“Politics is the art of the possible.” Otto von Bismark I’ve always been fascinated by this quote, attributed to the 19th Century German politician known as the Iron Chancellor. On the one hand it recognises how human interactions, especially when they involve matters of power and social importance are always an extended dance of improvised [...] Read full article
Rilke On Marriage
I don’t often write about relationships. However, I wanted to share the following quote, from poet Rainer Maria Rilke. I’m thankful to my friend, composer and saxophonist Spike Mason, for introducing me to Rilke’s work (Spike recently released an amazing set of Jazz compositions, Widening Circles, based on Rilke’s poems). And, I’m thankful we have [...] Read full article
12 Twitter Accounts To Follow In Singapore
I’m always on the lookout for new and interesting people on Twitter (where you find me as @fernandogros), especially creative voices here where I live, in Singapore. However, I don’t often find curated lists of people to follow. By contrast, in Hong Kong, there were a few really good lists. I was fortunate enough to [...] Read full article
LiveTweeting Tips
With Social Media Week in full swing, I thought it might be good to share a few things I’ve learnt from LiveTweeting talks and conferences over the past few years. I’ve made these Twitter specific, because I believe whatever the relative merits of different social media platforms, none comes close to Twitter for covering live [...] Read full article
Emotion, Passion And Selling Art
While I was live-tweeting during this morning’s Social Media Week Singapore Keynote, A few comments came back about the idea of passion points. The way I understand it, passion points are the interests people talk about on social media. For example, one of this morning’s speakers, Damien Cummings, suggested the passion points in Singapore are [...] Read full article