From 8b7acd53723e1e028ae0a5e728fcf72b576663a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ekaitz Zárraga Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 19:55:36 +0200 Subject: First post draft --- content/posts/genesis.md | 154 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 154 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/genesis.md (limited to 'content') diff --git a/content/posts/genesis.md b/content/posts/genesis.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5ddba99 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/genesis.md @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@ +Title: Genesis +Date: 2018-04-15 +Category: +Tags: +Slug: Genesis +Lang: en + + +As a first post in this *official-but-not-very-official* blog I just want to +introduce myself and *ElenQ Technology*. + +First of all, my name is Ekaitz Zárraga and I was born in 1991. I describe my +job as R&D Engineer but actually I studied Telecommunications Engineering and I +*only* make my research and development in that area. I'm mostly focused in +programming or computer-related activities but I can also do some electronics +and other kind of things. That's my formal introduction. In the informal part +I'd say I've always been a really curious person and that made me try other +disciplines like arts in its different forms. This last point drives most of +what I'll write about later in this text. That's all from my part, I'll write +down an informal resume in the future. + + +*ElenQ Technology* is a name, it's a name to call the way I am and the +interests I have. That said, it's also the independent R&D project I'm running. +It's a different kind of company which aims to raise awareness about ethical +technology or [Ethical Innovation](ethical-innovation) by example, +demonstrating ethical companies can be profitable. It's not simply the way I +make my living where I make engineering, it's also a performance. Like an art +piece. + +> *ElenQ Technology* is an art piece which tells you that a different model is +> possible. It tells you that you have a choice and you don't need to work in a +> corporation and be governed by its rules. + +*ElenQ Technology* is the result of many things I felt working for other +companies and it's also the result of a deep analysis of the status of the +technology in my context, which I think it can be generalized globally with a +decent accuracy. + +First, in my near context most of the IT companies have a similar business +model based on *body shopping* while paying really low salaries. Other sectors +are not in a much better position, but the IT is outrageous. + +The jobs are not 9-to-5 jobs here. Working 10 hours per day is becoming the +norm. The famous *Economical Crisis™* mixed with a deep corruption made people +pray for jobs and the companies around are being aware of that. + +That said, you can easily imagine how the tech world works here. IT +corporations get a ridiculous amount of money for any job while they don't +respect their workers nor their clients. They make proprietary solutions +because they don't want to lose the projects and let the client be independent. +They don't want you to be free in any case because they need to maintain +their rotten business model. + +That is the general status of the IT world in my surroundings but I'm sure, as +I said, it can be generalized, maybe not totally but there are many points than +can be, mostly because the corporations I mention are present in other +countries. + +Personally, I had the luck to work in what I thought it was a better place. +The working conditions were not as bad as I described, or at least I +thought that. It was a R&D Engineer position in a not very big corporation. I +worked in a small department with less than ten co-workers. We made new stuff +for the company. It was fun. + +After some time there I realized how it worked. It wasn't really different to +other jobs. There were a lot of things I don't want to share here but I started +to feel bad there and my personal situation didn't help at all. I've always +been a