There are things that you never imagine could happen to you…and when something like this comes, well… your life changes, forever…and there’s no way back. This is something that happened to me. This is what I’m going through. Since day one I’ve always been very open and honest in every post I wrote on my…

The Marketing Over Coffee Awards honor those who have done exemplary work in Marketing over the past year. Often the winners sit at the intersection of Marketing and Technology, having identified a future trend and put it to work. The awards also seek to honor those who educate, have a commitment to their community, are professional,…

Image Credit: Gapingvoid We are recklessly working with complete disregard for our mental, physical and social health. This “always connected” digital age is only part of the problem that is almost turning us into slaves of the system we are living in. In my opinion, there is something fundamental that we shouldn’t forget at a…

The best experiences I’ve had online come from content I’ve shared on my blog and the conversations it generated. I’m not just talking about public interactions – those certainly offer great value – but, especially about private ones. You know what the funny thing is? The more personal, intimate or “delicate” a post is, the more…

I like the conversations that I have on the go, but I have to admit that for some reason conversations feel better when I’m at home talking with a small and more intimate group of friends. It’s that intimacy that I think got lost with online communication today. So I decided to reorder the email…

May 15-16 2010 Coimbra (Portugal). I’ll be there to deliver a keynote at the SWITCH conference (disclosure: itive.net, my company, is official partner of the event). The aim of the event is to gather scientists, entrepreneurs, do-ers, thinkers, technologists and everyone in between to discuss the present and the future in a knowledge and idea…