May 14
• Running Away From Carnival Apr 2

2005

• Small Towns, Caves and Waterfalls Nov 20
• Heading South: Santa Maria, Uruguay and Buenos Aires Aug 21
• Weekend Rides, Autumn 2005 Jul 11
• Summer 2005 on the Island Mar 3
• My First Camera (usefilm, 2004) Feb 1

2004

• New Hobby Jul 13

2003

• Two Final Projects Dec 5
• Graduation Nov 19

2002

• Idleness Is Precious Apr 15
• Faith Popcorn’s book CLICK Mar 23

2000

• A Virtual Classroom (Publisite, 2000) Dec 17
• Waterman (water.swf, 2000) Dec 10
• Design VS Coding Aug 2
• Brasil 500 Anos (Flash, 2000) Apr 27

1999

• 2YK Buggy Sep 19
• <?php echo "Hello World" ?> May 9