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The Gigstr nonsense

In the process that I am doing to apply different temporal job positions, I needed to offer my personal information to many sites and apps. One of the apps for work in Sweden as waiter, conferencer, or others is Gigstr. I skipped that advices many times, until I really need one of those positions. For my surprise, this app have no version for Android 4.x at least. Let’s see… If Gigstr is for job seekers, and job seekers needs the money… is accepted to ask audience to have a Tinder-capable device?  When a company develops a product with big requirements can come from: Poor budgeting High framework using Highly specialized groups Then you get: Discrimination: for those who really want to work, and not to have the last mobile. Dependency: you have no web-based apps as alternative, or others platform “to see” the position, also for the employer that can’t access to reliable information to know how much job offer market they are losing at: at least 10%....

The late Stockholm

Few weeks ago when I signed up as volunteer on The Gather Festival on Stockholm city. I were in Gothenburg back then, so I deceided to move to Stockholm via FlixBus (the cheaper long-distance buses on the european union). Due to a calculation error I were waiting 15 hours on the Central Station of Gothenburg with nothing to do but wait. In that moment I realized that the polices of Sweden doesn't allows you to sleep in the station, and in the exact moment you get into confort on the non-confortable seatings, the blue dressed guys wake up you telling you need to seat or left the place. Outside was so cold, so for me was ok to wait in a seated way. In the while, I fell asleep near 5am in an unconfortable position, I waked up rapidly and start walking because the need of mantain me active. I forget my mobile phone in the seat. 5 minutes after when I back for my phone it just wasn't there. So there I was: alone and with no phone. I tried to find it via Google but it was off, some...