really curious person, I love learning new things and the job simply +wasn't giving me that as it did at the beginning. I started to need to fill my +needs spending more time after the job doing tech related stuff in the few free +time I had. The mix between the boring job and the organizational problems we +had made it really depressing. + +While I was immerse in that depressing environment, our company wanted more +money and they started looking for new businesses with the resources they had. +Our team, as R&D team, was responsible of the development of the first +*proof-of-concept* of the new technology. We were asked to analyze the data +that the company had. Literally, we were asked to track people. The company +didn't care if they were our users or not, we were asked to track *everyone*. + +That was the straw that broke the camel's back. I left the job because my +ethics are not compatible with people tracking. I don't like it and I don't +want to be part of it. + +I always wanted to change the way the technology is created and I always +thought it was a great idea to make it by myself and encourage others to do so, +but I never had the courage to do it. What happened gave me the courage I +needed. + +But, why not simply move to another job? + +I think it was the moment to try it. I had been defining an idea of what +Ethical Technology is for a while and I always wanted to apply that idea in my +field: R&D. Also, taking in account that most of the companies where I could +work have the same structural problems I decided to change it from the root. I +decided to try a different model. Did I really have other options? + +Is living in a depressing environment making the world a worse place to live +in an option? Really? + +Think about it. + + +Now, *ElenQ Technology* breaks the business model of the companies of my +environment. It makes ethical technology and it makes it in an ethical way. +That's good for me because it lets me work on the fields I like and I can make +the world a better place to live in, which selfishly will improve the future I +leave for my children if I ever have them. But it's also good for the clients +*ElenQ Technology* has, because all the projects I make are handled in a way +*they* own them, following the principles of the Free Software and Hardware +and [Ethical Design manifesto](https://2017.ind.ie/ethical-design/) with some +extra ideas I added to be more specific to the innovation field (you can read +more [here][1]). + +I want to change the world. Don't you? + +The thing is I can do it alone so *ElenQ Technology* wants to push other people +to take the same decision I took (or I was forced to take) and that's its main +goal. + +Let's change the world together. + +### About this website + +You already noticed this is not the official *ElenQ Technology* website. This +is *my* *official-but-not-very-official* blog as part (or head, but I don't +like that word) of *ElenQ Technology*. + +Here I'll write about *ElenQ Technology*'s philosophy, goals, achievements and +that kind of *official* things but mostly I'll write about the things we make. +That's what interests me the most. + +This is going to be a really technical place where I'll try to explain advanced +concepts in a simple way to let you learn stuff with me. I want to share what I +do with you all. + +### About the languages + +I'll try to make my best and write all the posts three times one on each +language I know (English, Basque and Spanish) while blog itself will be only +in English for technical reasons and also because I consider it's the language +you all can understand enough to navigate without problems. The idea is to make +this the most inclusive place I can. + +That said, my mother tongue language is Spanish but I'll try to write the posts +in English first as an exercise to improve my English. Please, don't be so hard +with me, I don't use English as much as I'd like to. The same applies to +Basque, even if I feel quite comfortable speaking and writing in Basque, it's +not a language I use a lot. + + + +[1]: https://elenq.tech/en/about.html#ethical-innovation -- cgit v1.2.3 From f37cb4f756be2cfa7ca98c72c600d68332055d99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ekaitz Zárraga Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 20:09:15 +0200 Subject: Typo --- content/posts/genesis.