Author Archives: galbarosa
A movie detour
Holiday is a time to experience optionality: we stray from standard paths and take detours. We de-frag and bootstrap our minds. We take time to explore things that pass us by in everyday routine. By now you have probably worked out that I’m on holiday 🙂 !!! Stuck on a long flight, I immediately went […]
You are what you do
Man is a social animal. Yet, the fun one has at an event is often inversely proportional to the degree of involvement in organising it (as it turns out, organising a big event is the fifth most stressful job in America!). Being a host, like everything else, is a learned skill. It helps when you grow up in […]
Burn the calories
OK, here’s an example of cultural crossover. Last week at Borough Market, when I bought my Mont d’Or – among a booty of other foody goodies – the bloke at the counter explained: “put zee white wine and zee garlic and zee herbs in zee cheese, put eet in zee oven and it will be […]
Free to create your own brand!
A few days ago I had the pleasure to sit in front of Stephen O’Donnell (@stephenodonnell), the main guest and speaker at a dinner organised by Shalini Khemka (@ShaliniKhemka), the CEO of E2Exchange. Stephen, who built up a twitter following of 90K+, spoke about the power of social media. He started off describing his outlook and approach to life in […]
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