It’s No Longer Social Media
…it’s not even digital. It’s tech, and how it impacts our lives. Digital will serve as the playing field and social media will be how it will be broadcasted, but tech is the game that will be played. The future is in the applications – both mobile and internet – as well as devices, and what they can do for us. It does not have to be something cute like... Read More
Was Josh Harris Right? Google/Skype chat
One of the best documentaries I’ve watched was “We Live In Public.” For me, it was a no-brainer on what Josh Harris was pointing too about our lives broadcasted via video back in the 1990′s: “Andy Warhol said that, in the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. But I think he misunderstood what was happening. I think what people are demanding... Read More
My Foot Unteched: Vibram Five Finger Shoes
Subtitle: These feet were made for running. The best technologies helps us operate in a more natural fashion and allows us to be more human. Social media is a good example of this by “humanizing” the web. In Chris Brogan’s best-selling book, Trust Agents, Chris talks about how social media is bringing “human” back into business and the web. Even text in emails... Read More
Mobile: The Medium is the Message
Subtitle: Controlling your iPhone through a Computer – not yet, anyway…. If you ask a room full of marketers and businesses, why mobile is big you’ll hear about the number of increasing ads being served and new customer acquisition. Walk across the hall to another room full of techies and you’ll get hit over the head with a new way of viewing transportation,... Read More
Internet Week – #TechUptown
Last night I participated in the first installment of TechUptown for Internet Week in NYC. L Martin Johnson Pratt (aka: @iluvblackwomen) hosted the event at Aloft Harlem with sponsors like CrowdBooster.com, Hashable.com, and Hootsuite.com to help support the event. We saw and heard what the Harlem community and other urban-influencers were doing with such hyper-location applications... Read More
Mobile Photo Apps
Check out my article on mobile photo apps on Hispanicize. Flying below the radar of the hype behind mobile photo sharing are the search capability opportunities present, which prompts a few questions: Will we see eventually see ads on these networks? Will this impact the stock photo industry? Will we see the adoption of Creative Commons to protect one’s creative work? ... Read More
Write Up: How is Social Media Changing Technology?
Last week, I shared a slide show presentation (copied below) that I gave at the Verizon offices for the HITEC seminar called “How is Social Media Changing Technology?” Below are my thoughts behind the slides. Read More AKPC_IDS += "4297,";Popularity: 4% [?] Read More
Tech Review: Motorola Xoom
Recently, the folks at Verizon sent over a Motorola Xoom to review for 3 weeks. I got charged up! My excitement peeked because this is the first worthy rival – IMO – to Apple’s iPad. The Motorola Xoom is the latest advanced tablets to hit the market and the first to sport the new Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS. The Motorola Xoom arrives in an unassuming cardboard box. In its powered-down... Read More
Creativity in Music and the Brain…and a call for HipHop artists
There’s an interesting presentation over at TED (well, TED is always interesting for that matter) where musician’s creative process is measured by an MRI machine as they improvise music. In his TEDTalk, Charles Limb reviews his groundbreaking work studying creativity and the brain — by putting musicians inside an fMRI and watching as they improvise. For the past... Read More
How Techonology has changed my Thinking
People often get defensive when asked if technology is changing them – “Technology is not changing us, we are the creators of technology,” is usually snap replied. I think the case of technology influencing us is more prevalent than we realize. After all, only a few programmers created Twitter and Facebook yet the masses consume it. It’s true that our collaborative... Read More
Sprint LG Optimus S and Sprint ID Review
When it comes to mobile, Hispanics are at the top of the charts. So, given the chance to review a mobile device by Sprint, I jumped at the opportunity. Being a BlackBerry customer for several years, this was the first time I had a chance to try out an Android phone for an extended time. And what have I been thinking? I feel like I’ve been stuck in reverse with some of... Read More
Why you don’t need to use the Best Social Media Tools
Subtitle: The greatest tools are not always the best tools. I watched the Tim Ferris video on purchasing an alternate piece of equipment ($10) to use instead of the higher than modest cost ($80 – $150) of buying a Kettlebell. This is a perfect example of using devices or software that work, rather than being mildly obsessed with the best tools. Sometimes the best most viable... Read More
Spanish Language Keyboard Chart
(It would be really cool if someone had the time to colorize this and make it poster-like) WINDOWS SPANISH CHARACTERS AND ACCENT MARKS When using Windows you MUST use the numeric keypad (to the right of the keyboard) to type these special characters. á Hold down ALT and type 160 or Hold down ALT and type 0225 é Hold down ALT and type 130 or Hold down ALT and type 0233 í Hold... Read More
Latino Social Media Video
Subtitle: Video is the vehicle of choice Found a video online. It comes along with the tag: Who is the New Generation Latino? New Generation Latinos are 2nd and 3rd generation U.S. Latinos who prefer English Language media compared to Spanish Language media. New Generation Latinos make up 60% of all Latinos in the United States and 80% of Latinos online. They fall between the ages... Read More
My favorite sites = RSS and then some
Subtitle: A broad discussion of Internet search A question often asked of me is what are some of my favorite web sites. Being an individual who enjoys looking at the forest, rather than the trees I hear the question differently: How do you specify what content you need and where do you go to get it? If this is some form of dyslexia, then I’m guilty. RSS (Really Simple Syndication),... Read More
