Once again, this year Caribbean Beat and its sister publication at MEP, Discover Trinidad & Tobago, have partnered with the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival (TTFF). The annual festival is a celebration of the best new and recent films from and about the Caribbean and the diaspora. Films are being screened at venues around Trinidad …
Category: media and technology
Social Media Success Seminar this Saturday
That title wasn't meant to be an alliteration, but it happened to work out that way!This Saturday 20th August, the Kimono Company is presenting a seminar on social media, called Social Media Success: A Seminar. Myself, Kayode James, Karel McIntosh, Simone Sant-Ghuran, and Douglas Ames will all be presenting on various aspects of social media. …
The Caribbean: great to visit, but not to live?
Well at least they admit it: "like any list, this one isn't perfect." Newsweek has opened a hornets' nest of inter-island and inter-country rivalry (at least in the Caribbean) alongside scepticism from social scientists, journalists and marketing professionals with the release of its first – and now quite controversial – The World's Best Countries list, …
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Techie dad
I texted my dad a little while ago to make sure he'd safely arrived in London after being out of town for a while. No sooner had he texted back in the affirmative did he ask: "What password did they give you for the internet?" So I sent it. He SMS'd back: "Thx."
Arts criticism/reviewing in Trinidad & Tobago: is there any?
Why isn't there a culture of real feedback, reviewing or criticism in T&T? It's something I've heard artists and (good) journalists & editors complain about for years: that there isn't a real core of reviewers and "critics" (however infuriating they me be) to actually give feedback on our cultural products. I can't remember the last …
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“Fare you well, my dear, I must be gone, / And leave you for a while…”
In loving memory of Aunty Astra Da Costa Fare you well, my dear, I must be gone, And leave you for a while; If I roam away I'll come back again, Though I roam ten thousand miles, my dear, Though I roam ten thousand miles. So fair thou art, my bonny lass, So deep in …
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Susan Boyle’s answers to Larry King (check & mate)
LARRY KING: Susan, you're single. In fact you say you've never been kissed. Now you're getting piles of fan mail. How will this change your life? SUSAN BOYLE: I won't be lonely. I certainly won't be lonely any more! LK: Will you date? Will you change the way you look? Your dress, your hair, your …
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Media Saturation? Economic slowdowns & the media in Trinidad & Tobago
In the last few years, changes in regulations have made it easier for entrepreneurs to launch their own TV/radio stations, newspapers and magazines, so there has been a proliferation of media channels in Trinidad and Tobago. And this is to say nothing of the increasing broadband penetration and the growth of the internet on the …
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Caroline Taylor 