E L S U A ~ A KM Blog Thinking Outside The Inbox by Luis Suarez

Planeta Canarias – Following the Sad News

Tags: Gran Canaria, Canarias, Canary Islands, Fires, Spain, Tragedy, Drama, Paradise, Canarias7, La Provincia, Planeta Canarias

If you would want to follow some more of the tragedy we are going through at the moment, check out the following resources live:

– Canarias7
– La Provincia

And, specially Planeta Canarias, where a whole bunch of us bloggers are sharing our first impressions of this unforgetable dramatic event!

PS. And, of course, I will be twittering some of my experiences about the whole, unprecedented, event. Stay tuned for more updates…

Oh, and for those folks who have shown their interest and further support a quick word to just simply say “Thanks!” for the concerns and for the support. It is greatly appreciated. I am doing fine for the time being, although it is incredibly impressive to see the fire in the horizon from the several mountains that surround the place I live in, down South of the island!

Update – 3:00 am 31st of July: Here are some more links covering the news on how the fires spread around the South-West of the island into what has been flagged already as the worst catastrophe in history (Of the island, that is):

— Wildfires in Gran Canaria
— Spain arrests forest ranger who confessed to setting blaze in Canary Islands
— Algo se quema
— Incendios en Canarias via satélite
— Arde Gran Canaria
— El fuego arrasa Palmitos Park y el hotel aledaño
— Hace fuego
— En llamas
— Palabra del lector
— Have fuego
— Vecinos de Fataga y Tunte se niegan a evacuar sus casas, mientras que el próximo núcleo podría ser El Salobre (El Salobre being the village next to the one where I currently live in, El Tablero)

Dramatic Weekend in Gran Canaria

Tags: Gran Canaria, Canarias, Canary Islands, Fires, Spain, Tragedy, Drama, Paradise

I know that this weblog post is very much off topic, and you would have to excuse me for it, but if there are ever pictures out there that would be worth while 1,000 words, the following set would be those that would provide you with a intensive sense of drama, if not tragedy. For all of us:

My dearest paradise is burning and it hurts. It truly hurts…

Reviews – Passionate or Straight to the Point?

Tags: Mobile 2.0, Mobile, Nokia, N95, iPhone, Mobile Devices, Reviews, Robert Scoble, Gadgetnutz, Passion, Comprehensiveness, Thoroughness

Ok, say that you are presented with this kind of review on any particular kind of product, you name it. Then say that you bump into this other kind of review (Part I and Part II) from the same product (Although in here you have got a completely different product). But as an example, which one would you be more inclined to follow in your purchase of the latest mobile gadget available out there?

Would you follow the passion (That in this case Scoble puts together) or would you rather focus on a cold review that provides you with the most extensive, and comprehensive, of reviews that may be around out there, like you can read over in Gadgetnutz? Which one is going to be the most enticing for you to finally make that purchase?

Not an easy answer, right? Yes, that is what I thought myself, too! I think I would be torn between the two of them. Or, even better, I think I would love to have such an extensive and thorough set of reviews, but with all the passion you can get. Yes, I know, the best of both worlds, but why can’t they be combined with one another, right? After all, isn’t that the best thing for our own interests?

What do you think then? Passionate or extensive, and comprehensive, reviews for that latest gadget you have been thinking about buying for some time now?