What It Once Was … Ayagaures

Tags: Ayagaures, Presa de Ayagaures, Dams, Gran Canaria, Flickr, Photography, Photos, WhatItOnceWas, Nature, Healing, Life, Fires, Incendio, Manu Moreno, GranCanariaPhotos As I have mentioned in the first weblog post of the series, every week I am planning on creating an entry over here under the heading What It Once Was … to share with you … Continue reading What It Once Was … Ayagaures

What It Once Was … Palmitos Park

Tags: Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Fires, Incendio, Fire Extinction, Flickr, Pictures, Photos, Photography, WhatItOnceWas, Palmitos Park, Flora, Fauna, Zoo, Theme Park, Reconstruction As the fires from Gran Canaria and Tenerife continue towards making really good progress and be completely extinguished, still with some minor, completely isolated and under control patches here and there, I … Continue reading What It Once Was … Palmitos Park

Blogging and Crisis – The Fire in the Canary Islands and the Role of Knowledge Management

Tags: Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Fires, Incendio, Disaster, Tragedy, Catastrophe, Rob Patterson, Crisis, Knowledge Management, KM, Knowledge Sharing, Collaboration, Communities, Social Computing, Social Networking, Social Software, Web 2.0, Social Media, Trust, Dave Snowden, Twitter, Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, Social Bookmarks, Social Capital This week is probably one of those weeks that I feel most of … Continue reading Blogging and Crisis – The Fire in the Canary Islands and the Role of Knowledge Management

Heroes and a Token of Gratitude

Tags: Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Canary Isles, Fires, Incendios, Spain, Gratitude, Token of Gratitude, Firefighters, UME, Volunteers, Heroes, Canarias7, Esther Pérez, Social Media, News Media, Planeta Canarias, Canarias Bruta, Crónicas de Esperantia As the news items about the recent fires in both Gran Canaria and Tenerife are starting to die out, now that they … Continue reading Heroes and a Token of Gratitude

Gran Canaria Fires – Now Officially under Control! Finally!

Tags: Gran Canaria, Canarias, Canary Islands, Fires, Spain, Tragedy, Drama, Paradise, Incendio, Arde Canarias, Planeta Canarias, La Gomera, Tenerife I know that over the last few days I have been sharing a number of different weblog posts that do not have much to do with the main topics that I get to discuss over here, … Continue reading Gran Canaria Fires – Now Officially under Control! Finally!

Gran Canaria Fires – Almost There! Almost under Control…

Tags: Gran Canaria, Canarias, Canary Islands, Fires, Spain, Tragedy, Drama, Paradise, Incendio, Arde Canarias, Ayagaures, Planeta Canarias And while the reactions and different news items keep showing up all over the place with folks sharing their thoughts on this tragic set of events, it looks like things are starting to become normalised, to a certain … Continue reading Gran Canaria Fires – Almost There! Almost under Control…

Sin Cabeza (Headless)

Tags: Gran Canaria, Canarias, Canary Islands, Fires, Spain, Tragedy, Drama, Paradise, Incendio, Tenerife, Mixed Feelings, Arde Canarias, JRMora, J.R. Mora, Viñeta, Cerillas, Blogosfera Hacía ya tiempo que no había creado ningún artículo en español en ninguno de los blogs que llevo manteniendo durante varios meses, y creo que ya va siendo hora de que vuelva … Continue reading Sin Cabeza (Headless)

Gran Canaria and Tenerife Disasters and Some Mixed Feelings

Tags: Gran Canaria, Canarias, Canary Islands, Fires, Spain, Tragedy, Drama, Paradise, Incendio, Tenerife, Mixed Feelings, Arde Canarias While the news items keep popping up on what has been named as Gran Canaria‘s worst ecological disaster in recent history, we can already start seeing some folks coming out of the places where they have been hiding … Continue reading Gran Canaria and Tenerife Disasters and Some Mixed Feelings

Dramatic Weekend in Gran Canaria … and Now Tenerife, Too! – Part II

Tags: Gran Canaria, Canarias, Canary Islands, Fires, Spain, Tragedy, Drama, Paradise, Incendio, Tenerife And while several different fires continue to spread around the South-West of the island of Gran Canaria (With one soldier injured at the moment) and while there are more and more news items coming through just as horrifying as the previous ones, … Continue reading Dramatic Weekend in Gran Canaria … and Now Tenerife, Too! – Part II