“Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.” —AJ Liebling
It’s not all about contents in the the blogosphere. Here’s a top ten of blog design by Elliott Back. Elliot, a senior Computer Science at Cornell University (remember Carl Sagan?) who claims that he will change the word, has put togehter a subjective top ten of well designed blogs. For your viewing ...
Well according to a lot of people it is. But even buzzwords are useful. Here’s a nice online presentation by Andy Budd about Web 2.0. Clear, concise and with a bit of humour. Enjoy. http://www.andybudd.com/dcontruct05/ (Thanks to Dani Kiwoo 4 the link)
100.000 newly created blogs per day may not be cosidered a hype anymore. The Online Publisher’s Association is worrying that “readers have crossed the line and they’re publishing their own contents” in the Forum for the Future recently held in London. Check the minisite that the Spanish newspaper El País has devoted ...
You are an advertiser. You made big bucks in the 80s, not so big in the 90s and now you’re looking for the audience. Blogs, wikis, RSS and podcasts are not geek jargon anymore. Last Sunday my mum asked me how to get a Paypal account to buy some stuff on ...
During the 3GSM congress held in Barcelona, Gotomedia, the San Francisco company I work for as a consultant, held a cocktail with some of the most influential people in the mobile comunity. What better setting to share a drink with a few friends? On Tuesday, February 14th at 19h at The ...
Two recent unrelated online events show two different approaches to web politics. On the bright side we have the Catalan president, Pasqual Maragall who just opened his weblog a few hours ago. Not his presidential website but a personal weblog (although the fact that it’s published in Catalan, Spanish, Galician and ...
¡¡Baile ritmos de hoy con la Orquesta Maravella!! (1968). Another vinyl gem brought to you by Phil Musical. From Phil’s website: “Yes! Here’s one of the best Spanish orchestras. From Catalan town named Caldes de Malavella, this orchestra still exists on our days. More than 50 years working around European scene, you ...
Phil Musical, the renowned catalan lounge evangelist has finally opened his long awaited Lounge Corner. He’s set high standards by starting with Xavier Cugat. Go, respect and download! From Phil’s Lounge Corner: “Great album by the Catalan master of latin music Xavier Cugat from the seventies! He arranged this album where ...
Andy Warhol said everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. That was in the TV days. In the blogging era he would probably say: "everyone will be famous for 15 people". The quotation is actually from Momus, a successful blogger and a not so successful musician, first published in a Swedish fanzine ...