1/3 maker, 1/3 photographer

1/3 child, shaken not stirred

This phrase, inspired by James Bond, represents me well, but only partially. In reality, I am a much more diverse mix of passions, curiosity, and a desire to create.

I love doing: building, dismantling, inventing, automating, and simplifying. I enjoy understanding how things are made and finding solutions—ideally smart ones—to everyday problems. Making life simpler is, after all, an art form.

Computing is my daily bread: work, fun, and an endless source of inspiration. To turn ideas into reality, I love exploring new languages, frameworks, and technologies. Home automation is another great passion of mine: a universe of possibilities to automate the house and improve daily life (perhaps a bit more than strictly necessary, but who cares?).

Electronics and 3D printing combine with my desire to create, allowing me to bring physical objects to life that would otherwise remain mere ideas. Designing and building with my own hands is a personal revolution that surprises me every single day.

In short? I love technology in all its forms.

Photography is another of my passions—a way to tell stories and share my perspective on the world. I’m fascinated by the ability to capture hidden details, unique moments, and reinterpret them with a personal touch. It’s pure creativity, but also technique: choosing the right equipment, mastering light, experimenting with exposure, and refining each shot in post-production are all part of the journey.

Lastly, there’s my childlike side—the part of me that reminds me every day how important it is to approach life with lightness and wonder. I enjoy having fun with what I do, observing the world with curiosity, and finding beauty in the small things.

In the end, I’m a mix of technology, creativity, and wonder: a maker, a photographer, and a child, always ready to discover and create.

The Cult of Done

The “Cult of Done” is a manifesto for creative productivity, written by Bre Pettis and Kio Stark in 2009. It emphasizes the importance of taking action and completing projects rather than getting stuck in planning, perfectionism, or fear of failure.

It consists of 13 core principles that highlight the urgency of doing, embracing imperfection, learning from mistakes, and maintaining a creative flow.

Key points include:

  • Accept that projects will never be perfect, but done is better than perfect.
  • Do something now, even if you don’t have all the information. Action is more productive than waiting.
  • The work you’ve completed teaches you more than the work you’ve only imagined.
  • Failure is part of the process, and every mistake is an opportunity to learn and grow.

The essence of the Cult of Done is to overcome procrastination and creative blocks, valuing tangible progress over ideas that are never realized.

I was captivated by the Cult of Done Manifesto from the very first time I read it because I believe it suggests an approach that is not only valid for a maker but, dare I say, for anyone.

The Cult of Done Manifesto

  1. There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion.
  2. Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.
  3. There is no editing stage.
  4. Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you’re doing even if you don’t and do it.
  5. Banish procrastination. If you wait more than a week to get an idea done, abandon it.
  6. The point of being done is not to finish but to get other things done.
  7. Once you’re done you can throw it away.
  8. Laugh at perfection. It’s boring and keeps you from being done.
  9. People without dirty hands are wrong. Doing something makes you right.
  10. Failure counts as done. So do mistakes.
  11. Destruction is a variant of done.
  12. If you have an idea and publish it on the internet, that counts as a ghost of done.
  13. Done is the engine of more.