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	<title>SUb &#187; Popular Culture</title>
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	<description>On design &#38; culture.</description>
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		<title>Change cuts both ways</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfonso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you consume your graphic stories via digital means, you are no longer buying comic books. They may still be divided by “pages”, they may still be static images on a flat surface, but that’s about as close as it will ever resemble a book. While the digital vehicle forces content-producers to reinvent themselves and their business models, so does it require that we adapt and mature as consumers.]]></description>
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		<title>On Why Syfy is a Good Idea</title>
		<link>http://sub.agarzola.com/syfy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfonso</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Criticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graphic Design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of talk about the recent re-branding of the previously named Sci Fi Channel into the simple (and admittedly wacky) <a href="http://syfy.com">Syfy</a>. It seems to have struck a major negative chord with the science fiction crowd, with people citing all sort of reasons to justify their hatred: From sheer goofiness to downright betrayal. But what is the significance of this re-branding? A sci-fi layman attempts to make sense of it all…]]></description>
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		<title>Criticism As Commodity</title>
		<link>http://sub.agarzola.com/criticism-as-commodity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfonso</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we make a big spectacle out of the curation of talent, it is particularly frustrating to watch as celebrities are given a sort of pundit mantle with which to judge skills and craft they know next to nothing about. Does it subvert our curatorial mechanisms by trivializing criticism, or is it a symptom of a deeper problem?]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media is not Plug &amp; Play</title>
		<link>http://sub.agarzola.com/social-media-is-not-plug-play/</link>
		<comments>http://sub.agarzola.com/social-media-is-not-plug-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfonso</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Popular Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rumination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[That we can simply plug one publishing tool into another (thus turning the second into a mindless, impersonable drone) does not mean we should. When individuals and organizations turn Twitter into little more than yet another syndication vehicle, it’s everybody’s loss.]]></description>
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		<title>Edward Tufte is to Information Design what Gene Simmons is to Rock &amp; Roll.</title>
		<link>http://sub.agarzola.com/edward-tufte-rockstar/</link>
		<comments>http://sub.agarzola.com/edward-tufte-rockstar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfonso</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design (general)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Of Relevance as of Late]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Popular Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If there ever was a rockstar equivalent in the field of information design, Edward Tufte would certainly be it. It would seem, though, that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyWmY9HEt2c&#038;NR=1">he shares more than just a metaphorical resemblance</a> to one of rock's most notorious and legendary gods of its own: Mr. Gene Simmons. Enjoy.]]></description>
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		<title>On Phony Compassion</title>
		<link>http://sub.agarzola.com/phony-compassion/</link>
		<comments>http://sub.agarzola.com/phony-compassion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfonso</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Of Relevance as of Late]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Popular Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Saffo <a href="http://www.saffo.com/journal/entry.php?id=1015&#038;pg">tells it like he sees it.</a> I agree. [Via <a href="http://www.designobserver.com">Design Observer</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>To rule by culture…</title>
		<link>http://sub.agarzola.com/rule-by-culture/</link>
		<comments>http://sub.agarzola.com/rule-by-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfonso</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Popular Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Status quo is rarely a vehicle for significant progress in any community. Stepping away from it and shaking things around in creative ways to call people's attention to the issues at hand can only bring about the kind of change that lasts: change in the idiosyncrasy of a people.]]></description>
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		<title>Perspective: Israeli / Palestinian Coffin Counter</title>
		<link>http://sub.agarzola.com/israeli-palestinian-coffin-counter/</link>
		<comments>http://sub.agarzola.com/israeli-palestinian-coffin-counter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfonso</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Of Relevance as of Late]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Popular Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The coverage on this conflict is sad, enfuriating and most of the time very confusing. <a href="http://www.moiz.ca/coffin2.htm" title="Israeli / Palestinian Coffin Counter">So here's some perspective.</a> [Via <a href="http://infosthetics.com/">InfoSthetics</a>]]]></description>
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		<title>¿Por qué te suena? Porque es verdad&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sub.agarzola.com/%c2%bfpor-que-me-suena-porque-es-verdad/</link>
		<comments>http://sub.agarzola.com/%c2%bfpor-que-me-suena-porque-es-verdad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfonso</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Popular Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Desde hace ya unas semanas, un cierto anuncio de Toyota nos deleita con una historia enternecedora acompañada de una canción que, —a algunos— nos suena extrañamente familiar. Porque te vas siempre se me pareció a Superaquello (banda puertorriqueña a la cual pertenece nuestro siempre amigo y a veces colaborador Jorge Castro), pero la canción no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diseño gráfico ≠ Publicidad</title>
		<link>http://sub.agarzola.com/diseno-grafico-%e2%89%a0-publicidad/</link>
		<comments>http://sub.agarzola.com/diseno-grafico-%e2%89%a0-publicidad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 09:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfonso</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design (general)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graphic Design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rumination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hay algo terriblemente disfuncional con la idea de que el único fin viable para el diseño gráfico es la publicidad. Parece mentira, pero por alguna razón ese parece ser el consenso general en Puerto Rico. Se puede diseñar cualquier cosa, claro, pero no parece tomarse muy en serio a menos que sea producto de un [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>El elitismo y la curadoría cultural</title>
		<link>http://sub.agarzola.com/el-elitismo-y-la-curadoria-cultural/</link>
		<comments>http://sub.agarzola.com/el-elitismo-y-la-curadoria-cultural/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 04:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfonso</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Popular Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rumination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ayer martes Manuel Clavell Carasquillo publicó un comentario corto en respuesta a una columna que publicara Mayra Santos Febres en la edición del domingo pasado de El Nuevo Día, y si bien de manera tangencial también relacionado a esta entrada en el blog de Félix de Azúa. En resumidas cuentas, Clavell Carrasquillo demuestra un repudio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arte, dinero&#8230; ¿Engaño?</title>
		<link>http://sub.agarzola.com/arte-dinero-%c2%bfengano/</link>
		<comments>http://sub.agarzola.com/arte-dinero-%c2%bfengano/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfonso</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Popular Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rumination]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recientemente, Ezequiel Rodríguez Andino escribió un comentario corto en el blog de Frecuencias Alternas acerca de una nueva colaboración entre Brian Eno y David Byrne. Menciona que, con la reciente tendencia de bandas fenecidas a reunirse luego de varias décadas y hacer todo un espectáculo de ello, le preocupa que esta colaboración (una que envuelve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dios creó al hombre. Luego creó el Grammy&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sub.agarzola.com/dios-creo-al-hombreluego-creo-el-grammy/</link>
		<comments>http://sub.agarzola.com/dios-creo-al-hombreluego-creo-el-grammy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alfonso</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; y dijo, &#8220;Aquí tenéis, hijos míos. Repártanselo entre sí.&#8221;
Entonces se puso cómodo y sacó el&#160;popcorn.
Se puede discutir muy a fondo el hecho de que el mundo es caprichoso. Me refiero al mundo natural, tanto como al mundo de los hombres (y mujeres, y hemafroditas, y transexuales, etc.). Podríamos irnos en toda una exploración retórica [...]]]></description>
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