South Park Isabel! :)

On my quest to find an avatar that looked like the real me, I was introduced to a South Park avatar website! (thanks silly) Hmm, didn’t know what to expect but in the end...I’m quite happy with the new me. ;) What do you think? Looks just like me! Lol Well... it looks more like me compared to my previous attempt (see blog entry from April 5, 06). And for those of you who would also like to be represented as a south park character, click here.

Chicanas & the Internet at MALCS

I must say I was very excited that this years MALCS at UCSC included workshops on the internet! (fyi, MALCS stands for Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social and their official website is www.malcs.net).

I attended a workshop titled "10 Reasons for Chicana Academics to Love the 'Net." The facilitators, Susana Gallardo and Daneane Gallardo, did a really good job at introducing some major concepts and tools. And they even put it all up on a website: http://tenthings.malcs.net/

Aside from this workshop, the facilitators held another that let mujeres create their own websites. Although I did not attend I am sure this was an amazing experience for the mujeres that did. You can view these as well as steps to create your own website at http://www.malcs.net/tutorials/website.htm .

Oh, I almost forgot...MALCS also recently created a blog: http://malcs.net/blog/