By Avelino Maestas on Aug 23, 2008 in Personal | 0 Comments
So, one of the first things I did upon returning to Silver City was look for a copy of the Silver City Daily Press. I found two - Friday’s edition and the paper that appeared this morning. I was, of course, looking for an update on the Chamber of Commerce situation (which I’ve written about [...]
By Avelino Maestas on Aug 18, 2008 in Personal | 0 Comments
So, this is just a shout out to everybody in Silver City - I’ll be in town between August 23 and September 1. If anybody wants grab a drink or some lunch or something, shoot me an e-mail. Otherwise, I think I’ll be at the Twisted Vine on August 30th or 31st (more details later).
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By Avelino Maestas on Aug 13, 2008 in Personal | 0 Comments
My friend (and former colleague) Mary Alice Murphy has another recent story on the continuing saga of the Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber board of directors, if you recall, decided last month to accept executive director Nicole Robbins’ resignation rather than grant her a three month working leave of absence. Many of [...]
By Avelino Maestas on Jul 27, 2008 in Personal | 2 Comments
I don’t read my hometown newspapers as often as I would like. Therefore, the recent news that the Chamber of Commerce board refused executive director Nicole Robbins’ request for a three month working leave of absence comes as a shock. I know the board members, and I’m left wondering how they possibly arrived at their [...]
By Avelino Maestas on Jul 22, 2008 in Personal | 3 Comments
It seems the traditional media1 just can’t get enough of me. Following my string of quotes in the New York Times and Wired, channel 42 in Austin decided they just had to get me on camera during their story on Netroots Nation (I’m at about 1:35):
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I’ll have a wrap up of the conference later this [...]
By Avelino Maestas on Jul 20, 2008 in Personal | 0 Comments
Take my word for it: you should see it at your earliest convenience. This is the movie my generation has been waiting for1 - it’s authentic in every way, not just to the source material but to humanity in general. Like the Bourne franchise and the revamped Bond films, The Dark Knight deals in storytelling, [...]
By Avelino Maestas on Jul 15, 2008 in Personal | 6 Comments
My sister and I just booked flights back to New Mexico in August. I’m arriving a few days before her:
Aislinn: so i arrive in ELP on Monday at 12:20
so you’ll have to come git me
me: Sounds good
Aislinn: and we can go to Carl’s Jr.
me: Yay!
Aislinn: and then Sonic
me: And DQ
Aislinn: and then Lotta Burger
me: And [...]
By Avelino Maestas on Jul 10, 2008 in Personal | 0 Comments
I’ve been a big fan of the Better Gmail extension since it first debuted, and the latest iteration is amazing. In addition to the slick “Redesigned” skin that you see below, it incorporates a host of features that help make the Gmail experience even better. Since we’re also using Google Apps at the office, I [...]
By Avelino Maestas on Jul 4, 2008 in Featured, Personal | 1 Comment
For the first time since 2005, I won’t be watching the parade in downtown Silver City, and I won’t be waiting to hear sirens so I can run out in search of a photograph for the newspaper, and I won’t be going to the ice-cream social at the Silver City museum. I’ll miss all the [...]
By Avelino Maestas on Jun 14, 2008 in Personal | 1 Comment
So, Thursday day I blogged about Brian Reich’s thoughts on using technology to connect with your audience – with a foundation of clear, defined goals and a strategic vision of what you want to accomplish. Today I’m expanding a bit on those thoughts, with an emphasis on the user as content creator.
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By Avelino Maestas on Jun 10, 2008 in Personal | 2 Comments
From Kung Fu Monkey, on voting for Not-McCain:
If a three-legged dog were to somehow be nominated for the Democratic candidacy and chose as his running mate a gopher with a penchant for monocles and Victoriana, I would wear my “Tripod/Lord Whiskerkins ‘08″ button with pride and pull the lever with cheerful alacrity.
The rest of the [...]
By Avelino Maestas on Jun 3, 2008 in Personal, Photography | 1 Comment
This is the third in a three-part series on my Memorial Day 2008 camping trip to Assateague Island National Seashore. You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
Sorry for the delay, but here are the photos from our third day at Assateague. The wind was pretty crazy on Monday, so I didn’t really [...]