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Thoughts on marketing

I'm really glad about something I just read this morning in a book called Ambient Findability, in a few words, the fact that marketing did not begin with all the silly media fuss that's currently taking place, but mostly, that it all started out as  conversation (ancient traders) and therefore the problem in our times is actually how this conver...

Suuuper fan!

Of believers, creators, thinkers, developers... pelotas?  if you want to call it that...    but have you ever made a difference?   are you trying to?   

La isla

Es cierto, la mayor parte del tiempo me avergüenzo y reniego de mi país... hace más de 3 años que no estoy allí y poco menos que mi meta de contribuir a cambiar la República también empezó a agonizar.  Sigo sin tener intención de regresar, y para tristeza de mi familia sí, ahora mismo y con todas las "oportunidades" del mundo allí, volver sería ...

Heath and Heath, using statistics...

"Particularly in the realm of politics, tinkering with statistics provides lucrative employment for untold numbers of issue advocates.  Ethically challenged people with lots of analytical smarts can, with enough contortions, make almost any case from given set of statistics". "Of course, let's also remember that it's easier to lie without stati...

Eduque a su inmigrante: Hoy cocina española

A book passage that just hit my sweet spot...

In 1994, George Loewenstein, a behavioral economist at Carnegie Mellon University, provided the most comprehensive account of situational interest.  It is surprisingly simple.  Curiosity, he says, happens when we feel a gap in our knowledge ("Gap Theory"). Loewenstein argues that gaps cause pain.  When we want to know something but don't, it'...

Tendencias en la red

Esto es lo que han hecho los japoneses para representar visualmente las tendencias en Internet y las personas influyentes. Más información aquí.

Why I stopped reading your blog?

Well, before I say this I might as well tell you the reasons why I stared reading your blog: Insights.- Every single blog I started reading showed me something interesting and insightful, related to technology, design, user experience, consum...