Category Archives: Perspectives

A Personal view from cities, places, people and thing´s.

Fordlândia – Pics and facts

By Andre F. Barro | Published: June 3, 2010
So I deppared myself with this book at BoingBoing about Fordlândia, and what was not my surprise to google about Fordândia and find a great interest about this adventure of Mr Ford. I, met Fordlândia´s case a different way. Travelling around the amazon in January 2006 with 2 friends, Renato a teology student (at age 26) and [...]
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Jure Robic – human?

By Andre F. Barro | Published: April 22, 2010
I always talk about the human capacity of overcoming all it´s limits, but this, blows my minds limits. As Kotke said: This story is so crazy I don’t even know where to start. His system is straightforward. During the race, Robic’s brain is allowed control over choice of music (usually a mix of traditional Slovene marches and Lenny Kravitz), food selection [...]
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Japan – The strange Country

By Andre F. Barro | Published: March 30, 2010
Japan-The Strange Country (English ver.) from Kenichi on Vimeo. I´m sure there are good things as well
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Secret of eternal happiness

By Andre F. Barro | Published: March 25, 2010
Invest in the process not in the outcome. Professor Srikumar Rao says we all com with hard-wired happiness – he just enlightens how to plug into it. Part1 Part2
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The King of tuna fish in trouble

By Andre F. Barro | Published: March 24, 2010
A interesting view of a market that I didnt know much about… How the blue fin tuna fish is swimming towards an end.
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The Myth of the Rational Buyer: How Too Much Thinking Can Hurt Your Brand

By Andre F. Barro | Published: March 4, 2010
Mark Dziersk’s of Fast Company highlights what every creative advertiser dreams clients knew… only 5% of consumer purchasing behavior is based on rational thought processes, suggesting that 95% is due to subconscious motivation. And… The truth is, most corporations spend 95% of their time obsessing about the five percent. How big should we make the logo? What messages [...]
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OK Go – This Too Shall Pass – RGM version

By Andre F. Barro | Published: March 4, 2010
This is freaking cool Bruto demais mola mogollón
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Duelo em pleno dia – Av Brasil / Rio

By Andre F. Barro | Published: March 3, 2010
Duelo en plena luz do dia flagrado por reporteres: terrível. Rio 2016 A duel in a land of nobody
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Dominance Display- Brute strength? nah

By Andre F. Barro | Published: February 26, 2010
See this first, And now this one Now compare… I´m sure if I had only seen the second I would have made a different conclusion… Marginal Revolution pointed me to this comparison…cool
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Picturemag – The one who got away

By Andre F. Barro | Published: February 19, 2010
Think about the people missing from your life, and how you feel about them. What we remember — and what we forget — may reveal more about ourselves than about them. <- click Via kottke
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