Building Something Out of Nothing, But What?
The blue of the Las Vegas sky and the force of its sun never change throughout the day. It could be 8 a.m. or 6 p.m. Either way it’s bright and hot as hell. The lego-like horizon of the strip stares over the rest of the city in a stupor of superiority, full of...
Tengo tres invitaciones abiertas a Brightkite para los que dejan los primeros tres comentarios en este post. (Pero tienen que vivir en Buenos Aires.) Hace años los futuristas nos avisaban que iba a llegar el día en que estamos caminando por la calle y...
[Translation] The change in Japan's record industry
Because it is interesting news in itself, and because I know that my friends Chris and Hanako are interested in blog posts about Japan in the non-Western world, here is my translation of a brief blog post by Mariano Amartino about the increasing profits by record...Attention and Empathy
I’m in Houston International Airport, one of my least favorites, waiting for my delayed flight to Las Vegas, probably my least favorite city in the entire world. I left Buenos Aires filled with sweet sadness. There is so much that I’ll miss. Here in...Atención y Empatía
Estoy en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Houston, uno de mis menos favoritos, esperando mi vuelo a Las Vegas, probablemente la ciudad que menos me gusta en todo la planeta. Me fui de Buenos Aires lleno de una dulce tristeza. Hay tanto que echaré de menos....
Ceibal Jam! An event for the XO
Originally published on Idea Lab. An avalanche of analysis, impassioned commentary, and angry rants descended upon the tech mediapshere over the two past weeks ever since One Laptop Per Child Chairman Nicholas Negroponte urged developers for the XO laptop (formerly...
Prison Diaries: Prisoners use blogs as a start to social reform
Sometimes I feel like there are more websites dedicated to documenting citizen journalism than actual citizen journalism initiatives. Among them: J-Lab, Idea Lab, Media Shift, Press Think, MIT’s Center for Future Civic Media, Contentious, Online Journalism...
Pangea Day, Un Evento Glocal
Con los tantos viajes que hago y la dispersión de lugares de residencia de mi amigos, es bastante raro cuando todos podemos hacer lo que la mayoría de los grupos de amigos lo hacen al menos una vez al mes: relajarse viendo una película juntos. De...
Pangea Day, A Glocal Event
With my lifestyle and the dispersed locations of my friends, it is very rare when we can all do what most groups of friends do at least once a month: relax by watching the same movie together. In fact, this year I will only have two opportunities to do exactly that....Latest Photos
