João Tomé
Data Editor
After almost two decades in journalism, I turn complex Internet trends into multimedia narratives. From 2021 to July 2026, I worked with Cloudflare teams to connect global data to real-world stories that reveal how the Internet works and where it's heading.
Latest Writing
From Cloudflare Blog, Substack, and Medium
Projects
Selected projects across podcasts, data storytelling, editorial products, and experiments.
This Week in NET
Cloudflare's weekly show on Internet trends, security, and technology. 200+ episodes, produced and hosted from 2022 to 2026.
Cloudflare Blog
Data-led reporting and analysis of Internet trends, traffic shifts, security incidents, AI, and major global events. 80+ published posts.
Made in Tech
Portuguese-language tech podcast covering innovation, careers, and the Internet. Co-hosted with Dinheiro Vivo, reaching thousands of listeners in Portugal.
Radar Display
Cloudflare's globe-based real-time visualization platform — showing live Internet traffic, attacks, and trends. Product manager and lead data editor.
World Cup 2026 Dashboard
How the 2026 World Cup moved the Internet — real-time traffic shifts, country-by-country breakdowns, and match-day patterns.
2026 Eclipse Internet Traffic Tracker
An interactive analysis of Internet traffic during the 12 August 2026 total solar eclipse, using country and regional Cloudflare Radar data.
Ask Emot
An AI agent trained on my work and writing — answers questions about Internet trends, Cloudflare data, and my background.
Casa Magia
A Harry Potter-themed site of book covers and games — a creative project made for my kid.
Time Capsule
A site for writing messages meant for the future — exploring memory, privacy, and delayed communication.
Starlink World Penetration
An interactive map tracking where Starlink traffic is growing — built from Cloudflare Radar data.
Hacker News CF Board
A live board surfacing Cloudflare-related posts and discussions on Hacker News in real time.
Engineering Meetups
Site for the Cloudflare Lisbon engineering community — events, speakers, and recaps.
Socials & Blog Analytics
Internal dashboards tracking performance of the Cloudflare Blog and social channels — used by the comms team.
This Week in NET
Cloudflare's weekly show on Internet trends, AI, security, and technology, produced and hosted from 2022 to 2026. thisweekinnet.com
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Cloudflare Radar Display
Conceived and led as Product Manager and Data Editor — a real-time globe experience visualizing how the Internet behaves worldwide. It shows traffic patterns, outages, AI trends, attacks, connection quality, and the most popular Internet services by country.
Featured on large touchscreens at Cloudflare offices in San Francisco, Austin, London, Lisbon, Singapore, and New York, and at events and partner venues worldwide.
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— Journalist at heart. Creator of ideas. Explorer. It's all about passion — and it's been that way since the 1980s.
Explore my side gardens: joaotome.org and seremot.com
(Where quotes, loose thoughts, and messy experiments live.)
Interviewing Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince for This Week in NET — talking about AI, Cloudflare's history, and what's ahead.
Lisbon office, September 2024 [Watch on YouTube]
Earthrise — Apollo 8, December 24, 1968