I’ve blogged about it in the past, but since we’re so close to the date and following a request to spread the word from Fred (Webreakstuff), I’m posting about it again, as a reminder to all of you, who are planning on going to the first BarCamp in Portugal on the first weekend of september (2/3). I’m planning on going, what about you?
If you don’t know what a BarCamp is, and my last post didn’t help, you can find a whole lot more information on the Barcamp Wiki. There you’ll find also all the details regarding our portuguese edition: BarCamp Portugal. Besides this, we also invite you to join the conversation on its mailling list here.
See you in Coimbra!
August 22nd, 2006
This sunday is the last day for earlier registration for SHiFT, so if you haven’t done it already and still wanna take full advantage of the early bird discount, you should register before the 20th. 
August 19th, 2006
Without any doubt, everyone one of us, internet users, are the reason why the Internet is what it is today! If we were all alike and everyone talked about pretty much the same stuff, the net would be a very boring place, wouldn’t it?
Today I just stumbled upon this video from a group protesting in favor of Net Neutrality… its characters are so unique that I’ve decided to blog about it:
Check their website: http://wearetheweb.org/ if you’d like to know more about their cause.
August 11th, 2006
UPDATE IIIAndré seems to have posted the first picture of a StarBucks in Portugal, apparently in the weirdest place possible: a shopping center (Alegro) in Alfragide!
UPDATE II: According to this article from Diário Económico, the first Starbucks will hit Portugal in August this year, and will probably open first in the downtown lisbon! 
Curiously precisely 2(!) years after this post initially took place!
UPDATE: According to this Reuters article, 2008 will be the year StarBucks reaches Portugal
According to a portuguese business journal (”Jornal de Negócios”) StarBucks is getting ready to enter the portuguese market.
It’s indeed a great news for all (like myself!) who are, kind of, addicted to StarBucks coffee beverages (my favorite up until now is the Caramel Macchiato).
On the other end, it also lets me a bit sad feeling… during the last couple of years we have seen portuguese people moving away from the more traditional coffee places, places where once people stayed and read book a journal, hangout with friends, meet with girls, places like the Brasileira for instance which used to be everywhere are now a turist place only, places where the “BICA” was born, BICA is the traditional name for a short expresso and means in portuguese “Beba Isto Com Açucar” which translates to someting like “Dring this with sugar”, recalling the earlier days in Portugal when people started consuming coffee and couldn’t cope with its sour taste.
These days portuguese coffee drinkers seem to prefer the stand up coffee places… a shame really, I just hope that StarBucks can help revive, not only the fine coffee beverages, but also this excellent social feeling of having a coffee.
August 11th, 2006