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'content') diff --git a/content/posts/genesis.md b/content/posts/genesis.md index 5ddba99..7f5fa66 100644 --- a/content/posts/genesis.md +++ b/content/posts/genesis.md @@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ more [here][1]). I want to change the world. Don't you? -The thing is I can do it alone so *ElenQ Technology* wants to push other people -to take the same decision I took (or I was forced to take) and that's its main -goal. +The thing is I can't do it alone so *ElenQ Technology* wants to push other +people to take the same decision I took (or I was forced to take) and that's +its main goal. 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Suelo describir mi trabajo como +ingeniero de I+D pero en realidad estudié Ingeniería de Telecomunicaciones y +*sólo* trabajo en ese área. Mayormente me centro en actividades relacionadas +con los ordenadores como, por ejemplo, programar pero también puedo hacer +electrónica y otras cosas. Esa sería mi presentación formal. En la informal +diría que soy una persona bastante curiosa, lo que me ha hecho investigar y +profundizar en otras disciplinas como el arte en sus diferentes formas. Este +último punto explica mucho de lo que vendrá después en este texto. Y eso es +todo en lo que a mí respecta, ya escribiré un currículum vitae informal en el +futuro. + +*ElenQ Technology* es un nombre, una forma de llamar a como soy y a los +intereses que tengo. Además, también es un proyecto de I+D que estoy +desarrollando. Es una empresa distinta a las demás, en la que pretendo generar +conciencia acerca de la tecnología ética mediante el ejemplo, demostrando que +las compañías de tecnología ética pueden ser rentables. No es sólo mi trabajo +en el que hago ingeniería, también es una *performance* artística. Es como una +obra de arte. + +> *ElenQ Technology* es un proyecto artístico que te dice que otro modelo es +> posible. Te recuerda que tienes elección y que no tienes que trabajar en una +> corporación y seguir sus reglas. + +*ElenQ Technology* es, simplemente, el resultado de todas las cosas que he +sentido trabajando para otras compañías y el resultado de un análisis profundo +del estado de la tecnología en mi contexto cercano que, creo, puede ser +extrapolado al resto de lugares con una precisión aceptable. + +Para contextualizar, las grandes empresas del mundo IT en mi zona cercana +tienen un modelo de negocio similar, basado en el *body shopping* (muchas de +ellas haciendo cesiones ilegales en subcontratas). Pagan unos salarios +bajísimos y las condiciones laborales son lamentables. El resto de sectores +tampoco están mucho mejor, pero el caso de las empresas del mundo IT es +escalofriante. + +Los trabajos rara vez son de 8 horas diarias, las jornadas se están alargando +cada vez más y, en muchos, es normal trabajar 10 horas al día. La famosa +*Crisis Económica™* mezclada con una profunda corrupción ha sido el caldo de +cultivo perfecto para que las grandes empresas se aprovechen de los +trabajadores. + +Dicho esto, es muy fácil entender cómo funciona el mundo de la tecnología por +aquí. Grandes empresas ganando insultantes cantidades de dinero mientras que no +respetan a sus trabajadores o clientes, soluciones tecnológicas privativas para +atar a los clientes e impedirles ser independientes, etc. Todo para mantener su +modelo de negocio podrido y corrupto hasta la médula. + +Ese es el estado de las empresas de tecnología en mi entorno, el de las +grandes. Seguro que puede extrapolarse a otros lugares porque muchas de ellas +operan también en el extranjero. + +En mi caso tuve la suerte de acabar en una empresa que parecía un lugar mejor. +Las condiciones eran ligeramente mejores que las que he descrito, o al menos +así lo creía yo. Era un trabajo de Ingeniero de I+D en una