Busy is as busy does…
No updates lately. I’m still around but have been super busy. Stick around. Check back soon, and all of that. AKPC_IDS += "5012,";Popularity: 2% [?] Read More
Blogger Vs. Blogger Part I
To follow up on the Blogger vs Blogger idea I had last week I’m posting the results of the first challenge. But, before I do I realized that I never explained where the idea came from. Taking cue from WordlessWednesday (which I think is very cool, but just not my thing) I thought about bloggers challenging one another in a friendly competition. Immediately, Spy Vs Spy popped... Read More
What Happened To My Favorite Blogger?
While armchair bloggers usually don’t have a mechanism in place that holds them accountable to update their blogs, it feels like a huge let down when a blogger does not update in a predictable pattern or worse – abandons their blog completely! This is what I thought after spending some time browsing a few blogs that I’ve read years ago, and only to find that they... Read More
Blogger Vs. Blogger
(Update: An update with results of first challenge and origin of blogger vs blogger at the jump.) Choose your weapon. Remember Spy Vs Spy? The zany comic strip from Mad Magazine? Well here’s a tidbit for you – the strip was created by a Cuban exile named Antonio Prohías, who said “The sweetest revenge has been to turn Fidel’s accusation of me as a spy... Read More
Oldies, but Goodies
Here are some older posts that are still popular. Enjoy. Pseudo Social Media Certifications – they don’t exist, don’t bother. Tweaking your Social Media settings to Protect your Network – your social friends are potentially another person’s resource Be a Content DJ – Remixing your Material – Lost for content, it may be sitting under your... Read More
I Write, You Read
Thankfully, the other day someone had asked me how my blog fits into the whole Latino social media scene, and thus prompted this post for today. You could file entry this under the Editor’s Note section… just don’t ask me where that area is because it does not exist. That last statement makes for a lot of explanation of what this blog is and how it fits into the... Read More
Weekly Blog Roundup
Subtitle: Less is more or Moths to a flame Here’s a list of recent posts. A few are particularly interesting. Follow the flames. blog Sharing Content via Creative Commons community Campaign Against ‘Colombiana’ Social Media Why Eva Longoria Is A Social Activisit Crowdsourced Post: Are You Bored With Social Media? Why Social Media Is Losing Users And Where... Read More
Sharing Content via Creative Commons
Subtitle: Sharing is caring, or is it? I’m often asked for permission to share content from my blog on other sites. And while I appreciate that very much I remind everyone that the site is quite open to the public domain. So, I hereby resign any previous conversations and refer you to creative commons. Extraneous situations can be resolved w/ an email. AKPC_IDS += "4712,";Popularity:... Read More
The Waiting Post
I’ve just realized how much time has passed, and how little writing I’ve done. This will continue for the next few weeks as my family and I gear up for a new addition to the family. We are very, very excited. The next post may be a “baby” post, but I don’t have plans to turn this into a Daddy blog however. As a matter of fact, speaking about family... Read More
The First Wave of Latino Social Media: Latino Progressive Bloggers
UPDATED: 7/27/10 Subtitle: In Business, you should not talk about Politics The first voices in new media, before new media was called “social media” were bloggers. Blogs are the foundation of social media as we know it today, unfortunately not too many are familiar with this fact. What had my attention a long time ago is how the Latino political and community bloggers... Read More
Hark, Who Hacks There?!?
My blog was hacked again a few days ago. This would be the second time malicious intent was inferred in exactly 2 months time (I should hold a bi-monthly commemoration). A lot of people have asked me what is going on and why I’m hacked so much? My answer is that there are more hacks these days geared towards WordPress and that the timing of the hacks are interesting. I’m... Read More
Some thoughts and conversations from Blogworld NYC
Subtitle: Blogworld, Blogs and Salmon Bloggers are a unique breed. We produce our own content and are very peculiar on how our content is distributed. Ironically, a good number of us circulate our content via many social outlets, yet are irked when the discussions and buzz around our content becomes fragmented across the social media world (hopefully the Salmon Protocol will take... Read More
A 3-Step Guide Before You Launch a Blog
Subtitle: The 3-step checklist for creating your blog Along with my wife, I’m launching a new blog for my family and have been reminded of the initial challenges a blog faces at the outset before launch: a name, a topic and a theme. Name – By which name shall I call thee? Many people get stuck on coming up with a cool domain name for their blog before knowing what... Read More
Steps to the new Layout and Logo Design
Subtitle: Working with true talent is a rare treat When is a good time to improve your blog design? I’ll say around the time when you open your browser, land on your page and sit uninspired. If you’re not the source of your own inspiration then you’re not having fun, and that’s nothing to say about what your readers are thinking (yes, I know “…but,... Read More
We’re Back Up!
Subtitle: Thwarting the Bad Guys If you took note or not, Latino Rebranded suffered a hack. Thankfully, it only involved the home page and a few hidden rogue codes in some files that were easily replaced once they were identified. The bad guys also created an extra admin account which was deleted. How did they get in? …slipped in through an unpatched version of WordPress.... Read More
