# Boaz Sobrado's Website

> FinTech analyst & commentator cited by CNBC, Fortune, WIRED, and NASDAQ. Focused on innovative financial solutions for underserved communities.

This is the personal website of Boaz Sobrado, a FinTech analyst and Forbes contributor. The site contains 80+ articles on cryptocurrency, finance, economics, data analysis, and personal experiences.

For LLMs: Each blog post is available in Markdown format by appending `/index.md` to the post URL. For example, `/blog/2024/01/01/post-title/index.md`.

## Recent Blog Posts

- [Hungary's Hidden Immigration Surge: 252,000 Foreign Nationals and Counting](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/04/15/hungarys-hidden-immigration-surge-252000-foreign-nationals-and-counting/index.md): Despite Viktor Orbán's anti-immigration rhetoric, Hungary now has 252,000 foreign nationals, nearly double the pre-Fidesz level. The data from Hungary's statistical office tells a story of economic pragmatism trumping political theatre.
- [The Rise of the Em-Dash in Hacker News Comments](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/04/15/the-rise-of-the-em-dash-in-hacker-news-comments/index.md): Tracking em-dash usage across 460,000 Hacker News comments reveals a striking post-AI inflection point.
- [Cómo dominar el contenido con IA (guía paso a paso)](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/03/13/c%C3%B3mo-dominar-el-contenido-con-ia-gu%C3%ADa-paso-a-paso/index.md): Una guía completa para crear contenido con IA de forma profesional - desde elegir los modelos correctos hasta automatizar tu pipeline de producción.
- [I Sued Revolut and Won. Here's What Happened.](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/02/28/i-sued-revolut-and-won.-heres-what-happened./index.md): How I took Revolut to small claims court after they froze my accounts for a year, gave me false information, and refused to provide legally required account statements.
- [How I Built a Personal Screen Time Tracker for Mac and iPhone Using Claude](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/02/03/how-i-built-a-personal-screen-time-tracker-for-mac-and-iphone-using-claude/index.md): Documenting how I built a system to extract, store, and visualize screen time data from macOS and iPhone with the help of Claude Code.
- [Reading Las Casas: A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/01/18/reading-las-casas-a-short-account-of-the-destruction-of-the-indies/index.md): Reflections on Bartolomé de las Casas's chronicle of the Spanish conquest
- [BISQ smashes records as demand for financial privacy soars](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/01/14/bisq-smashes-records-as-demand-for-financial-privacy-soars/index.md): The decentralised peer-to-peer exchange saw its highest volumes ever in 2024-2025, driven by Monero traders and Brazilian PIX users.
- [Lee Kuan Yew: De Tercer Mundo a Primero - La Historia de Singapur (Resumen en Español)](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/01/05/lee-kuan-yew-de-tercer-mundo-a-primero-la-historia-de-singapur-resumen-en-espa%C3%B1ol/index.md): Resumen completo en español del libro 'From Third World to First' de Lee Kuan Yew, donde narra la transformación de Singapur de una pequeña isla sin recursos a una potencia económica del Primer Mundo
- [My Chess.com Journey: A Data Analysis of Years of Play](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2025/08/03/my-chess.com-journey-a-data-analysis-of-years-of-play/index.md): Deep dive into my chess.com gameplay data spanning several years, analyzing rating progression, time controls, opening repertoire, and performance patterns.
- [Smoking, Lung Cancer, and Obesity Rates in the USA](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2025/08/03/smoking-lung-cancer-and-obesity-rates-in-the-usa/index.md): Exploring the relationships between smoking prevalence, lung cancer incidence, and obesity rates across time periods in the United States.
- [MoneroTalk Podcast - Keeping Bitcoin's Cypherpunk Dream Alive](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2025/02/20/monerotalk-podcast-keeping-bitcoins-cypherpunk-dream-alive/index.md): Discussion with Doug from MoneroTalk about the Forbes Monero article, crypto adoption in Cuba, privacy coins, and the future of digital cash.
- [The Shiny New Object Podcast - Predictive Modeling of Conversion Events](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2025/01/30/the-shiny-new-object-podcast-predictive-modeling-of-conversion-events/index.md): Interview with Tom Ollerton about marketing analytics, data-driven marketing, and predictive modeling approaches for advertising algorithms.
