Miel de Maple

Besides delightful Carmeneres, condors and one of the biggest telescopes on Earth, Chile is also the home place of a sparkling electronic-music scene and community. Within this community of record labels, collectives and musicians, lays Pueblo Nuevo, a two times Qwartz-awarded electronic music net-label and collective of multidisciplinary artists based in Santiago.

They publish awesome music and some graphics from time to time; and they just republished an old series of photographs I took for them a little while ago. The series is entitled ‘Mind Your Own Business’ and consists of eight images of micro-business in Mexico City.

Check it out!

If you are one of the lucky ones to live in Mexico City and own an iPhone or iPod touch, your fantastic voyages accross subway, rapid bus system (MetroBus) and other rail-based systems are about to be mathematically optimal.

I decided to employ this summer vacations on the development of my first commercial application. I thought on something I really needed in my everyday and  ended designing an optimal route calculator for the main public transportation systems in Mexico City. I called it Ubicate!  which translates as ‘locate yourself’ and which is a phrase grown-ups love shouting at youngsters when they misbehave.

In brief, you input a start station, your destination and my software tells you the precise instructions to arrive shortly (or comfortably if there are too many line exchanges), dry and safe .

I’ve got some future plans for the software, first of all, international localization, some integration with the phone’s GPS system, etc…

You can visit the mini-site (Spanish) or even better, download it from the App Store!
Remember your purchase helps a young software-engineering student pay for his college expenses and vices: fancy restaurants, stripped Adidas sneakers in every possible color, luxury traveling, … Just kidding!!

If you liked the application’s logo, you should know it’s the work of a very talented designer and wonderful collaborator, Ulises Arvizu.

PS: I’m looking for a young developer to work with. Contact me if you feel interested. iPhone SDK experience strongly suggested)

We interrupt our regular scheduled programming to bring you important news regarding the new flu virus that terrorizes Mexico City.

A deadly and brand-new menace has arrived to Mexico City. Its 10 ^ 11 times smaller than Godzilla but still, creates fear, confusion, paranoia, and a death toll that could rise to 68 fatalities. Ladies and gentleman, our city is probably the ground zero of a worrisome new swine flu strain which combines genetic material from pigs, birds and humans.

Schools, museums and public libraries were closed on Friday. Public events were canceled by city mayor Marcelo Ebrard from now to 10 days and people in the streets, bars, public transportation, restaurants and almost everywhere are wearing surgical masks.

The victims, surprisingly, are not the weary elderly nor the powerless childhood but the always spry and handsome young-adulthood.

Until now, no vaccine specifically protects against this new threat, so even if you had your influenza shot the last winter, it’s OK to start feeling an uncontrollable fear and anxiety.

In the meanwhile, wash your hands as often as possible, avoid hospitals unless of a medical emergency (but pay a visit immediately at the first flu symptoms), hold back from kissing girls or even shaking hands with strangers and avoid any kind of crowded places.

Good luck!