Sunday March 7, 2010 7:00am EST
Another Technological Breakthrough for The Boquete Times!
Wherever you are, be it California, Paris, Baghdad, Kābol or even Boquete – you can watch the Red Carpet coverage of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards right here on The Boquete Times.
Tune In – Drop Out
And be sure to choose your favorite for Best Picture at the poll below this live stream window.
NOMINATED FOR 9 ACADEMY AWARDS
Including:
This is the hilarious and irreverent video released yesterday that is sweeping the globe.
Looks more like a SNL reunion to me and, as usual, Jim Carrey steals the show.
If you’re easily offended by raw humor and sexual double entendres, don’t click on the play arrow.
However, on the other hand, if you want a good howl, PUSH THE PLAY ARROW ASAP!
The backstory is this video is a pitch for the formation of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Let’s all get behind this…
EDITOR”S CHOICE
One killer music video with a profound message…
Saturday February 27, 2010
EDITOR’S NOTE
You may have noticed my journalistic focus is NOT on homespun “Blue Hair”, poorly presented, garden variety news for the sake of content – you know what I’m talking about; “And now we bring you late breaking news from Menopause Manor“. I don’t know about you but I didn’t come to Boquete to vegetate and succumb to the prevailing “oldness”.
I lean toward upbeat, sensory provoking, toe tapping, make you want to jump for joy kinda news. Artsy, techno, noveau, edgy, in-your-face and sometimes irreverent is what you come here for. And that is what you’re gonna get!
Ok, I admit, when it’s appropriate I will publish BREAKING NEWS that may stray from my “feel good” guideline. If it doesn’t float your boat, simply scroll down the page to a happier article, deal?
In keeping with the my “feel good” theme, I’m adding a new weekly feature we call “Vid of The Week”. There’s just too much good stuff on the internet to share.
Enjoy the first of many… and please share your favorites by sending me the link via email here and I will post it and give you the credit for the find.
Ready, set, go…
Wednesday February 10, 2010 5:30pm EST
Editor’s note:
A few years back when Ted Harrison asked me to be an influential start-up founder/designer/managing editor and fill-in roustabout for the Bajareque Times printed version, I crossed my arms, planted my feet and shook my head vigorously from side-to-side and said “NFW” (No Fricking Way).
Way back then I knew the web was going to decimate and destroy forever the printed newspaper as we knew it. In fact, I was already publishing The Boquete Times to the web. Ted persevered, then sweetened the deal and eventually I conceded knowing I was eventually going to abandon this antiquated, time and cost ineffective method of taking the news to the streets.
And true to form, scores of printed newspapers are now going bye-bye. Those who are hanging on by their fingernails are schmoozing up to Apple so they can join the “electronic ink” distribution cartel.
Let’s roll forward to that historic day in January 2010 when Steve Jobs premiered the Apple iPad!
Since that day, it has become almost fashionable to “diss” the iPad. Ok, granted the name leads one to conjure up thoughts of female hygiene thingies… go ahead have your fun now. Odds are you’re gonna park you new iPad right next to your trusty iPod, iPhone and your iMac.
A few months down the road, the iPad will be universally recognized and respected for it’s earth shattering innovation and life changing technology – right up there with the Gutenberg press and satellite delivery of content and graphics from embedded reporters deep in a war zone where there is no power and no telephone.
Recently, The Boquete Times scored a techno landmark when we presented the “live” webcast of the iPad keynote address in California. To the best of my knowledge, we were the only online magazine in Central America to perform such a feat.
Like it or not, the world is changing at the speed of the Internet.
What follows is a sneak peak into the new generation of content delivery… as Jobs says : “It’s EXTRAORDINARY”.
I say “I’m getting an iPad, pronto.” And I’m looking forward to the day when you read The Boquete Times on your cool new iPad!
When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad, few were surprised by its function as an e-reader. It was a poorly kept secret that Apple had engaged the publishing industry to envision their content on its “advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device”. I’m sure most of us imagined our favourite magazines on the tablet with the kind of interactivity we already get on web sites – a great improvement in user experience. Some publications may not see much beyond their existing offering translated to a digital format. The leaders will produce game-changing experiences.
Read the entire article here >>>
Editor’s Note: OK, so it’s not a Super Bowl commercial. But, man, this one belongs in the Hall Of Fame!
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