empresa no demasiado +grande. Trabajaba en un departamento aislado de menos de 10 personas. Hacíamos +los juguetes nuevos de la empresa. Era divertido. + +Después de algún tiempo allí me dí cuenta de cómo funcionaba. No era tan +diferente al resto. Hubo muchas cosas que no quiero compartir aquí pero empecé +a sentirme bastante mal y mi situación personal tampoco ayudó mucho. Siempre he +sido una persona curiosa a la que le gusta aprender cosas nuevas y ese trabajo +dejó de aportarme eso como lo hacía al principio. Empecé a necesitar llenar ese +hueco trabajando en mis proyectos personales en el poco tiempo que me quedaba +al día. La suma de un entorno de trabajo aburrido y deprimente más los +problemas organizativos que teníamos era difícil de gestionar. + +Sumergido en ese entorno deprimente, la empresa, con intención de salir a bolsa +próximamente, quiso exprimir al máximo sus recursos y plantear nuevos negocios. +Nuestro departamento, como encargado del I+D de la empresa, era el responsable +de plantear las nuevas *pruebas de concepto*. Nos pidieron que analizásemos los +datos de la compañía. Literalmente, nos pidieron que siguiésemos a la gente, +que los localizásemos. No les importaba que fuesen nuestros clientes o no. +Querían que localizásemos a *todos*. + +Eso fue la gota que colmó el vaso. Tenía que dejarlo porque eso superaba con +creces el límite de mi ética personal. No me gustan esas prácticas y no podía +ser parte de eso. + +Llevaba tiempo pensando en la forma en la que hacemos tecnología y siempre me +había apetecido a probarlo por mi cuenta. Eso me dio el valor que me faltaba +para hacerlo. + +¿Por qué no simplemente cambiar de trabajo? + +Creo que era el momento para intentarlo. Como entusiasta del software y +hardware libre, siempre me ha interesado definir lo que es la tecnología ética +y llevaba tiempo con ganas de aplicarlo en mi campo: el I+D. Además, teniendo +en cuenta el estado de las empresas para las que podía trabajar decidí cambiar +las cosas de raíz. Decidí intentar un modelo distinto. ¿Tenía alguna otra +alternativa en realidad? + +¿Es una alternativa real trabajar en un entorno deprimente que hace del mundo +un lugar peor? ¿Seguro? + +Piensa en ello. + +*ElenQ Technology* rompe entonces con ese modelo de negocio y hace tecnología +ética de una forma ética. Eso es bueno para mí porque me permite trabajar en +los campos que me gustan y hacer del mundo un lugar mejor lo que, egoístamente, +mejorará el futuro que le deje a mis hijos, si algún día los tengo. Al mismo +tiempo esto es bueno para los clientes de *ElenQ Technology* porque los +proyectos se gestionan de forma que *ellos* son los dueños de la tecnología que +se crea. Para esto último se siguen los principios del Software y el Hardware +Libre y el [Manifiesto del Diseño Ético](https://2017.ind.ie/ethical-design/) +junto con algunas ideas adicionales más específicas del campo al que me dedico +(puedes leer más [aquí][1]). + +Quiero cambiar el mundo. ¿Tú no? + +El problema es que yo no puedo hacerlo solo así que *ElenQ Technology* es una +forma de hacer que otros tomen la misma decisión que yo tomé (o fui forzado a +tomar) y ese es su objetivo principal. + +Cambiemos el mundo juntos. + +### Sobre este blog + +Ya te has dado cuenta que este blog no es el blog oficial de *ElenQ +Technology*. Esto es *mi* blog *oficial-pero-no-muy-oficial* como parte (o +"persona al frente de", pero decirlo así no me gusta) *ElenQ Technology*. + +Aquí escribiré sobre *ElenQ Technology*, sobre su filosofía, objetivos, logros +y ese tipo de temas *oficiales* que me parezcan relevantes pero sobre todo +tengo la intención de escribir sobre las **cosas que hacemos**. Eso es lo que +más me interesa. + +Este sitio será un lugar muy técnico en el que trataré de explicar conceptos +avanzados de forma sencilla para que aprendáis conmigo. Quiero compartir lo que +haga con vosotros. + +### Sobre los idiomas + +Voy a intentar dar lo mejor de mí y escribir los posts en los tres idiomas que +conozco (Inglés, Español y Euskera). El blog en sí mismo estará en inglés +porque creo que es el