Writing samples
Topics:
- Academic
- Biographies
- Blogging
- Business
- Environmental Issues and Ecotourism
- Editorials
- Fishing and Aquaculture
- Health
- Humor
- Interviews
- Language
- Media
- Poetry
- Racism
- Reviews (literature, film, music)
- Sexism and Women’s Rights
- Technology and Education
- Violence
- Virtual Assistance
- Writing
Academic
Literature:
- Introduction to my undergraduate thesis (2007)
- Bifurcations in Lorna Dee Cervantes’s Emplumada (2006)
Biographies
(In Spanish)
Blogging
(In Spanish)
- Por qué y cómo escribir artículos en base a posts de otros bloggers (link posts)
- Como generar contenido irresistible para tu blog
Business
(In Spanish)
- Como liberarte de tus miedos y de malas influencias y alcanzar tus sueños
- La clave para organizar tu tiempo y tu vida: simplificar
- Twitter: dónde están tus seguidores (followers)?
- Cómo usar Twitter para hacer crecer tu negocio online
- Recursos para registrar tu tiempo cuando trabajas para tus clientes
- 10 aplicaciones para usar con Facebook
- Llega más lejos con Facebook
Environmental Issues and Ecotourism
Save Eco Destinations blog (2009 – present):
- Japan uses tsunami funds to support whaling
- Climate change brings starker biodiversity loss than expected
- The GMO plague and how to fight it, Pt. 1
- Sunscreen: The good, the bad, and the terrible
- Marine experts spell doom for world’s oceans, Pt. 2
- Marine experts spell doom for world’s oceans, Pt. 1
- People don’t care about global warming? Change your rhetoric
- Ecotourists: Shut up to save wildlife
- How tourism–even green tourism–is killing the world’s reefs
- Coastal weddings harm sea turtle populations
- The Xcacel-Xcacelito ecocide–the beginning
- Bangladesh’s rivers “a black gel”
- Doing your part: Basics for eco travel
- Bicycle New Zealand in 30 days and other green ways to travel
- Help Montana go eco this summer
- Eco and LGBT-friendly travel
- UK, France and Monaco propose intl ban on endangered tuna
- Mexico recovers from swine flu panic
- Send an email for Xcacel-Xcacelito’s turtles
Editorials
The Catalyst, New College of Florida’s student-run newspaper:
- On Andrea Dworkin’s death (2005)
Fishing and Aquaculture
Fishing Information & Services (2009 – present):
- Sequenced coral genome may guide reef conservation efforts
- Experts urge drop in small fish harvesting
- 38% of salmon mislabelled: study
- Sustainable offshore aquaculture bill introduced
- Tuna exporting giant invests USD 45 mln to expand business
- NAFO keeps fishery open despite scientists’ warnings
- Marine Harvest reports robust results for Q3
- Gillnets ban may hit the South Pacific
- New food labels display products’ carbon emissions
- NOAA bans krill fishing
- Pest species spreading
- Red grouper to be farmed indoors in joint venture
- Novartis gives USD 1.2 mln to university
- NOAA uncovers illegal bluefin tuna operation
- Scientists discover key carrier link behind fish disease
Health
Save Eco Destinations blog (2009 – present):
- The GMO plague and how to fight it, Pt. 1
- Sunscreen: The good, the bad, and the terrible
- The FDA wants you to unknowingly buy GE fish
- Veganism on the cheap
Collective Wizdom (2009 – 2010):
- Breast Enhancement Procedures
- Breast Enlargement: Health Risks of Breast Augmentation
- Swollen Hands: Causes and Cures
- Ideal Diet for Diverticulitis
- Diverticulitis – Top Ten Natural Remedies
- The Top 10 Health Benefits of Drinking Green Tea
- Milk – The Health Dangers of Drinking Cow Milk
- Beets and Bowel Movements
- Tight Bras and Briefs – Health Dangers
- Stop Dandruff – Top Ten Natural Remedies that Work
Humor
The Catalyst, New College of Florida’s student-run newspaper:
- Man clad in feathers claims birds mock him (April Fool’s issue 2005)
Interviews
CLOSER Magazine (2003 – 2006):
- Interview with South Florida band Objects in Transit
- Interview with South Florida band Modernage (please scroll down to the second article). (The title of the article is a reference to a regional furniture store called Modernage.)
