[Progress] Getting Into Video
I’ve never been one for online video for the same reason I’ve never really been one for traditional TV: no matter how many times I click the mouse or click the remote control, nothing of interest is ever on. Sure, there were/are some exceptions. I try to...[You Don't Say] Things Other People Accomplished When They Were My Age
Via Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age: At age 27: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. dropped out from his job at General Electric to become a full-time writer. Henry David Thoreau went off for two years to live alone in a cabin at Walden Pond. Cosmonaut Yuri...[Video] Don Suso y Doña Blanca Curra
HiperBarrio es un proyecto de medios ciudadanos basado en Medellín, Colombia que enseña como utilizar las herramientas del Web 2.0 para compartir las historias locales de Santo Domingo y San Javier La Loma, dos barrios de clase trabajadora. Hace dos...
Will Online Video Make the World a Better Place?
Originally published on PBS MediaShift on January 5, 2008. The impact of the digital divide (or at least the bandwidth imbalance) is most pronounced when it comes to online video. In regions where lightening-fast internet connections are taken for granted, such as...![[Nature] Lo Innato y Lo Adquirido](https://i0.wp.com/el-oso.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/3342d838-95c1-490b-806b-e7415e0b35e7.jpg?resize=399%2C266)
[Nature] Lo Innato y Lo Adquirido
Hace 26 años mi papá corrió emocionado por las calles de Miraflores comprando arreglos florales y diciéndole a cualquier persona que se le acercara : “¡son dos! ¡Son dos niñas!”, mientras levantaba sus dedos...Loneliness
This may sound like a strange parallel to make, but going to the gym and listening to This American Life have always shared a particular trait for me and one that I have a hard time understanding. Basically, both activities take up about an hour. One 24th of a day....[Criticism] The Death of Newspapers. The Transparency of Editing
I’ve been meaning to write about a recent episode of the World Technology Podcast on the so-called death of foreign correspondance and Paul Steiger’s recent front page reflection on the history and future of the newspaper industry in the Wall Street...![[Video] Medellin es una Chimba (Pero nosotros no somos monos)](https://i0.wp.com/blip.tv/skin/blipnew/icon_download.gif?w=1080){kind=icon}
[Video] Medellin es una Chimba (Pero nosotros no somos monos)
Medellín, Colombia, una ciudad hermosa con paisajes impresionantes y gente amable que te hace sentir bienvenido. Pero hay una cosa que nos deja confundido. Por que a nosotros todos los paisas nos llaman monos? Descarga para tu iPod Suscribe a todos los videos...![[Slowly] Zagreb](https://i0.wp.com/el-oso.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/blue-tram-zagreb.jpg?resize=424%2C283)
[Slowly] Zagreb
I can’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve found myself walking around some foreign city, knowing neither the language nor the currency, and staring into the coupled conversations of comfortable coffeehouse confines. How’s that for alliteration?...Latest Photos