idioma que todos podéis entender lo suficiente como para +navegar por él sin problemas. La idea es hacer esto lo más inclusivo que pueda. + +Dicho esto, mi lengua materna es el español pero intentaré escribir primero en +inglés y luego traducir a los otros dos porque también quiero ejercitar mi +inglés. No seáis muy duros conmigo, por favor. Lo mismo con el euskera, no es +mi lengua materna y a pesar de que me siento bastante cómodo escribiendo y +hablando en euskera, no es un idioma que use demasiado. + +[1]: https://elenq.tech/es/about.html#ethical-innovation diff --git a/content/posts/genesis-eu.md b/content/posts/genesis-eu.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c9e605d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/genesis-eu.md @@ -0,0 +1,140 @@ +Title: Genesis +Date: 2018-04-15 +Category: +Tags: +Slug: Genesis +Lang: eu +Translation: true + + +Blog *ofizial-baina-ez-oso-ofizial* honen lehenengo post bezala, nire burua eta +*ElenQ Technology* aurkeztu nahi ditut. + +Hasteko, Ekaitz Zárraga naiz eta 1991. urtean jaio nintzen. Nire burua I+G +ingeniari bezala deskribatzen dudan arren, Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritza ikasi +nuen eta arlo horretan *bakarrik* egiten dut lan. Bereziki ordenagailuekin +lotutako gauzak egiten ditut, programazioa eta horrelakoak, baina elektronika +eta bestelako gauzetan ere jorratzeko gaitasuna daukat. Hori da nire sarrera +formala. Sarrera informalean jakin-min haindia dudala esango nuke eta horrek +beste diziplinak frogatzeko aukera eman didala, haien artean artea. Azkeneko +puntu honek garrantzi handia dauka testu honetan etorriko dena honekin erlazio +zuzena izango duelako. Hori da nire aurkezpena, etorkizunean kurrikulum +informal bat egingo dut. + +*ElenQ Technology* izen bat da, nire interesak eta nire izaera adierazteko izen +bat baino ez. Hori esanda, aldi beran nire I+G proiektu independentea da. +Adibidearen bitartez, enpresa etikoak errentagarriak izan daitezkeela +erakutsiz, teknologia etikoari buruz kontzientzia eratzeko helburua duen +enpresa bat da. Ez da nire lana bakarrik, *performance* artistiko bat da. Arte +obra baten antzera. + +> *ElenQ Technology* modelo ezberdin bat egin daitekela esaten dizun arte obra +> bat da. Aukerak dituzula eta korporazio batetan, haien arauekin, lan egitera +> behartuta ez zaudela esaten dizu. + +*ElenQ Technology* beste enpresetan lan egitearen eta nire ingurunean +teknologiaren egoeraren analisi bat egitearen emaitza da, baina uste dut nahiko +modu zehatzean orokortu daitekeela. + +Hasteko, nire inguruko IT enpresek *body-shopping*-ean oinarritutako negozio +eredu antzekoa daukate. Askotan ilegalak diren praktikak egiteaz gain soldata +baxuak ordaintzen dituzte. Beste sektoreak ez dira askoz hobeak baina IT +munduaren kasua guztiz nazkagarria da. + +Ordutegiak luzatu egin dira azken urteotan. Egunean 10 ordu lan egitea normala +bihurtzen hasi da. *Krisi Ekonomiko™* famatuaren ondorioz, prekaritatea +normalizatu egin da, gehien bat, enpresek argi daukatelako jendea lanaren behar +larria daukala. + +Hori esanda, erraz ulertu dezakezu teknologiaren mundua nola dagoen. IT +korporazioek haien bezeroak eta langileak errespetatu gabe dirutza egiten dute. +Bezeroak lotuta izateko emaitza propietarioak saltzen dituzte. Haien helburu +nagusia daukaten negozio eredu ustelaren etorkizuna bermatzea da. + +Daukagun egoera hori da. Erraz orokortu daitekeela ziur nago, aipatutako +enpresa gehienak atzerrikoak direlako edo beste herrialdeetan ere kokatuta +daudelako. + +Nire kasuan, leku hobe batean lan egiten nuela pentsatu nuen. Lan baldintzak +hobeak ziren bertan. I+G ingeniari postu bat nuen enpresa moderno batetan. +Hamar bat pertsonaz osatutako departamento txiki isolatu bat zen. Enpresaren +jostailu berriak egiten genituzten. Nahiko dibertigarria zen. + +Denbora pasa ahala, benetan nola zebilen konturatzen hasi nintzen. Ez zen hain +hobea. Aipatu nahi ez ditudan gauza asko gertatu zirenez, bertan txarto +sentitzen hasi nintzen eta nire egoera pertsonala ez zuen batere lagundu. Oso +pertsona kuriosoa naiz eta lanak nire