As ‘Gabriela who works at Vostok‘ this is pretty much what I have to say. But, as ‘Gabriela who loves movies and doesn’t know what she would do without them’, I would like to say a few more things about Filmin:

1. It’s one of the best online video services out there. It’s run by people who love movies, it’s simple, it’s efficient and it has a great catalog. Sure there are a few things I wish they could do better… but hey, I also want my man to be handsome, intelligent, sensitive and understanding…everyday, at all time…so hey, who cares?

2. It’s one of the few bridges between –and I’m gonna be intentionally simplistic here to stress my point– the two sides of the Spanish film industry today: the more “internet is the devil” side Vs. “internet is our savior”. There are millions of caveats, trillions of nuances and loads of things one cannot talk about unless one’s there, working at it and sweating it but, I can say this: we need middle-grounds, we need fresh air, we need companies, people, organizations and production companies that realize film distribution (and exhibition) has changed and that the new change will only bring good things for cinema.

And that’s it.

So congratulations and in Monsieur Tarantino’s own words:

So I saw all of these mediocre pictures of that volcano in Iceland nobody can pronounce the name of, so I figured I should go and do better. But the flights to get over took forever as expected (somewhat). 4 days after leaving I finally made it, but the weather was terrible for another 4. Just before leaving it got pretty good for about a day and a half and this is what I managed to get.

Here is the video, (best in fullscreen mode)

Sean declared that he’d come back to Iceland to do some more shooting if he had a sponsor. We commented on his vimeo page suggesting him to open a Kickstarter project page to get the funding. Raise your hand if you’d donate a few bucks to fund his project.

I’d suggest that you go to the Vimeo page and watch it full screen.

Totally wrong.

But today I found something unbelievable:

In order to complete registration, you must provide a valid credit card and billing adress to indicate you are over 18.

Way beyond stupidity.

1. There is a world out there, go reach it.
2. Your shit is someone else’s food (metaphorically speaking, ok?).
3. Own no more than 5 things you use, or else things will use you instead.
4. Leave your shit behind, it will serve others and make you more free.
5. If you reinterpret space and use it in non-conventional ways you are on advantage.
6. Courage is one of the most important things in life.
7. You can design your own life.
8. Do-ers are better than thinkers (in case you had to chose).
9. Conferences on a far away city are great for putting thoughts in order.
10. Web2.love is still the only strategic approach that makes sense when creating things.

I would love to see some more of these shared by other atendees. Please, let me know if you happen to post yours.

I made a few decisions while here in CPH. First one is going back to posting in English. I feel sorry for those who prefer Spanish. I know the blog may lose a bit of freshness (if it ever had that) but hey, the world is huge and ther are so many amazing people out there who I couldn’t reach otherwise.

Personal stuff may come in Spanish sometimes, so don’t expect too much consistency. As chaotic as life, I guess.

Look for beauty, it’s the only way of protest wich makes sense in this revolting world.

Ramón Trecet

in Spanish…

Buscad la belleza, es la única forma de protesta que merece la pena en este asqueroso mundo.

Ramón Trecet

He starts with a strong statement:

It was more about the past of web applications than the future.

Alberto Knapp

Anyone here attended FOWA and got the same impression?

There is one thing I quite don’t get, though. When he says

Nice concept: a 2 pizzas team (6-8 people; well, 4-5 if from The Cocktail … actually in our case it would be a 2 six-pack team)

Does he mean that the guys at The Cocktail eat more pizza than average? Or does he mean that 4-5 people from The Cocktail can do the same work as an average 6-8 team. Alberto, I demand a clarification.

When Aristotile was shown a book for the first time he said that the book would be the end of learning. As he said, if the student couldn’t discuss with the teacher then learning wouldn’t be possible.

He was probably exaggerating but not completely wrong.

We will have sessions each friday evening. Three hours every week for five months, plus mentoring during the week and on summer vacation. All this just for five students (the good thing about 5+1 is that we can have our sessions almost anywhere: on our room, inside a cafeteria, walking at the park, on museums…). All the details on the course are here, in Spanish (use google translate if you can’t help reading it).

The course was made public a week ago and most of the seats are already taken. I am happy with how it’s been received. I will let you know the names of the five students in a few weeks.