- [Is 2024 the year Bitcoin obituaries died?](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/12/29/is-2024-the-year-bitcoin-obituaries-died/index.md): Every year commentators prophesise that bitcoin has died. This year no longer.
- [What Bernie Sanders And Donald Trump Get Wrong About Credit Cards](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/12/22/what-bernie-sanders-and-donald-trump-get-wrong-about-credit-cards/index.md): An analysis of interest rate caps, consumer credit markets, and the unintended consequences of well-meaning financial regulation
- [How Digital Collateral Is Revolutionising Credit In Emerging Markets](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/12/22/how-digital-collateral-is-revolutionising-credit-in-emerging-markets/index.md): An examination of how technological innovation is transforming financial inclusion, from smartphone-enabled lending to e-bike financing systems across the Global South
- [How Stripe And Stablecoins Are Rewiring Remote Work](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/12/17/how-stripe-and-stablecoins-are-rewiring-remote-work/index.md): An analysis of how cryptocurrency infrastructure is transforming global labour markets, examining the convergence of grassroots adoption and institutional implementation in reshaping international payments
- [Chinese Radicals (部首) Reference Guide](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/12/15/chinese-radicals-%E9%83%A8%E9%A6%96-reference-guide/index.md): Radicals classified by their meanings.
- [Will Regulation Drive Consolidation For European Retail Brokers?](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/11/30/will-regulation-drive-consolidation-for-european-retail-brokers/index.md): An examination of structural market evolution in retail trading, exploring parallels with consumer credit markets and the emergence of specialised intermediaries amidst increasing regulatory pressures
- [Churchill's gift to Poland](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/10/28/churchills-gift-to-poland/index.md): Poland has emerged as one of the most remarkable growth stories of the past century. What does Churchill have to do with this?
- [Unleashing my inner AI Churchill](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/10/28/unleashing-my-inner-ai-churchill/index.md): Can LLMs help me write like Churchill did?

## Categories

The site covers these main topics:
- **Cryptocurrency & Bitcoin**: Analysis of crypto markets, exchanges, privacy coins, and regulatory developments
- **FinTech**: Financial technology, payments, lending, and digital banking
- **Data Analysis**: Technical tutorials on R, Python, data visualization, and quantitative methods
- **Personal Essays**: Travel, book reviews, and cultural observations
- **Media Appearances**: Podcast interviews and TV appearances

## All Blog Posts

- [Hungary's Hidden Immigration Surge: 252,000 Foreign Nationals and Counting](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/04/15/hungarys-hidden-immigration-surge-252000-foreign-nationals-and-counting/index.md): Despite Viktor Orbán's anti-immigration rhetoric, Hungary now has 252,000 foreign nationals, nearly double the pre-Fidesz level. The data from Hungary's statistical office tells a story of economic pragmatism trumping political theatre.
- [The Rise of the Em-Dash in Hacker News Comments](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/04/15/the-rise-of-the-em-dash-in-hacker-news-comments/index.md): Tracking em-dash usage across 460,000 Hacker News comments reveals a striking post-AI inflection point.
- [Cómo dominar el contenido con IA (guía paso a paso)](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/03/13/c%C3%B3mo-dominar-el-contenido-con-ia-gu%C3%ADa-paso-a-paso/index.md): Una guía completa para crear contenido con IA de forma profesional - desde elegir los modelos correctos hasta automatizar tu pipeline de producción.
- [I Sued Revolut and Won. Here's What Happened.](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/02/28/i-sued-revolut-and-won.-heres-what-happened./index.md): How I took Revolut to small claims court after they froze my accounts for a year, gave me false information, and refused to provide legally required account statements.
- [How I Built a Personal Screen Time Tracker for Mac and iPhone Using Claude](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/02/03/how-i-built-a-personal-screen-time-tracker-for-mac-and-iphone-using-claude/index.md): Documenting how I built a system to extract, store, and visualize screen time data from macOS and iPhone with the help of Claude Code.
- [Reading Las Casas: A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/01/18/reading-las-casas-a-short-account-of-the-destruction-of-the-indies/index.md): Reflections on Bartolomé de las Casas's chronicle of the Spanish conquest
- [BISQ smashes records as demand for financial privacy soars](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/01/14/bisq-smashes-records-as-demand-for-financial-privacy-soars/index.md): The decentralised peer-to-peer exchange saw its highest volumes ever in 2024-2025, driven by Monero traders and Brazilian PIX users.
