[Lo and High] Tech

I have two pieces of technology that I love, the first it's a Lo-tech piece, my bicycle. My father got it in a raffle, on his work, around 15 years ago, It's an old old old bicycle, but, because I only start to use it 7 years ago, It's in shape, the paint still is where it's suppose, and the rims, spokes and the frame are fine. I use it when I go to the park, with my dog, also when I have to pay the bills near my home.

I like my bicycle because It's green...greenyellow, with a lot of small lines. Also I like it because the quality, 15 years, and still works, the manufacturer is Cinelli, an Italian brand, and I love all his works.


The second piece, now a little Hi-tech, is my computer, don't ask... I just love computers [and I know you love them too], but, maybe because I understand this world (computers-world).
I don't got a computer for myself until I got to University, and then, I don't let it go. Now I have a new computer, one year old (it's a baby), and I use it for everything, playing, University, work, and for keep in contact with my girlfriend, because we live far far away (PuenteAlto-Quilicura).

Also I think I like computers because Internet, yeah, the same internet that you use to read this post, and the same internet that allow you to see what’s going on everywhere, the same internet that let you see [thanks google earth] everyplace in the world, and also, the same internet that’s [and this is the most important thing] open to you a infinitum universe of knowledge.

I think that tech is as good as we are.

Myth: Guns don't kill people, people do.
Fact: Both guns and people kill; guns make it easier.

ID skills

I always thought that industrial design could be studied by anyone and (here's a think that I love about this career) because I have classmates that have very different ways to think or to solve problems, also I have found that this career can, if you want, take the best of you, and improve your personal skills. Maybe this is because in Industrial Design there is a lots of paths to develop a project, and also, it works with a cross approach.

Anyway, maybe some fundamental skills that you have to earn across the career (from my point of view) can be put in a few groups.

The firs group may be related with representation and communication, specially when you try to make understandable your ideas/concepts.

The second group can be all the knowledge that you gain through 5 year (or maybe more if you wish)

A third group may be related with values, and professional attitudes.

Now I don´t remember more thing, but always I see one upon every other skill, and this is about the ability to learn to learn.

Learn to learn is a attitude that allows you to be an inversion inside any company, or if want to work freelance, the learn to learn attitude, allows you to expand your knowledge in any area.

Many people don go ahead in her business, because they say that they can make something. They are wrong.

In a way, our university prepare us in this aspe

cts, but is a fact that if you don't want to learn something you won´t learn it.

And about the future, yes I think that I'm prepared to do some kinds of work, but specially, I'm prepared to learn how to solve situations.

Mocha Island

Mocha Island is located near the coast of Arauco province, at BioBio Region, Chile, at 34,2 kilometers of Tirua city. The island has 48 square kilometers with a litle mountain at the center; this mountain also has a native forest and it is a protected wild area.

The people at the island are almost all fishermans.

In this island you can find forest, beach, mountain, and if you have time, a little lake.

The only way to get to the island is by an airplane, it cost about $15000, and only one hotel is avaible, but you can stay on a island house, or camp.

A very interesting history it's about a big and dangerous white sperm whale who lives around the island at the begining of XIX century; the hitory says that sperm whale defeat more than 100 hunting attempts.

It was so famous that Herman Melville use as inspiration for his famous novel: Mobi-Dick.

Even today, this sperm whale is famous, all because Herman Melville great-grandson, Richard Melville Hall, also know as Moby.

Back to the island, I can only show you pictures, and you have to make a opinion.

And for the records, I doesn't know the island in person, I'm trying to get some money, and time to visit it, but it's the only place that I really love.

Core77 / Designboom /

I can´t choose one...
Core 77 is a magazine style website about Industrial design and related topics, in here you can found articles from experts, photos, books, information about design schools, discussions and in a personal view, 3 special sections:

• Jobs & Portafolio /

  This section get us to COROFLOT, here you can create a portfolio, share it, and find a employment (with a Job alert option).

• Design Firms /

  A simple database of international design firms (I only can found 15 chilean Industrial Design firms :()

• Store /

  It's a store (core77 products and other collaborations)

This is a great site, always with new sections, info, and a great web design.

Designboom, a blog style website, about Design (Industrial, Graphic, Experience, Weeb, etc), Architecture, Art and other related topics. Here you can find similar sections, but the specials are:

• Design-Aerobics /

  Courses, and trainings.

• Competitions /

  Interntational Competitions and Designboom's competitions (in forums, you can find one great contest: Designboom's One Hour dDesign Challenge)
  

I use to visit this sites quite often, because as in any area, you have to be up to date, and this mean spend a lot of hours uin fron of the computer and read a lot of books.