¿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

Latinos Rising

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Latinas Rising

I went a little video happy today, and slapped together 3 of them on Google’s Search Storie’s service. I call this one Latina bloggers Rising. Check back for more videos later. AKPC_IDS += "2691,";Popularity: 8% [?] 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

Do You Speak Latino?

I remember when speaking with Miguel (@cumba) about this project. It was fun, and it was great working with someone who can understand your vision and execute it. In a word, he’s an artist. AKPC_IDS += "2162,";Popularity: 13% [?] 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

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

Monday, LATISM-NY Meetup

From my post on the LATISM website: We’re having a Tweeup for #LATISM-NY, this Monday. Some of us LATISM folks are getting together at Guantanamera Cuban restaurant after the LatinVision CEOs summit, and we’ve decided to invite everyone to come on down and share a mojito. The restaurant’s atmosphere is unassuming, yet vibrant and warm.  The food looks delicious and they... Read More

LATISM Trends at No.5

Subtitle: Trending LATISM I never believed in success at first try.  Other than being very lucky, success is a process and takes time. So, I’m comfortable and happy with LATISM being # 5 – one day LATISM will be numero uno. Thanks to the continued efforts to all the members on Thursday night’s Tweet Parties. AKPC_IDS += "1999,";Popularity: 4% [?] Read More

What’s in the News?

A noticeable disappointing practice (arguable), is the  Google news search feature for latino social media: 90% of it is coverage of business and politics…not much of what YOU are doing in social media as individuals. I like what Cafe Media is doing…there is much more of a cultural vibe to what they report on.  Also, this is why such organizations such as LATISM is... 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