- [Lee Kuan Yew: De Tercer Mundo a Primero - La Historia de Singapur (Resumen en Español)](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2026/01/05/lee-kuan-yew-de-tercer-mundo-a-primero-la-historia-de-singapur-resumen-en-espa%C3%B1ol/index.md): Resumen completo en español del libro 'From Third World to First' de Lee Kuan Yew, donde narra la transformación de Singapur de una pequeña isla sin recursos a una potencia económica del Primer Mundo
- [My Chess.com Journey: A Data Analysis of Years of Play](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2025/08/03/my-chess.com-journey-a-data-analysis-of-years-of-play/index.md): Deep dive into my chess.com gameplay data spanning several years, analyzing rating progression, time controls, opening repertoire, and performance patterns.
- [Smoking, Lung Cancer, and Obesity Rates in the USA](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2025/08/03/smoking-lung-cancer-and-obesity-rates-in-the-usa/index.md): Exploring the relationships between smoking prevalence, lung cancer incidence, and obesity rates across time periods in the United States.
- [MoneroTalk Podcast - Keeping Bitcoin's Cypherpunk Dream Alive](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2025/02/20/monerotalk-podcast-keeping-bitcoins-cypherpunk-dream-alive/index.md): Discussion with Doug from MoneroTalk about the Forbes Monero article, crypto adoption in Cuba, privacy coins, and the future of digital cash.
- [The Shiny New Object Podcast - Predictive Modeling of Conversion Events](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2025/01/30/the-shiny-new-object-podcast-predictive-modeling-of-conversion-events/index.md): Interview with Tom Ollerton about marketing analytics, data-driven marketing, and predictive modeling approaches for advertising algorithms.
- [Is 2024 the year Bitcoin obituaries died?](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/12/29/is-2024-the-year-bitcoin-obituaries-died/index.md): Every year commentators prophesise that bitcoin has died. This year no longer.
- [What Bernie Sanders And Donald Trump Get Wrong About Credit Cards](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/12/22/what-bernie-sanders-and-donald-trump-get-wrong-about-credit-cards/index.md): An analysis of interest rate caps, consumer credit markets, and the unintended consequences of well-meaning financial regulation
- [How Digital Collateral Is Revolutionising Credit In Emerging Markets](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/12/22/how-digital-collateral-is-revolutionising-credit-in-emerging-markets/index.md): An examination of how technological innovation is transforming financial inclusion, from smartphone-enabled lending to e-bike financing systems across the Global South
- [How Stripe And Stablecoins Are Rewiring Remote Work](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/12/17/how-stripe-and-stablecoins-are-rewiring-remote-work/index.md): An analysis of how cryptocurrency infrastructure is transforming global labour markets, examining the convergence of grassroots adoption and institutional implementation in reshaping international payments
- [Chinese Radicals (部首) Reference Guide](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/12/15/chinese-radicals-%E9%83%A8%E9%A6%96-reference-guide/index.md): Radicals classified by their meanings.
- [Will Regulation Drive Consolidation For European Retail Brokers?](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/11/30/will-regulation-drive-consolidation-for-european-retail-brokers/index.md): An examination of structural market evolution in retail trading, exploring parallels with consumer credit markets and the emergence of specialised intermediaries amidst increasing regulatory pressures
- [Churchill's gift to Poland](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/10/28/churchills-gift-to-poland/index.md): Poland has emerged as one of the most remarkable growth stories of the past century. What does Churchill have to do with this?
- [Unleashing my inner AI Churchill](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/10/28/unleashing-my-inner-ai-churchill/index.md): Can LLMs help me write like Churchill did?
- [Central Banks Are Increasingly Studying Bitcoin](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/10/27/central-banks-are-increasingly-studying-bitcoin/index.md): An examination of how monetary authorities are grappling with cryptocurrency's implications for financial sovereignty, exploring the tension between institutional conservatism and technological disruption
- [Mines in the Air](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/10/26/mines-in-the-air/index.md): Will drone technology in battlefields bring back airships?
