
In the time I've spent on the net, from the BBS days to the time of my newsletter up to and including this humble weblog, I've learned YOU HAVE TO SCRAP!
What do I mean by that?
You have to be innovative. you have to be a thinker. You have to figure out how to make a slow computer or a crappy dial-up connection work for you. I hate to use the tired old phrase "think outside the box," but I just did!
Given the spotty Internet service in Cuba, Yoani has the upperhand, technologically! (Or so it seems)... Is Yoani REAL? We've seen online hoaxes before.
Not everyone believes: "..it is impossible that Yoani Sanchez is a simple blogger denouncing the difficulties of a system. Powerful interests are hiding behind the smokescreen that is Generation Y, which represents a formidable weapon in the media war that the United States wages against Cuba."
Translating Cuba is a new compilation blog with Yoani and other Cuban bloggers in English.
Yoani's new book in English, Havana Real, can be ordered here.
***[Cuban blogger riles with her weapon of words]
Ukraine: Netizens React to Popular File-Sharing Website's Shutdown


The news of the shutdown of Ukraine's most popular file-sharing website caused quite a stir online. Tetyana Bohdanova reports on the netizens' varied reactions to the controversy.
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From New York ::: An underground hip-hop blog has become an alterna-YouTube, where slick rap videos and grainy footage of subway brawls and mall fights get over a million views a day. [LiNk]
Tags: Yoani Sánchez, Generacion Y