Achievements



Nov 2023 Tried kart racing


Nov 2023 Speaker at Dashlane 2023




Sep 2023 Co-launched a cosplay website


Aug 2023 Reached top photographer in GMaps




Jun 2023 2 courses, 5000 students, 4.8/5⭐️ @Udemy


May 2023 Volunteer @IberAnime




May 2023 Donated blood


Apr 2023 Improved a mainstream product with my feedback




Apr 2023 Started a podcast


Jan 2023 Assembled a puzzle (1000 🧩 in 8h)




Dec 2022 Survived the pandemic without COVID


Dec 2022 Cirque du Soleil: Crystal




Aug 2022 Published a photography course @Udemy πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή


May 2022 Volunteer @IberAnime




Feb 2022 Watched a movie in an empty cinema πŸ˜…πŸ™ˆ


Feb 2022 Created a website for national cosplayers




Dec 2021 32M views & 185K downloads @Unsplash


Nov 2021 Featured on Software Testing Newsletter x6




Oct 2021 Freed myself from a lifetime of toxicity


Oct 2021 Bought a house 🏠




Apr 2021 Photographed my city with my own style @montijo.ao.quadrado


Feb 2021 Developed no-code website to showcase my city




Feb 2021 Speaker at NOVATalks


May 2020 Wrote an e-course about testing




Apr 2020 Set up a home standing desk + 100% WFH


Jan 2020 Volunteer @BuildingTheFuture




Jan 2020 Stopped buying meat (mediterranean diet πŸ‘Œ)


Dec 2019 Tears of joy playing GRIS




Dec 2019 500k photo views on GMaps


Nov 2019 Volunteer @LisbonGamesWeek




Oct 2019 Tried a colouring book


Set 2019 Tried Origami




Jul 2019 Tried Kendama


Jul 2019 Tears of joy playing Journey




Jun 2019 Speaker at BarcampLx


May 2019 Volunteer @IberAnime + Met Fabio Pereira




Apr 2019 I dyed my hair blue πŸ’™


Apr 2019 Hans Zimmer concert




Mar 2019 Published an ebook about my self-discovery journey


Feb 2019 Joe Hisaishi concert 😍😭😍




Feb 2019 Trip to Lyon (France)


Jan 2019 Cirque du Soleil: OVO




Dec 2018 Built this pyramid with 84 cards


Nov 2018 Stopped checking social networks




Nov 2018 Stopped watching TV/News


Nov 2018 Stopped using a car (πŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈ 🚲 🚌 = πŸ’š)




Nov 2018 Started living alone


Oct 2018 Trip to Dublin (Ireland)




Sep 2018 Met my soulmate


Sep 2018 Volunteer @ComicCon




Jul 2018 VR zombie survival


May 2018 Volunteer @Eurogamer




May 2018 Taiko concert


May 2018 Lived to see Eurovision in Portugal




Apr 2018 Speaker at BarcampLx


Apr 2018 Tasted Indian food




Nov 2017 Volunteer @IndieDome


Oct 2017 Tears of joy playing Ori




Sep 2017 Main stage volunteer @SpringItCon


Aug 2017 Covered my laptop with stickers




Jul 2017 Tried an Escape Hunt game


Jun 2017 Tears of joy playing Abzu




Jun 2017 Won best "quadra popular" at work


May 2017 Harry Potter concert




May 2017 Main stage volunteer @IberAnime


Apr 2017 Received swag+love from Trello




Mar 2017 Gave a workshop about the Internet of Things


Mar 2017 Went to my 1st (testing) conference




Mar 2017 Played an online multiplayer (FPS) game


Mar 2017 Built a (gaming) PC from scratch




Feb 2017 Watched all Hayao Miyazaki movies


Feb 2017 Deolinda concert




Jan 2017 Tasted Sushi


Jan 2017 Played Dungeons & Dragons with friends




Dec 2016 Most effort wrapping a xmas gift (Android inside)


Dec 2016 Won creativity oscar at work




Dec 2016 Developed an e-store of gaming stickers


Nov 2016 4th VGM concert: Video Games Live




Nov 2016 Tasted Vietnamese food


Nov 2016 Tasted Mexican food




Oct 2016 Trip to London (UK)


Oct 2016 3rd VGM concert: Symphonic Fantasies




Oct 2016 Met Yoko Shimomura and Rony Barrak


Sep 2016 Kindly asked GitHub for stickers... and got them




Sep 2016 Open-source project published on Maven/Sonatype


Jul 2016 LazerTag match




Jul 2016 Played on a physical Pinball machine


May 2016 2nd VGM concert: Final Symphony (Final Fantasy)




May 2016 Met Eckehard Stier,the conductor of the concert


May 2016 1st ride on a roller coaster (times 5) 😰»😱»😎




May 2016 Full day in an amusement park @ Walibi


May 2016 Trip to Amsterdam (Holland)




Apr 2016 After a life of Windows,started using a Mac at work


Apr 2016 My first payment for a photography work




Apr 2016 Photographed my first wedding & baptism


Apr 2016 Kygo concert




Mar 2016 Developed and published my first Android app


Dec 2015 Covered my company's whiteboard with drawings




Dec 2015 Tears of joy playing Rayman Legends


Nov 2015 1st VGM concert: Symphony of the Goddess (Zelda)




Nov 2015 Trip to Madrid (Spain)


Aug 2015 Trip to Porto (Portugal)




Aug 2015 First solo trip: just a backpack and a map


Aug 2015 Wrote 10 chapters of a fantasy/adventure novel




Abr 2015 Main stage volunteer @IberAnime


Apr 2015 Pentatonix concert (my first ever #TrueStory)




Nov 2014 Wrote 25.000 words for a novel @NaNoWriMo


Apr 2014 Published online the first prototype of DCID (v0.0.5)




May 2014 Ran "The Happiest 5Km On The Planet" @Color Run


Jan 2014 Started a blog named "The Geecky Gecko"




Jan 2014 Cirque du Soleil: Dralion


Aug 2013 Trip to Azores (Portugal)




Jul 2013 Master Degree on Computer Science by IST


Jul 2013 Trip to Vienna (Austria)




May 2013 Presented my 1st scientific paper @Porto,Portugal




May 2013 Team leader of DCID at entrepreneurship programme


Apr 2013 Cirque du Soleil: The Immortal




Mar 2013 Invited to Google #DevFestPortugal


Feb 2013 Met Joel Sposky πŸ€“




Feb 2013 Official photographer of SINFO XX


Fev 2013 Official photographer of TEDxIST




Mai 2012 Speaker at Ignite IST


Jun 2011 Developed my first open-source project (JCDP)




Jan 2011 Created an online forum for book reviews


Dec 2010 Wrote an essay on how to solve Portugal's problems




May 2010 Wrote a book with 48 poems


May 2009 Cirque du Soleil: Varekai




Aug 2009 Top 10 photo at contest held by Cascais' city council


Aug 2008 "Excellent Student" award at high school