- [Crypto Banks Under Fire? Regulatory Crackdowns And Opportunities](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/10/20/crypto-banks-under-fire-regulatory-crackdowns-and-opportunities/index.md): An examination of the evolving regulatory landscape for digital asset banks, exploring the tension between institutional oversight and financial innovation in the post-FTX era
- [Stablecoin Volumes Reach $450 Billion Monthly While Bitcoin Rises](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/09/28/stablecoin-volumes-reach-450-billion-monthly-while-bitcoin-rises/index.md): An examination of cryptocurrency's evolution from radical financial experiment to mainstream economic force, exploring the tensions between institutional adoption and cypherpunk principles
- [Ads In Your Banking App? Why Fintechs Are Starting Ads Ventures](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/09/10/ads-in-your-banking-app-why-fintechs-are-starting-ads-ventures/index.md): An analysis of financial technology companies' expansion into advertising, examining the convergence of transaction data economics and digital marketing in a privacy-conscious era
- [Decentralised Bitcoin trading platform BISQ has hit record highs.](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/04/01/decentralised-bitcoin-trading-platform-bisq-has-hit-record-highs./index.md): Will we see a return of peer to peer trading?
- [Can payments networks solve the online ad attribution problem?](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/03/31/can-payments-networks-solve-the-online-ad-attribution-problem/index.md): Marketers need to know who bought what and when. Payments providers know this.
- [A salaryman worth his salt](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/03/24/a-salaryman-worth-his-salt/index.md): Do you really know where your salary comes from?
- [The Tulip Craze Conspiracy](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/03/23/the-tulip-craze-conspiracy/index.md): Have you heard of the Dutch Tulip craze? If so, you've likely fallen victim to centuries old propaganda. The Dutch tulip bubble of the 17th century never actually happened, at least not the way it is understood in popular culture.
- [Are we living in an advertising economy?](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2024/02/23/are-we-living-in-an-advertising-economy/index.md): Consumer sentiment is at lows while the stock market is booming. How can that be?
- [The Numbers Behind Small Loans](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2023/09/23/the-numbers-behind-small-loans/index.md): The first legislator to regulate small consumer loans was Hammurabi. This shows that small consumer loans have been around for a while and seem to be a human universal. Yet they are vilified by detractors. Are they ursury or legitimate business? What are the numbers behind moneylending?
- [A quick view at P2P trading volumes on BISQ](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2023/09/17/a-quick-view-at-p2p-trading-volumes-on-bisq/index.md): Crypto newbies seem to forget that the original way to buy bitcoin was through peer-to-peer trading on sites like LocalBitcoins. Yet despite the high profile recent failures of centralised exchanges, P2P fiat on-and-offramps have also faced significant issues.
- [The Blind Men and the Coin - Part I](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2023/08/20/the-blind-men-and-the-coin-part-i/index.md): Cryptocurrency is a controversial topic. Yet much of the debate around it is confused because, like the blind men in the parable, both advocates and critics have a myopic view of what it is. Here I discuss the Crypto Casino and Crypto Movement.
- [The Blind Men and the Coin - Part II](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2023/08/20/the-blind-men-and-the-coin-part-ii/index.md): Discussing the Tech and the Product of Crypto.
- [Old Age Originations](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2023/07/16/old-age-originations/index.md): Seventy year old Americans got a lot of mortgages in 2021. Why? And what does that mean for the future?
- [From subprime crisis to the newly prime crisis](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2023/06/17/from-subprime-crisis-to-the-newly-prime-crisis/index.md): Credit score algorithms faced an unprecedented challenge during the Covid-19 crisis. Will we soon see the consequences?
- [Pricing, Profit and Paternalism](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2023/05/12/pricing-profit-and-paternalism/index.md): What do you do when you discover your most profitable customers are using your product wrong? A discussion on pricing, the morals of marketing and the costs of compliance.
- [Donald Trump, Paul Le Roux and the Dutch East India Company - Part 2](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2023/04/23/donald-trump-paul-le-roux-and-the-dutch-east-india-company-part-2/index.md): On corporate power and sovereign states in the Age of the Internet.
- [Donald Trump, Paul Le Roux and the Dutch East India Company - Part 1](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2023/03/17/donald-trump-paul-le-roux-and-the-dutch-east-india-company-part-1/index.md): On corporate power and sovereign states after the Age of Discovery.
