Hello. I am Apostolos Kritikos. A Software Engineer and Researcher “made in Greece”. I love coffee, music and doing the lindy hop (swing dancing).
I joined Goodread’s reading challenges back in 2018 in an attempt to “force myself” to read more; make a habit out of it. Back then, I wasn’t sure if it was going to work but, looking back, it seems it did. Here are some stats: So since 2018 that I kick started the challenge, epically […]
Σε μία πανδημία που οφείλεται σε ιό που μεταδίδεται μέσω του αέρα από άνθρωπο σε άνθρωπο γίνεται προφανές ότι η επιτυχία ή αποτυχία των μέτρων και εν τέλει της διαχείρισής της θα είναι συνάρτηση της αποτελεσματικής επικοινωνίας των ειδικών με τον γενικό πληθυσμό. Στο άρθρο που μοιράστηκε στο Twitter ο φίλος Sandbird διαβάζουμε: “Health policymakers […]
Honored and humbled to receive a fellowships from the European Forum of the Software Research Community, also known as SWForum.eu. During the next months I will have the opportunity to publish posts related to my two most favorite topics, Open Source Software and Software Engineering. SWForum.eu aims to create a self-sustainable online forum that facilitates […]
(δημοσιεύθηκε στην Μακεδονία της Κυριακής – έντυπο – στις 17/07/2022) Στις 8 Ιουλίου ο Εθνικός Οργανισμός Δημόσιας Υγείας (Ε.Ο.Δ.Υ.) ανακοίνωσε ότι η καθημερινή επιδημιολογική έκθεση που αφορά την COVID-19 θα γίνεται πλέον σε εβδομαδιαία βάση. Αυτή η αλλαγή, σύμφωνα με την ανακοινωση, θα οδηγήσει σε περισσότερα, πιο ποιοτικά και αξιόπιστα δεδομένα “χωρίς την μεροληψία που […]
In the Internet Archive you can find a lending library with more than 3.000.000 books that you can borrow and read online. Depending on the book availability you can borrow a book for 1 hour or 14 days. After this period ends you can renew the book if it is still available. If you want […]
Το πρωί είδα τον Prodromos Nikiforidis στην Άνω Πόλη και του ευχήθηκα καλή επιτυχία για την συμμετοχή του στην εκδήλωση για το Ειδικό Πολεοδομικό Σχέδιο του παραλιακού μετώπου της Θεσσαλονίκης που θα γίνονταν σήμερα. Αν και εκ φύσεως αισιόδοξος, για να είμαι ειλικρινής, την ευχή την έδωσα περισσότερο για να συνοδεύσει την καλή διάθεση και […]
When the pandemic started, during the first quarantine, I remember I felt the need to talk. The thought, the possibility of not being able to socialize and discuss for a period of undetermined length, stressed me. So I turned to the Internet. Tried to participate in discussions on social media or trigger such discussions with […]
Coaching, according to Wikipedia, is the practice of guiding an individual through a process. It refers to practical knowledge and that is why it is very important for a coach to be both an experienced professional and a good trainer. Generally speaking I am very careful, suspicious even, around coaches. Most of them have been […]
Imagine you are on a crisis. Customers are unhappy, people are yelling, things are not well, time is not enough, money are lost, it is a bad day. The worst thing one can do is lose it. Stop thinking and start demanding, criticizing, trying to find the fault, blame someone (else) for the situation. I […]
The Stoics have been using the “view from above” exercise to force their mind to observe a situation from such a distance to make it feel insignificant. The usual metaphor is to imagine ourselves experiencing the planet earth from the eyes of an astronaut. This way “earthly” problems looks pretty small. Today, there was tons […]