One of the biggest mantras in public speaking is that never, ever, under any circumstances, you should start a speech with an apology. The same applies to written speeches such as this.

A few months ago I was exposed to Go, a new programming language (at least for me). Being well versed in some of the modern environments and frameworks, I usually don’t pay much attention to new languages, unless there’s something of interest to me. In this case, there was. In fact, there are some strong aspects in Go which I haven’t seen as frequently.

Eu não sabia que ele estava doente. Mesmo que soubesse com muita antecedência, não sei se um dia estaria suficientemente preparado para a notícia.

I’m a proud and happy Best Buy customer, but unfortunately I belong to an ever shrinking community. I hope that, once the right people read this, they will be able to turn the trend around.