. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]
I’m 63 years old and alive and kicking. I’m in awe and thrilled to bits, currently trying to carry on with my life in the midst of the new normal. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, I’ve been staying at home most of [...]
At that time, San José was home to a living, breathing example of a dream come true. Two inspired youngsters, Jorge Jiménez and Giselle Zamora, ventured off to Italy 43 years ago where they blazed a trail, had a son named Esteban, [...]
A few years ago, when I first wrote this piece in the Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, Apple had just broken ground in an innovative way that had nothing to do with technology, a new device or a new machine. Rather, they’d [...]
It was March 2008 when I programmed the rental car’s GPS to find the closest gas station. I was in Paris and had to fill the tank in order to avoid the steep cost of gas at the rental agency. Since I [...]
When I typed this question into Google, a whopping 241 million results came up. “Holy shit!” I thought to myself. Then, I tweaked my query slightly, swapping the word “world” for “life” and two million more search results were generated. Safe to [...]
My blogging debut was back in 2005 when I first wrote a few lines here, on the Slow Burn blog, named A Fuego Lento in Spanish. Since then, it has certainly lived up to its name; I’ve gone through periods of writing [...]
Talento, tecnología y tolerancia han sido valores protegidos por esta ciudad, que hace años me enseñó esta idea para tener éxito creativo. Austin es tan diferente que ni parece Texas, no por los edificios, la geografía o las franquicias que ahí están, [...]
With about 10 kilos more than last year, Bruce Sterling filled Hall D again with thousands of people who came to listen to his closing of SXSW. Too fine a humor for me or too gringo for a Latino, but the first [...]
Susan Weinschenk, the brain lady, is not a designer but a psychologist. She came to close the day and SXSW for me with an idea: what makes people click. And the idea is to keep people in mind when designing. She also [...]
If one day I were allowed to take on a Ministry, I would certainly choose Education. In no other dimension is it possible to make a greater impact and achieve greater reach than in education. This is why I stayed to hear [...]
Jon Wuebben is the CEO of Content Launch and presented at SXSW today. From the first minute he focused on raising the banner of content as the canary in the ointment for all the opportunities of today and tomorrow. However, his approach [...]
That’s how we saw the situation about 20 paces away from the group in the photo taken on the sidewalk at the Austin Convention Center. Nothing looked out of the ordinary. As we approached we discovered a sensational situation, cheerful, fun and [...]