jakin-mina asetzeko ematen zidan aukera +desagertzen hasi zen. Nire denbora librean gauza berriak ikasten eta aztertzen +hasi nintzen. Lan aspergarria barneko organizazio arazoekin batu zen eta nire +bizitza kudeatzea oso zaila egin zitzaidan. + +Depresioan murgilduta, enpresak, burtsara ateratzea helburu zuela, bere +negozioa handitu nahi zuen. Gure departamentua, enpresaren I+G-aren +erantzulea zenez, enpresaren kontzeptu froga berrien garapena egin behar +zuen. Enpresak zituen datuak aztertzea eskatu ziguten. Pertsonen kokapena +jarraitzea eskatu ziguten. Ez zuten bezero eta ez-bezeroen arteko +ezberdintasunik egin nahi. *Guztiak* jarraitzeko eskatu ziguten. + +Hori gehiegi zen niretzat. Arrazoi etikoengatik utzi nuen lana. Ez dut horretan +parte hartu nahi. + +Teknologia eratzen den modua aldatu nahi izan dut beti. Nire kabuz teknologia +egitea eta besteak gauza bera egitera bultzatzea beti egon da nire buruan baina +orain arte ez dut salto hori emateko ausardia izan. Gertatutakoak falta zidan +bultzada eman zidan. + +Baina, zergatik ez mugitu beste lan batetara? + +Momentua zela uste dut. Denbora luzez ibili naiz teknologia etikoari buruz +pentsatzen eta nire esparruan, Ikerkuntza eta Garapenean, aplikatu nahi nuen. +Gainera, nire inguruko enpresetan izango nituen arazoak ikusita, zuzenean +sustraira joatea erabaki nuen. Beste modelo bat frogatzea erabaki nuen. Beste +aukerarik al neukan? + +Mundua txarrerantz aldatzen giro deprimagarri batetan lan egitea aukera bat al +da? Benetan? + +Pentsatu ondo. + +Orduan, *ElenQ Technolgy*-k nire inguruko konpainien negozio modeloa apurtzen +du. Teknologia Etikoa garatzen du, modu etiko batean. Hori ona da niretzat, +zuzenean, niri gustatzen zaizkidan gauzetan lan egiteko aukera ematen didalako, +etorkizunean eduki ditzakedan umeentzat mundua hobetzen dudan bitartean. Eta +bezeroentzat, proiektuak garatutako teknologia *bezeroarena* izateko kudeatzen +ditugulako, Software eta Hardware Librearean printzipioak eta [Diseinu +Etikoaren Manifestoa](https://2017.ind.ie/ethical-design/) (gure esparrura +moldatuta) jarraituz (gehiago irakurri dezakezu [hemen][1]). + +Mundua aldatu nahi dut, zuk ez? + +Gauza da nik bakarrik ezin dudala mundua aldatu, beraz, *ElenQ Technology*-k +besteak nik (behartuta edo ez) hartu nuen erabakia hartzera bultzatzea du +helburu. + +Guztiok batera mundua aldatu dezagun. + +### Blog honi buruz + +Jada konturatu zara blog hau *ElenQ Technology*-ren blog ofiziala ez dela. +*Nire* blog *ofizial-baina-ez-oso-ofiziala* da, *ElenQ Teknology*-ren parte +(edo buru, baina ez dut hitz hori gustoko) bezala. + +Hemen *ElenQ Technology*-ri buruz idatziko dut, bere filosofia, helburu, +arrakasta, etab.-ei buruz. Baina gehien bat **egiten dugunari buruz** idatzi +nahi dut, hori baita benetan niretzat interesa duena. Guztiok batera ikasi +dezagun. + +### Hizkuntzei buruz + +Esfortzu bat egiten saiatuko naiz eta post guztiak hiru hizkuntzetan idatziko +ditut (Ingelesa, Espainola eta Euskara). Bloga bera ingelesez egongo da, nire +ustez guztiok ingelesez arazo barik nabigatzen gai izango zaretelako. Ideia da +ahal bezain inklusiboa izatea. + +Nire ama hizkuntza espainola da baina, nire ingelesa praktikatzeko, lehenengo +ingelesez idazten saiatuko naiz gero beste hizkuntzetara itzuliko dut. +Mesedez, oso gogorrak ez izan. Gauza bera euskararekin, ez da nire ama +hizkuntza eta, nahiz eta erosoago sentitu euskaraz idazten ingelesez baino, ez +dut gehiegi erabiltzen. + +[1]: https://elenq.tech/eu/about.html#ethical-innovation diff --git a/content/posts/genesis.md b/content/posts/genesis.md index 7f5fa66..76ddbd1 100644 --- a/content/posts/genesis.md +++ b/content/posts/genesis.md @@ -38,19 +38,19 @@ technology in my context, which I think it can be generalized globally with a decent accuracy. First, in my near context most of the IT companies have a similar business -model based on *body shopping* while paying really low salaries. Other sectors +model based on *body shopping* and they pay really low salaries. Other sectors are not in a much better position, but the IT is outrageous. The jobs