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
Is the US Census Next? ‘Latino’ preferred over ‘Hispanic’
It’s great to see an industry finally catching up to what I’ve been saying for years already. It got to such a point of pithy debate and even compromise that I had to ‘unscientifically’ prove that more people use, and thus prefer the term Latino. Here’s what I’m referring to: A memo on usage from Assistant Managing Editor Henry Fuhrmann to Times... Read More
Latinos owned the web in 2010
The year 2011 approaches in just under 3 hours (my time) and I’m slapping this post together after dinner and a glass of wine - it just didn’t feel right not to post the last post of the year…of the decade for that matter. Latinos took ownership of the social web this year, and are positioned to bring the house down in 2011. Organizations like Hispanicize,... Read More
¿Latino blogs or Latino blogs?
Subtitle: ¿Tacos or Tacos?Food trucks are the blogs of the restaurant industry This video is really about Latin (Mexican) food from street trucks, and the two styles it comes in: traditional or TexMex.. The video plays like a documentary, and is very revealing. The Mexican Taco Truck owner speaks in Spanish and is subtitled in English, while the TexMex Truck owner speaks in English... Read More
Being Latino, down
The largest Latino Facebook group – Being Latino – is down. Run by Lance Rios, Being Latino (Facebook.com/beinglatino) with over 50,000 members seems to have been thwarted by questionable motives. Lance Ríos: “All that I could gather is that if a “significant” amount of people mark page’s post as inappropriate, FB freezes it. You can either appeal it... Read More
National Latino Leadership
A study recently done by the Hispanic Pew organization is titled, “National Latino Leader? The Job Is Open.” I’ve seen more conversation about this online, than on the news. And this is what I find interesting: the rounds the report is making online vs traditional media. It will be interesting to watch if the story gets ‘picked up.’ AKPC_IDS +=... Read More
Hispanicize 2011
Subtitle: It’s a numbers game. My buddy Manny Ruiz, has publicly released his advisory board for the Hispanicize Conference next year (April, 2011). It’s exciting to watch the development of all the players focusing on building bridges toward the Latino community. I remember when I first started blogging, back in 2003 there were hardly no Latino bloggers –... Read More
Twitter Venn: Mexicans beat Latinos and Hispanics
Subtitle: Comparing ethnicity terms with Twitter Venn It’s been almost 9 months since I did the first comparison on Twitter Venn for Latino + Hispanic + Mexican to prove that the term Latino is preferred over Hispanic with users on the web (Hispanic is preferred in the ‘real’ world). The study was to see what term was being used more on Twitter – Latino... Read More
2011 Hispanic Media Conferences
There are a lot more players now than last year providing content in the Latino social media area. What makes that statement special is that only last year, we’ve seen the very first summits and conferences addressing Latinos in social media. That said, I have to revamp my Hispanic Media Conferences tab (and you know how I feel about Latino vs Hispanic, but since it’s... 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 Hispanic Domain Name Sale
I have a bunch of Latino and Hispanic domains that I’ve acquired over the years. I’ve decided to offer a tab available outlining what I have. Some of the domains are extremely lucrative as their names are perfect descriptions. For example, LatinosInMedia.com, LatinoReporter.com, HispanicsInSocialMedia.com, LatinoVotes.com and many more. AKPC_IDS += "2047,";Popularity:... 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
Confession of a Latino
Subtitle: Habla Espanol? Confession: Despite that I’ve been working within Latino social circles for many years, I am not fluent in the Spanish language. I DO have a working knowledge however… In an effort to improve my Spanish I’m taking time to study over the the summer in preparation for a vacation and to broaden my reach on and offline as well…also,... Read More
