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Linguistic relativity – and why it matters Last hour thoughts

Linguistic relativity – and why it matters

Regardless of where you are, the boundaries defined by your culture make certain things normal, possible as well as unlikely and impossible. These impossibilities are sometimes achieve by cross-culture intervention, but most often than not, they are the anomaly inside the standard. Language is a slave of culture. A culture by definition needs a language to impose its ideas and…
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mayo 21, 2015
Is the Camera part of the story ? Sundance Filmmakers AudiovisualsChit-ChatTechnology

Is the Camera part of the story ? Sundance Filmmakers

A lot has changed in the last decades. Image acquisition and film-making have gone through major light-year leaps. I have to confess a little jealousy for the availability and easy access to the stupendous image quality and versatility that nowadays cameras are capable of achieving. Take it from me. As someone that watched 8 mm movies in the living room…
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febrero 5, 2015
Happy 2015 Chit-Chat

Happy 2015

A quick note to wish everyone a very happy 2015. It's my intention to start to prep concepts and ideas for an upcoming documentary. I've been toying with the idea in the past, and at this early stage, the little time available can be used for research and organization. It most definitively will be related to some aspect of culture/social…
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enero 8, 2015
New Google webmaster video series Chit-ChatInteractive

New Google webmaster video series

Last night I saw the new entry: Google webmasters produced a few interesting videos regarding their most asked question: "How do I get my business online ?" It's interesting that Google, a search company, tries to answer this infamous question. Since its inception, Google has grown as a force beyond its original denomination as a search player. Their algorithms and…
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octubre 7, 2014
Why is Retro always in fashion ? Chit-ChatDesign

Why is Retro always in fashion ?

  Retro is never out of fashion I've always been a big fan of retro-futurism or modernism. I've been fascinated by the great deal of courage of some thinkers and inventors to make bold statement about the future from their present time. Since we live in such an ethnocentric society as ours, all these predictions and expectations are biased mostly…
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mayo 1, 2014
Documentary equipment survey AudiovisualsChit-Chat

Documentary equipment survey

It's not the arrow, It's the indian. I hold this statement to be very true. The talent and eloquence of a professional storyteller goes above and beyond past and current technology. Granted. Today's technology allows us to capture breathtaking images on the cheap. The digital revolution has allowed everyone and their grandmother to shoot HD video while broadcasting it to…
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febrero 28, 2014
A good teacher is priceless Music

A good teacher is priceless

Last week I was able to attend a class by musician extraordinaire Matthew Hill. I know Matthew from a few years back when he was Delou's African Ensemble music director. As any good teacher, Matthew is capable of breaking things down, but without making dull in any way. It's no secret that It's very hard for us, westerners, to learn…
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febrero 19, 2014