- [Mixpanel Live - Growth and Analytics](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2023/01/27/mixpanel-live-growth-and-analytics/index.md): An appearance on Mixpanel's live stream and podcast on using Mixpanel as a growth and analytics tools.
- [Films watched in 2022](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2023/01/01/films-watched-in-2022/index.md): I enjoy going to the cinema. Here are all the films I watched in 2022.
- [Crypto Critics Corner - An Argument for Tether in Cuba](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2022/09/01/crypto-critics-corner-an-argument-for-tether-in-cuba/index.md): A podcast appearance with Cas Piancey & Bennett Tomlin.
- [Arise TV - Cross Border Payments](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2022/07/20/arise-tv-cross-border-payments/index.md): My first appearance on Nigerian television, talking about FinTechs & cross-border payments.
- [Crypto Should Disrupt Current Anti-Money Laundering Practices, Not Adopt Them](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2022/03/31/crypto-should-disrupt-current-anti-money-laundering-practices-not-adopt-them/index.md): CoinDesk Opinion. Modern know-your-customer, anti-money laundering regulations are ineffective; crypto represents a better option to address this problem.
- [GameFi’s Promise and Reality Are Still Worlds Apart](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2022/03/08/gamefis-promise-and-reality-are-still-worlds-apart/index.md): CoinDesk Opinion. In creating closed, interoperable environments, are developers forgetting to ensure that players are having fun?
- [Are Crypto Investors Savvy or Suckers? The UK’s Tax and Financial Regulators Don’t Agree](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2022/02/24/are-crypto-investors-savvy-or-suckers-the-uks-tax-and-financial-regulators-dont-agree/index.md): CoinDesk Opinion. The two agencies' differing opinions are impeding the development of comprehensive guidelines that would protect investors and ensure crypto's development.
- [We All Need to Stop Only Seeing the Dark Side of Crypto](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2021/12/19/we-all-need-to-stop-only-seeing-the-dark-side-of-crypto/index.md): WIRED Magazine essay on the real world usage of cryptocurrencies in the developing world.
- [The Quest for Perp AMMs](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2021/10/04/the-quest-for-perp-amms/index.md): Article on decentralised perpetual futures for Deribit Insights. Co-authored with Dr. Abdulla Al-Kamil.
- [Bitcoin 2021 - What To Do When Your Country Bans Bitcoin](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2021/06/04/bitcoin-2021-what-to-do-when-your-country-bans-bitcoin/index.md): Main stage panel appearance with Alejandro Machado, Matt Odell & Francis Pouliot.
- [On The Brink - On Bitcoin adoption trends in Cuba](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2021/06/04/on-the-brink-on-bitcoin-adoption-trends-in-cuba/index.md): With Nic Carter
- [Disrupting ransom payments](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2021/01/15/disrupting-ransom-payments/index.md): Originally published on CoinDesk
- [Social Proof of Work](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2021/01/15/social-proof-of-work/index.md): On why many intellectual jobs are pretend jobs, why pretend work is actually a valid way of assessing real work, ponzi schemes and imposed structure
- [Ugocsa Non Coronat - the Visegradation of the European Union](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2021/01/01/ugocsa-non-coronat-the-visegradation-of-the-european-union/index.md): Is Eastern Europe becoming more like Western Europe, or is Western Europe becoming more like the East?
- [DeFi needs a Silk Road moment](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2020/12/11/defi-needs-a-silk-road-moment/index.md): Originally published on CoinDesk, I argue that if decentralised finance (DeFi) is going to be both useful and uncensorable, we will see it adopted by organised crime.
- [Why Cuba is primed for bitcoin adoption](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2020/12/11/why-cuba-is-primed-for-bitcoin-adoption/index.md): Originally published on CoinDesk.
- [My thoughts on Cambridge Analytica](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2020/11/07/my-thoughts-on-cambridge-analytica/index.md): On my role in unearthing the Cambridge Analytica scandal and why psychographic advertising does not work.
- [A day using money in Cuba](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2020/05/22/a-day-using-money-in-cuba/index.md): Cuba is a puzzling country, especially when it comes to money. It is the only country in the world with a dual currency system.
- [Restarting your sales after a coronavirus lockdown](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2020/04/20/restarting-your-sales-after-a-coronavirus-lockdown/index.md): Using a MCMC BTYD model to estimate which of your clients would have purchased had the lockdown not happened.
