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Telefonica: Ten things to do to screw the launching of the iPhone in Spain

2 comments Apple + Barcelona

When I learnt about the launching of the iPhone by Telefonica in Spain I knew that something was not right. One only has to see the visual and conceptual interference that the Telefonica logo produces on Apple's website. Either the iPhones or the people holding them are not right in ...

The best band in the world is from Barcelona

No comments Barcelona + Music + The real world

La Banda Municipal del Polo Norte has recorded a demo CD with 5 tracks and a nice sleeve design which features a bear. Its title "Iros Despidiendo de Todo" which would roughly translate for "Say Goodbye To Everything", reminds me of Dougas Adams' So Long And Thanks For The Fish ...

Xinacittà: 5th Independent Animation Festival in Barcelona

No comments Animation + Barcelona + The real world

If you watch the demo reel you'll see for yourself that you can't miss it. Open air cinema and free. How's that? Xinacittà'07 We’re still alive… The 5th edition of Xinacittà is back with all its wit and machinery at the end of June with three magnificent programs. The title is The Art ...

ADG-FAD do they know that the web is not made out of paper?

3 comments Barcelona + Design + Interface + Usability

This is the website of ADG-FAD, Art Directors and Graphic Designers Association from Spain. Aren't designers supposed to know how to design a website? Check it for yourself www.adg-fad.org Some "killer" features of this website: No DOCTYPE at the beginning of the documentPage is laid out using Tables!!Some parts of the are ...

La Banda Municipal del Polo Norte the pictures. Let the melting begin!

2 comments Barcelona + Music + The real world

Here are the pictures of last Friday's concert by La Banda Municipal del Polo Norte at the Magic club. Online concert agendas, e-flyers, some SMS, the band's MySpace and a great post on this blog were the only publicity for the event and yet, Magic, the Cavern-like joint, was packed with ...

La Banda Municipal del Polo Norte live in Barcelona

One comment Barcelona + Music + The real world

At last! La Banda Municipal del Polo Norte live in Barcelona tonight at 11 at at el Born's Magic Club in Barcelona. La Banda is led by multitalented artist Polo Sur. La Banda Municipal del Polo Norte, the band that doesn't have any mp3 on MySpace! More info in La Banda's MySpace: ...

Sometimes I’m here, sometimes not. Zoomap: googlemaps from Barcelona with love

No comments Barcelona + Interface + Web 2.0 + Why didn't I think of that?

Zoomap is Googlemaps + a Wiki. Yet another project based on the infamous Google API. But this one is fun to use. In plain English: you can pinpoint any spot in the world and upload your picture and add some text to the database creating an image tagged location. Once your ...

Barcelona Mobile Monday Peer Awards Wrap Up and Pictures

One comment Barcelona + Mobility + The real world

I attended the Mobile Monday Peer Awards held in the Espacio Movistar in Barcelona where I was invited by Rudy de Waele from m-trends.org (along with my digital camera and my Flickr Pro account). This edition of Mobile Monday takes place during the 3GSM mobile telephony congress held this week ...

social networks: eleven things you don't want to do

One comment Barcelona + Design + Interface + Marketing

I’ve just seen on TV the ad for terminalb.org, the self procclaimed “public domain database of design, architecture, image and advertising creativity in Barcelona” created by the ADG-FAD from Barcelona, build by Double You and publicly funded. I went there and I was astonished to see the implementation of the site. ...

new year's day swim

No comments Barcelona + The real world

Nothing better than a morning swim in the sea to start the year. As every new year’s day the patrons from the Barceloneta club go for a swim at noon. The cold sea, a sunny day and a bowl of hot soup help you get started with the new year. And ...

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