- Interview with South Florida band Karma (please scroll down)
- Interview with South Florida band Baby Calendar
- Interview with South Florida band A.K.A. (please scroll down)
Collective Wizdom (2009 – present):
Language
Guest blog posts (2009):
- An Affront to Language Rules at The Urban Muse
- The Power of Language at Pro Writing Tips, also featured on Five Star Friday’s Intrepid Tuesday: Edition #16
Media
Poetry
Racism
Reviews (literature, film, music)
Literature at Elevate Difference (formerly Feminist Review) (2009 – 2010):
- To Kill a Tiger: A Memoir of Korea – Jid Lee
- Suffled How It Gush: A North American Anarchist in the Balkans – Shon Meckfessel
- The Women’s Room – Marilyn French
- Where the Girls are: Urban Lesbian Erotica – Ed. D. L. King
- Old World Daughter, New World Mother: An Education in Love and Freedom – Maria Laurino
- Miss Don’t Touch Me – Hubert & Kerascoet
RAG Magazine (2005 – 2006):
Music
- Blink 182 – Greatest Hits (2006; pg. 11)
- Baby Calendar – Fifteen Year Old Sneakers (2006; pg. 14)
- Martha Berner – … This Side of Yesterday (2006; pg. 16)
- When Girls Collide – Hit Me with Your Tail Wag (2006; pg. 16)
- Go Betty Go – Nothing is More (2006; pg. 14)
- The Like – Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking? (2006; pg. 16)
- Metric – Live it out (2005; pg. 12)
- Paramore – All We Know is Falling (2005; pg. 15)
- Koufax – Hard Times are in Fashion (2005; pg. 16)
Live shows (2005)
- The Bravery (pg. 16)
Film
- Motherland (2010)
- The Bible Unearthed: The Making of a Religion (2009)
- Valiant (pg. 53) (2005)
- Aliens of the Deep (pg. 53) (2005)
Sexism and Women’s Rights
- Violence, race, and the Rihanna/Chris Brown debacle
- The link between rape and men’s magazines
- Rape is rape, no matter what Cosmopolitan says
Technology and Education
Coggno blog (2008):
On LMS/Learning Management Systems:
- Brief Suggestions for an Optimal LMS Aesthetic, Pt. 1
- Brief Suggestions for an Optimal LMS Aesthetic, Pt. 2
- Learning Management System Usage for Healthcare Training
- Securing Your Learning Management System
- Choosing the Perfect Learning Management System
On learning content:
- What Kind of Learning Content Merits a Diploma?
- Should You go to the Learning Content?
- … Or Should the Learning Content Come to You?
- How Does Learning Content Work Best for Learners?
- How Could Learning Content Work Best for Learners?
- A Cognitive Approach to Learning Content Delivery, Pt. 1
- A Cognitive Approach to Learning Content Delivery, Pt. 2
- A Cognitive Approach to Learning Content Delivery, Pt. 3
- A Cognitive Approach to Learning Content Delivery, Pt. 4
On learning systems:
- Ten Issues in a Learning System; 7) Context, Pt. 1
- Ten Issues in a Learning System: 7) Context, Pt. 2
- Ten Issues in a Learning System:
Learning by Doing - Ten Issues in a Learning System: 9) Learning Objectives and Myths
- Ten Issues in a Learning System: 10) Peer Groups
- Web 2.0 as a Learning System: Social Constructivism
- Is the Web 2.0 Learning System a Fad?
Violence
- Violence, race, and the Rihanna/Chris Brown debacle
- The link between rape and men’s magazines
- Rape is rape, no matter what Cosmopolitan says
Virtual Assistance
(In Spanish)
- Descubre cuales son algunos de los servicios más solicitados a las Asistentes Virtuales
- ¿Qué estilo de Asistente Virtual prefieres?
- ¿Qué estilo de Asistente Virtual eres?
- 7 Claves para convertirte en una Asistente Virtual