are not 9-to-5 jobs here. Working 10 hours per day is becoming the norm. The famous *Economical Crisis™* mixed with a deep corruption made people -pray for jobs and the companies around are being aware of that. +pray for jobs and the companies are being aware of that. That said, you can easily imagine how the tech world works here. IT -corporations get a ridiculous amount of money for any job while they don't -respect their workers nor their clients. They make proprietary solutions -because they don't want to lose the projects and let the client be independent. -They don't want you to be free in any case because they need to maintain -their rotten business model. +corporations get a ridiculous amount of money while they don't respect their +workers nor their clients. They make proprietary solutions because they don't +want to lose the projects and let the client be independent. They don't want +you to be free in any case because they need to maintain their rotten business +model. That is the general status of the IT world in my surroundings but I'm sure, as I said, it can be generalized, maybe not totally but there are many points than @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ While I was immerse in that depressing environment, our company wanted more money and they started looking for new businesses with the resources they had. Our team, as R&D team, was responsible of the development of the first *proof-of-concept* of the new technology. We were asked to analyze the data -that the company had. Literally, we were asked to track people. The company +that the company had. Literally, we were asked to track people. The company didn't care if they were our users or not, we were asked to track *everyone*. That was the straw that broke the camel's back. I left the job because my @@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ environment. It makes ethical technology and it makes it in an ethical way. That's good for me because it lets me work on the fields I like and I can make the world a better place to live in, which selfishly will improve the future I leave for my children if I ever have them. But it's also good for the clients -*ElenQ Technology* has, because all the projects I make are handled in a way -*they* own them, following the principles of the Free Software and Hardware -and [Ethical Design manifesto](https://2017.ind.ie/ethical-design/) with some +*ElenQ Technology* has, because all the projects are handled in a way *they* +own them, following the principles of the Free Software and Hardware and +[Ethical Design manifesto](https://2017.ind.ie/ethical-design/) with some extra ideas I added to be more specific to the innovation field (you can read more [here][1]). @@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ is *my* *official-but-not-very-official* blog as part (or head, but I don't like that word) of *ElenQ Technology*. Here I'll write about *ElenQ Technology*'s philosophy, goals, achievements and -that kind of *official* things but mostly I'll write about the things we make. -That's what interests me the most. +that kind of *official* things but mostly I'll write **about the things we +make**. That's what interests me the most. This is going to be a really technical place where I'll try to explain advanced concepts in a simple way to let you learn stuff with me. I want to share what I @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ do with you all. ### About the languages I'll try to make my best and write all the posts three times one on each -language I know (English, Basque and Spanish) while blog itself will be only +language I know (English, Basque and Spanish) and the blog itself will be only in English for technical reasons and also because I consider it's the language you all can understand enough to navigate without problems. The idea is to make this the most inclusive place I can. @@ -150,5 +150,4 @@ Basque, even if I feel quite comfortable speaking and writing in Basque, it's not a language I use a lot. - [1]: https://elenq.tech/en/about.html#ethical-innovation -- cgit v1.2.3