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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 ...

Web 2.0, del ego al Lego presentation (in Spanish)

16 comments Teaching + The real world + Web 2.0

Here's the presentation to the students of the "Design and Web Programming" course of the " Confederación de Empresarios de Andalucía. You can download the pdf in Spanish here. You can see last year's presentation here.

Google Maps: create a life size marker and get noticed

No comments Art + The real world + Web 2.0

Looking for some info on Google Maps API, I stumbled on this project where German artist Aram Bartholl plays with the Google satellite by placing physical Google Maps markers on the ground. Here's a picture: Check Bartholl's other projects where he explores the interactions between the web and the physical world. www.datenform.de - ...

200 people frozen in NY Grand Central Station

4 comments The real world + Why didn't I think of that? + YouTube

Brilliant acting from the guys of Improveverywhere.com with 200 people freezing for 5 minutes in NY Grand Central Station. Their motto "we cause scenes". Judge for yourself. Yesterday 185.000 views and today 630.000. Going viral. I'll talk about it Thursday on the radio. Check their other actions in Improveverywhere.com.

Ronald McDonald to children: if you get an A in school you get a free Happy Meal! Eat this Spurlock

No comments Advertising + Marketing + The real world

Via boingboing.net I land on an article in Advertising Age about McDonald's and sick school sponsoring in Florida. In December 2007, McDonald's had agreed to sponsor the report-card jackets for the county's elementary schools (27.000 children) to cover the printing expenses of $1,600. In exchange the report jackets would carry coupons ...

Smashed iPhone touch screen still working (pic)

No comments Apple + Interface + Photography + The real world

Here's my photographer friend Voro Sendra's iPhone after he dropped it and stepped on it all by bad luck. The picture looks impressive but the touch screen still works! Wouldn't this picture look nice in today's Steve Jobs Apple Keynote?

NYGirlOfMyDreams.com

No comments Advertising + The real world

Boy sees girl in the New York subway Boy falls desperately in love Girl leaves train Boy goes home and creates a website to find girl Boy finds girl No more updates so far Here's the website

Wu-Tang Chess Masters

One comment Music + The real world

When you see on the same poster DJ Q-Bert and RZA vs GZA you'd automatically think of a rap combat between the two MCs with Q-Bert at the turntables. You'd be wrong in this case. Wu Tan Clan's RZA and GZA will be fighting for glory, not with their rhyming ...

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 ...

Web 2.0: Presentación curso de Programación Multimedia

11 comments The real world + Web 2.0

Descargar presentación en PDF Lista de enlaces de referencia. Artículo seminal sobre Web 2.0 de Tim O’Reilly (traducción al español de telefónica) The Machine Is Us/ing Us Video de 4 minutos donde se explica en la misma web la evolución de la web hasta la web 2.0 We Are The Web Historia de como hemos llegado ...

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