- [Automating my business](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2019/08/12/automating-my-business/index.md): Using scripts to automate menial tasks.
- [Where I was in 2018](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2019/01/13/where-i-was-in-2018/index.md): Visualising my location in 2018.
- [Automating SMS & email](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2018/11/08/automating-sms-email/index.md): A smart email & SMS bot on AWS using R.
- [Tale of two Johns](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2018/09/02/tale-of-two-johns/index.md): The fact that the highest rungs have male feet all over them is scant comfort for the men at the bottom.
- [Cuba’s short term property rental market 2017-2018](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2018/08/11/cubas-short-term-property-rental-market-2017-2018/index.md): The impacts of President Trump's policies.
- [How to generate a Bitcoin vanity address using a Mac](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2018/08/11/how-to-generate-a-bitcoin-vanity-address-using-a-mac/index.md): Generating a vanity address
- [My time in Utrecht](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2018/07/21/my-time-in-utrecht/index.md): A review of my graduate education. What I learned in the last two years and what I hope to achieve in the next five.
- [Leaflet timeline in R](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2018/02/08/leaflet-timeline-in-r/index.md): How to make a timeline of GPS measurements.
- [Time Series analysis for Facebook message volume](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2017/12/17/time-series-analysis-for-facebook-message-volume/index.md): Analysing my Facebook message volume between 2011 and 2016.
- [Time Series analysis for Facebook message volume](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2017/12/01/time-series-analysis-for-facebook-message-volume/index.md): Made for a class. Thought I'd share.
- [Raising money for friends hurt by Hurricane Irma](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2017/10/25/raising-money-for-friends-hurt-by-hurricane-irma/index.md): For the last year I have been helping people in Cuba sell tourism services online. In practice, this usually means creating accomodation listings on sites like Airbnb...
- [Implementing a Kalman filter in R for Android GPS measurements](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2017/08/29/implementing-a-kalman-filter-in-r-for-android-gps-measurements/index.md): I've been playing around with my data from Google...
- [Costa Rican Saints](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2017/08/18/costa-rican-saints/index.md)
- [Bayesian Images](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2017/05/22/bayesian-images/index.md)
- [Thirteen hours in Rotterdam](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2017/01/11/thirteen-hours-in-rotterdam/index.md)
- [You are wasting your time with spreadsheets](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2016/11/13/you-are-wasting-your-time-with-spreadsheets/index.md)
- [How to get your Facebook messages into R](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2016/10/29/how-to-get-your-facebook-messages-into-r/index.md)
- [Alphabetically inspired anecdotes from Cuba: 58 years after 1958](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2016/06/12/alphabetically-inspired-anecdotes-from-cuba-58-years-after-1958/index.md)
- [How I made this website - tutorial](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2016/04/20/how-i-made-this-website-tutorial/index.md): On when I first built this website
- [Boaz's Review of Books: Violence, elaborate lies and a literary journey through China and Africa](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2016/04/18/boazs-review-of-books-violence-elaborate-lies-and-a-literary-journey-through-china-and-africa/index.md)
- [Donald Trump and Zuckerberg's Matrix](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2016/02/29/donald-trump-and-zuckerbergs-matrix/index.md)
- [Boaz's Review of Books](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2016/02/17/boazs-review-of-books/index.md)
- [What I read in 2015](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2015/12/27/what-i-read-in-2015/index.md)
- [Where I slept in 2015](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2015/12/22/where-i-slept-in-2015/index.md): This year has been an adventure. I've been on three continents, countless countries and dozens of cities. I thought it would be an interesting project to quantify it all by visualising on a map the places where I slept.
- [The Migrant Crisis and Demography](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2015/11/05/the-migrant-crisis-and-demography/index.md)
- [Using Google Maps API: Mol Bubi Competition](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2015/11/05/using-google-maps-api-mol-bubi-competition/index.md)
- [Myanmar 2015](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2015/10/26/myanmar-2015/index.md)
- [Do stupid people make more spelling mistakes? An analysis with R.](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2015/10/20/do-stupid-people-make-more-spelling-mistakes-an-analysis-with-r./index.md)
- [Don't fear foreign education](http://boazsobrado.com/blog/2012/11/20/dont-fear-foreign-education/index.md)
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