Archeology of Personal and Collective Web Blogs (2005-2020)
Blogging is one of the media practices and socio-technical systems that has made the world wide web what it is today. As a practice it has democratized writing,...
Category: meta
The End of a Journey
Last week I completed a journey that started in 2006 when I left Bogotá to attend MIT and pursue a masters degree in Comparative Media Studies. Twelve years an...
Snail detours
It rains. It pours. Creeks are running by the bridges. River runs. It has not stopped raining since two weeks ago. Trees, grasses, and all kind of wild plants a...
Adios Gabo! An Obituary for GarcÃa Márquez
Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez, one of the greatest Colombian and Latinamerican writers has passed away last Thursday April 17, 2014. Gabo, as was commonly known by h...
Spooky Pumpkings
My Chilean friend Alvaro invited me to a pumpkin party the weekend before Halloween. I told him I was not very familiar with the pumpkin tradition but liked the...
The Internet on Strike
Today, January 18th of 2012, the web goes dark in protest against #PIPA and #SOPA. Last time a strike happened in the internet was in 1996 when many sites went ...