Summer has been playing hide and seek in Vancouver, and ideas of a sunny day keep collapsing with reality. Thinking of the Great North where the sun never really sets some parts of the year, and escaping from the rain under a temporary gazebo, I got to…
Google+ is out and its marketing approach is another smart example of anticipated curiosity to an (almost) already-conquered audience who might have grown tired of another well-known social media. It almost sounds like a sold-out show from the NKOTBSB tour. The “We have temporarily exceeded our capacity. Please…
So, that is it: first big milestone on the birthday calendar. Does that make it an infant, a teenager or a young adult, in business years? Some countries became independent that same day: Venezuela (1811), Algeria (1962) and Cape Verde (1975). And promising, or confirmed…
So, yes, summer has arrived, as per the calendar, and the A/C has kicked in again in some parts of the Northern hemisphere. The school season is about to be over for some, and the mood is up, understandably looking for some chilling and letting-lose…
Sure, toys are to be loved: regardless of the social, cultural or economic environment one grows up in, toys, even improvised, appear throughout history. They foster the mental, physical, emotional and social development of kids. There is even a declaration around that! Funny, when I read about…
Lately, I have encountered and witnessed more and more daring souls across our little planet. Maybe I am just more open to consider their impact on (our) everyday life. Sure, I could speak of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria or Yemen, as democracy is soaring with fearless…
Sometimes I wonder if people, the ones qualified as employees, are seen as a commodity. Selecting the right candidate is a sensitive task, and Human Resources professionals go through complex processes to assist the hiring managers. The interviews get you so far: how can I…
It happens when I move: I am packing, conscientiously and religiously, what I have accumulated since my last move. I have organised the boxes so the movers just have to pick them up, and it is easy, especially when I know where I am going,…
Paris, May 2011, average of 26°C for the past week, plenty of tourists looking lost at the Champ de Mars metro station: I help them, in English, Spanish and sometimes French, and it amuses me. I am home, working, living, breathing and walking, or using…
The weather, a recent sport event or some TV show that seems to have made the buzz on various online media are just an example of what a basic conversation can start with. That is in the day-to-day, and in the relationship with a potential or existing…