El concepto de “ñero” (un colorido personaje de la sociedad Colombiana) es algo que varias veces he intentado explicar a diferentes personas. La mayoría de veces, basta con listar unas pocas características del personaje, e interpretar una corta escena con la voz y expresión facial típica de un ñero. Aunque varios ñeros provienen de los [...]
Posted: Sun, April 2nd, 2006 at 3:02 pm
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A few nights ago, after watching the episode where Iron Chef Chinese loses a potatoes battle against a female challenger, Joey and I got into a conversation about secret ingredients that would suck. We joked about lettuce ever being a secret ingredient – which we thought would be pretty lame, and this triggered a fantasy [...]
Posted: Sat, April 1st, 2006 at 12:22 pm
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Publicado en Octubre del 2004, pero hasta ahora lo encuentro en la librería. El título “Memoria de mis Putas Tristes” suena guerrero, y al decidir comprar el libro no solo estaba consciente de que probablemente me encantaría – tal como la mayoría de libros de Gabriel García Márquez… Para ser totalmente franca, en este caso [...]
Posted: Fri, March 24th, 2006 at 11:36 am
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The creative buzz after SXSW has been interrupted by a thankless job that needed to get done pronto: Tax preparation. Note to Self: Next year, I will make Joey sit with me throughout the whole process. He must suffer with me the consequences of each screw-up, like telling me that his education expenses (potentially a [...]
Posted: Wed, March 22nd, 2006 at 11:07 am
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Mientras mirabamos cachivaches artisticos en un almacen en Austin, Marla y yo oimos un pedazo de “Plus Beau du Quartier” de Carla Bruni. El estilo de esta cancion, y la mayoria del repertorio en Quelqu’un M’a Dit encaja perfecto con mi gusto por vocales suaves femeninos en lenguajes Europeos.
Posted: Sat, March 18th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
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Sunday didn’t feel as juicy and energetic as Saturday. I couldn’t connect with some of the panels, but maybe that had more to do with my physical exhaustion from a serious lack of sleep. However, a few ideas resonated: Respect Your Elder Bloggers After reading about it, I’m sort of curious about Ronni Bennet’s blog, [...]
Posted: Fri, March 17th, 2006 at 1:41 pm
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These are some notes I took while attending SXSW Interactive 2006. I hope this post serves me as reminder of some the thoughts and ideas that energized me during the conference. Traditional Design and New Technology The main point of this discussion was expressed by Mark Boulton: In print design it’s all about aesthetics. You [...]
Posted: Wed, March 15th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
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