Author Archives: rubir

About rubir

I'm from Mexico City. I've lived in Seattle since 1991. I have two kids (both in college at NSCC). In my free time, I love writing plays and short stories. I also enjoy making short videos like short documentaries or news reports.

Twitter, Latino-Style

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Saturday, October 17th, 2009 at 12:47 am

Imagine a newspaper that talks–yes, imagine a newspaper that talks to you! Or imagine a grocery store suggesting what to cook for dinner using only products on sale. Or being part of a radio show without calling in. Or taking … Continue reading

Twitter Class Open House Aug. 19 at the UW

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Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 at 11:29 am

If you have some time Wednesday evening, you might want to drop in on this summer’s Twitter class, either virtually (we’ll be streaming via uStream.tv) or in person (we’ll be in CMU126).

Bing, an Engine to Help You Make Decisions

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Friday, June 19th, 2009 at 11:01 am

On June 3, 2009, Bing was introduced to the public. Many call it a new search engine, however José Piñero, Microsoft Manager, stated that Bing is a decision engine to help people to make decisions faster, especially in the areas … Continue reading

Facebook vs. MySpace: US Web Traffic/Facebook Wins

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Monday, June 15th, 2009 at 11:18 pm

According to Digitalmediawire, Facebook suprpassed the US Web traffic for the first time during the month of May. Facebook had 70.278 million unique visitors vs. MySpace with 70.255 million. It seems that Facebook is getting a worldwide attention. For example, … Continue reading

UW MCDM 2009 Film Festival

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Friday, May 29th, 2009 at 10:08 pm

The 2009 UW POCKETMEDIA FILM FESTIVAL: “What do U do at the UW?” A competition of videos shot on cameras that fit in your pocket! The competition runs from April 17 to May 29, 2009. It’s free and open to … Continue reading

Ace Team Video Games Fights Piracy Using The P2P Model

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Monday, May 4th, 2009 at 9:25 am

Ace Team, a video game company in Chile in the effort to fight piracy is using the P2P model: “All the games are there to be pirated. We were not going to be the exception. Once we saw the game … Continue reading

Local Company Uses Twitter To Help With Updated Tracking Information On the Swine Flu

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Monday, April 27th, 2009 at 1:56 pm

Now technology can be used to alert the world about important news, like the latest swine flu pandemic. Veratect, a local company here in Kirkland, Washington are constantly updating/tracking the status worldwide on the swine flu through Twitter. Twitter/Veratect “Veratect … Continue reading

Simplifying Messaging: Flutter

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Monday, April 6th, 2009 at 10:50 am

If you are a fan of Twitter would you love Flutter? Flutter is a microblog like Twitter, however Flutter messages are limited to only 26 characters, yes 26! Currently Twitter allows you to type up to 140 characters per message, … Continue reading