Antonio D'souza·Jun 9, 2025Verizon: good at telecom, shitty at billingHi, Welcome to Verizon Service messaging, I’m Casey, hope this message finds you well. Please help me with your full name and telephone…
Antonio D'souza·Mar 5, 2023Console-based chat across machines with kidsMy kids wanted to try online chat so of course I obliged.
Antonio D'souza·May 22, 2022A new commerce modelI just had an idea for a novel model of participatory commerce so I thought I’d explain it here. Imagine that you have an idea for a…
Antonio D'souza·Sep 11, 2021Overseas travel with kids during a time of CovidAfter nearly two and a half years of not being able to travel overseas due to the pandemic, my wife & I finally spent three weeks abroad…
Antonio D'souza·May 14, 2020Introducing code to a childAfter explaining to our 5YO how files work & letting her play around with them for a few days, I decided to expose her to coding. When I…
Antonio D'souza·May 7, 2020Introducing computing to a childI’ve been very gradually easing my 5YO daughter into the world of computing. We began with a Remington typewriter to get her used to the…
Antonio D'souza·May 1, 2020Explaining empires to a 5 year oldMy five year old & I were listening to Nobody’s Empire by Belle & Sebastian today when she asked me what an empire was. Here’s what I…
Antonio D'souza·Dec 14, 2019What makes Canada, Australia & New Zealand different?When crafting a story that lumps the UK and the US together as outliers among wealthy countries due their shared Anglo-Saxon heritage, it…
Antonio D'souza·Dec 7, 2019Intergenerational EconomicsNot only were boomers the beneficiaries of a post-WW2 economic boom for the US (while Europe recovered from years of self-destruction) but…
Antonio D'souza·Oct 20, 2019How Meetings Should WorkMeetings should only be held to make decisions that require the kind of synchronous multi-party discussions that don’t work well over…
