The Two Stories of Diversity

When we talk about diversity I think we may mean a couple of things. In one area we mean diversity in the workplace and our communities, free of prejudice and supportive of human concord. This can also be meant in the area of media where roles are taken up by actors to add a color spalsh to the big screen. Then there is the other area that takes up culture and socioeconomics. This... Read More

Reality Post: Hispanic Heritage Month Was Not Always Popular

Maybe this is an East Coast thing, but while growing up I (and most of my friends) never really heard of Hispanic Heritage month. Black Heritage month however, was more recognized, and I can recall that going back to grade school. Things have changed as schools recognize it in their classrooms now, and companies often advertise their names and products in association with the month... Read More

Campaign Against ‘Colombiana’

Subtitle: Sweet Revenge There is a lot of negative sentiment on the internet against the movie Colombiana starring Zoe Saldana. The non-profit group PorColombia has launched a campaign called “Colombia is beautiful” on Facebook and Twitter speaking out their dissatisfaction “After watching the trailer of this movie and doing some basic research on the Internet,... Read More

The Melting “Idea” Pot

Subtitle:  The rise of Individuals The metaphor of a “melting pot” has described American culture since the late 1700′s. Thanks to movies, travel, and a few clicks of a mouse we are more worldly citizens than ever before.  America is no longer a melting pot – it’s an ‘idea’ pot. A cultural melting pot takes different cultures and makes... Read More

Latino Heritage Month Contest

Sometime last year, I focused on the dominance of the term “Latino” as opposed to “Hispanic” used on the internet.  It only made sense to me to create the domain “Latino Heritage Month.” Yesterday, I had an “Aha!” moment and figured to give the domain(s) away to an individual or group that best conceives on how to utilize and develop... Read More

Mobile access does not balance the Digital Divide

There’s a disturbing push to tap mobile internet access as an equalizer in the Digital Divide debate. Mobile is great and gives limited internet access to challenged communities. Even without a smart phone, SMS can still represent communities in participatory government and services, but it comes nowhere near broadband. Mr. JASON LLORENZ (Executive Director, Hispanic Technology... Read More

Social Media is: Community

Guest Post by: Media Monarkey People often ask us what they should be blogging about or tweeting about. Of course, you should be be posting about yourself and what you do. But just as important as what you post is why and how you post. Remember that what makes Social Media so effective is that it is a dialogue. Are you actively engaging in an exchange of ideas with your readers/followers?... Read More

Community drives the Web

Subtitle: The power of we-media Great study over at comScore today: Highlights: * China’s users have surged past the U.S. * Social networking sites have surpassed email sites * Women 45+ are driving the growth social networking sites * 85% of users viewed an online video, for an average of 14.6 hours in July * Humor is biggest category gainer * Community category has most unique... Read More

Pseudo Social Media Certifications

Subtitle: This Latina will take you for a ride. To my knowledge a standardized best rules and practices does not exist, and may never exist when it comes to social media.  Why?  Because social media is fairly a new and evolving field.  For this reason,  I can understand why maybe just over half of businesses are not engaged in social media for reasons of speculation to impracticality. Imagine... Read More

2011 Hispanic Media Conferneces II

This actually is for Dec. 4 2010, but I don’t want to go back and forth and left the title the same. Click on logo above for deets. AKPC_IDS += "2154,";Popularity: 17% [?] Read More

“I drink your Milkshake! I drink it up!”

Subtitle:  Ask your questions on Net Neutrality This Friday, I’m having an interview with Jose Marquez, CEO of LISTA on net neutrality. Net Neutrality is a discussion about your stake in internet bandwidth.  In a nutshell, it addresses the issue of measuring the use of internet bandwidth one utilizes and applying a tiered rate based on that usage. There are proponents... Read More

Google Blacklists ‘Latina’ from Google AutoComplete

Interesting topic.  Honestly, I never thought about it.  Autofill in Google’s search field. Some, may be a bit enthralled by it all (link contains adult material), and yet others go along happily and search away. Google Instant is the latest incarnation of the search engine that fills in potential responses as you type them into the Google search bar. Some people think... Read More

Latino Party in the Cemetary

I don’t think there’s a need for a subtitle here, because the title stands on it’s own.  When I first saw the tweet about this, I had to look into this more.  It’s preplexing: Prepare for the most lively cemetery experience of the year. ¿¡¿Que, que?!? But, there’s no fooling here.  Read below on what Latinos are going to do this Sunday in... Read More

Big Latino Summit in NY

Subtitle:  The CEO’s are coming! Big things are happening in NYC, next week.  It’s LatinVision’s CEO conference: Shaping the Future of Latin Media, Entertainment, Technology and Advertising. AKPC_IDS += "1997,";Popularity: 4% [?] Read More

The Why Of ‘Latino Rebranded’

I’m not sure if I’ve ever posted the reason I made the transition from a Latino politics blogger to an active social media advocate within the Latino social media.  So here we go… My original blog – LatinoPundit – served a purpose to fill a void of the lack of Latino bloggers.  I wanted to bring Latinos into mainstream discussions about politics and... Read More