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[Podcast] Reconnect

I'm about to head out to Miami for a week of We Media, which means even more blogging about blogging in the near future. But first, Revaz and I tried to impress one another with some hidden musical gems. Here's what we came up with. Enjoy.

[Por que] Unas Preguntas

Mis queridos Colombianos, Tengo ocho preguntas. 1.) Que dicen las madres cuando sus hijas salen de la casa llevando pantalones blancas y transparentes con tangas rojas y sin brassiere? No pregunto por criticar - de hecho, yo apoyo el estilo - solo pregunto por...

[Foolish] Why Didn't I Think of That Earlier?

I just got back from Centro Comercial Monterrey where I had to pick up a DV Firewire cable in order to transfer some digital video from casette to hard drive. At the store I noticed they were selling iPhones so, out of curiosity, I asked the price. "1,800,000 pesos."...

[Podcast] Jorge y Oso Present(an)

I tend to not speak much on the podcasts I publish here, but this time my good buddy Jorge and I talk a little bit about why we like the songs we chose. (And Jorge teaches us how to yodel). The podcast is in Spanish and English. Normalmente no hablo mucho en los...

[Act Now] Nakuru in Flames. How to Help.

How did this all happen? How was it that just a few months ago I was sitting in a swanky Nairobi bar with Daudi Were, chatting about the good life, and brainstorming ideas for an African Bloggers Conference. And now ... this? That photograph was taken in Nakuru - a...

[Video] In which La Loma Hip-Hop Star Jorge Jurado Gives a Shoutout to Oso

All this blah-blah-blah about citizen media and the democratization of participatory communication ... all the traveling and the workshops and the guides and conference panels ... the true end-goal of it all ... the dream ... the mecca ... was to get mentioned in a...