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• 06.08.07
  Interesting people at WAN, part 2 WAN 2007 | (2)

  Following on from Part One... Fabricio Altamirano & Eduardo Torres - the charming guys from El Diario de Hoy, the El Salvador online publication with 85-million page impressions. I know now that el Salvador has about eight million people, is about the size of Massachusetts, and the Republicans are in power with the Marxists in opposition. It's a democracy, albeit a fragile one -- but things are going ok there. They drink South African beer there thanks to the arrival of SABMiller. They have a big website which is also the domain name of their country elsalvador.com. Thanks for the ...

  Tagged: Andre Wlodar, Anne Taylor, Anthea Garman, Austin, Boris Trupcevic, Bryan, David Owen, Diana Kachalova, Eduardo Torres, El Salvador, Elan, Geoff, Guy Berger, Hungarian Publishers Association, Massachusetts, New York, Nikolay Malyrov, online publication, Rhodes University, Rosental Calmon Alves, Russia, SABMiller, Salvador, St Petersburg, Texas, University of Texas, Zagreb
  
• 06.07.07
  Lessons from WAN WAN 2007 | (6)

  Online people dress better than print people President Thabo Mbeki is a covert blogger The deputy president makes long speeches and is not afraid to get inbetween 1600 delegates and their food You can brush your hair with a fork Gavin O'Reilly is Irish Swedish people can't dance, neither can journalists Even though bloggers can't spell, they are cooler than journalists Print people think that online publishing is low quality, online people agree Papyrus, like print, is making a come back It's integration, not convergence You shouldn't leave your brand-new camera on the bus WiFi is out, 3G HSDPA is in TV is dead Linden dollars are in Wits students are the hippest, most ...

  Tagged: 3G, Cape Town, El Salvador, Even, Gavin O\'Reilly, google, internet penetration, James Bond El Salvador, Jean Yves, Online people, online publishing, Print, Rob Jonas, Sophie Brendell, Thabo Mbeki