Giovanny Gutierrez is a technology evangelist, thought leader and serial entrepreneur. Gio is Founder of Chat Chow TV and is currently operating as Director of Interactive at Tinsley Advertising in Miami, FL.
// Thursday, October 6th, 2011 10:43 am GMT -5 // No Comments » // Personal
// Thursday, May 5th, 2011 02:02 pm GMT -5 // No Comments » // Personal
Melissa Hernandez talks to Gio Gutierrez , the creator of the hot new Cuban Dichos iPhone App, at Los Pinareños in Little Havana. They share their favorite dichos (including a few doozys!), a couple of Agua de Cocos and more than a few laughs. Esto esta de pelicula!
// Thursday, April 21st, 2011 11:29 pm GMT -5 // No Comments » // Personal
I decided to take my love of food and turn it into a show. Launched on April 13th, 2011, Chat Chow TV is a mouth-watering new video podcast where we go behind the scenes with the chefs, owners and mixologists of South Florida’s celebrated food industry. Hosted by Lauren, the show consists of 8-10 minute episodes each individually highlighting our favorite food personalities.
Watch us here online, or as an iTunes podcast, YouTube or Vimeo. Please join our Facebook community as well! And of course, we’re on Twitter.
// Thursday, January 13th, 2011 12:11 am GMT -5 // 2 Comments » // Personal, Random
2010 has been a fantastic year… not only did I accomplish a few things on my list, but I actually continued some resolutions from past years. For example, I met my last cousin in my family tree, “Oscar Suarez“, did a few more workshops, purchased some more art (like this one and this one from Friends With You), stayed w/ my bootcamp regime, and travelled to Sonoma/Napa Valley again.
2011 List:
Take more pics with my Rebel T2i
Start a podcast
See more live music this year
Make another iPhone App
Travel internationally (Africa, Taiwan, Japan, or Thailand)
Travel domestically (DC or Vegas)
Read at least one book a month
Go to MacWorld & ComicCon
2010 List:
SUCCESS: Visit Cuba
FAIL: Visit DC
FAIL: Visit Vegas
SUCCESS: Visit Iceland
FAIL: Learn how to solve the Rubiks Cube
SUCCESS: Moisturize my face everyday now that I’m 32 lol
FAIL: Removal of this tattoo on my back that I got when I was 16 that’s barely visible
FAIL: Changing my own oil in my Prius
FAIL: Go to MacWorld & ComicCon with Dave
SUCCESS: Run a 5K/10K marathon
FAIL: Cook more Indian at home
Onward to 2011!
// Monday, April 12th, 2010 07:00 pm GMT -5 // No Comments » // Personal
Ps. Funny enough, I wore his shirt that evening and received 6 compliments from random strangers.
// Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 10:33 am GMT -5 // No Comments » // Food, Personal
El Mercadito is a new, elegant mexican tapas restaurant next to Sugar Cane in Midtown (another tapas place). Great ambience, music, etc. A perfect place for a nice date or for a group of friends to have some tequila shots – which they have plenty of a selection. Everything except Patron which according to the bartender, they purposely don’t carry due to their farming practices. A move I respect without explanation. Mixed drinks were also a delight. We had “El Pirata” which was a concoction of beer, tequila, spices and pineapple. Our waitress (whose name unfortunately I can’t remember) was awesome. Honest about everything, passionate, knowledgeable, I go on and on about her.
On to food. TACOS!!! Such good tacos. You get 4 tiny tacos per order that are perfectly well balanced with flavors and spices on a corn tortilla. Specially the Shrimp. We had to even order another order of these before we left. CEVICHES was another hit. We ordered all three varieties (snapper, shrimp and mahi mahi) and all of them passed the test.
I would give them 5 stars except the GUACAMOLE wasn’t that great. We tried 3 different ones and none of them hit the spot. Rosa Mexicana’s is way better and according to my friends at the table, even I make a better one (I really do actually – pomegranates and mango – I digress).The other flaw was dessert. Highly disappointed although they were working on it and we gave them honest feedback on their Creme Burlee – Pineapple – Foam mashup. Looking forward to visiting them again real soon.
// Monday, February 15th, 2010 11:23 am GMT -5 // 1 Comment » // Personal
Sugarcane is a great new spot from owners of SushiSamba. The place is beautiful, airy, big fans, very tropical. Decor is lovely, random chairs, tile, wood floors, very rustic and homey.
Sugarcane has 3 separate kitchens scattered through out:
• A Raw Bar
• Japanese Grill
• Hot Kitchen
Think tapas with an exotic/asian flare – not your typical spanish tapas. If you’ve been to Señora Martinez, you know what to expect except this was way more affordable and better tasting in every way. We tried 10 dishes and they came fast and prompt. Favorites were:
• Florida Tomatoes w/ burrata cheese, strawberries and balsamic
• Golden Beets salad
• Goat Cheese Croquettes w/ marmalade
• The Sugarcane Lobster roll w/ peanut soy
• Madagascar Shrimp w/ sweet chili
• Yellowtail Crudos w/ grapefruit and avocado
Last but not least, the Torrejas dessert which was soaked in custard for 24 hours and baked w/ fiji apples and served w/ vanilla bean ice cream.
Staff was wonderfully flashing smiles left and right. Our waiter came thru with every suggestion. Can’t wait to come back for Happy Hour and get a pitcher of the red sangria.
PS I added some pics so make sure to scope them out.
// Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 11:02 am GMT -5 // No Comments » // Personal, Random
So I’ve come to the conclusion that not only do I want an iPad, but I need one. Yes, I’m a card carrying Apple Fan Boy. With that being said, here are the 3 things Apple needs to implement right now. There’s a good chance some of these wishes will have to wait until iPad 2.0, but we’re hoping Apple has some cards to play and will further enhance its device before the March launch-date.
The brief iWork demos showed how capable these apps are, but no mention was made about printing. We’re hoping there’s direct network printing from iPad apps, because without this functionality, iPad will sit squarely in the ‘peripheral’ category.
PS. I know you can print now from an iPhone but you need to install an app on your Mac/PC as well as the iPhone. This should be native using existing technologies such as Bonjour/Wifi/Bluetooth.
Only crazy people want to be able to use iPad for taking photos. A 10-inch flatscreen device is more than a little unwieldy for such endeavors. However, we already know a number of people that consider the lack of an iPad webcam a deal-breaker. Video chatting never became ubiquitous in the manner shown in sci-fi movies, but it’s popular with some, especially anyone with friends and family overseas via Skype, iChat etc.
If you’ve got a Mac or PC, you can back-up your iPad to it via a sync, just like an iPod/iPhone. Big hard drive space is now very much needed as your main computer has to store backups of these devices. There needs to be a optional way to backup wireless via MobileMe at prices similar to Amazon’s S3 storage.
// Friday, February 5th, 2010 10:50 am GMT -5 // No Comments » // Personal
Netflix signed a frightening deal with Warner Bros, delaying new releases from going out to customers until 28 days of purgatory pass. TechCrunch dug through Netflix’s top January rentals, and they yanked any title that’s within 28 days of release. Over half (13 of 24) would be missing. Here’s an example:
1) Julie & Julia: December 8 — No
2) District 9: December 22 —- No
3) 500 Days of Summer: December 22 —- No
4) Angels and Demons: November 24 -– Yes
5) The Proposal: October 13 —-Yes
6) The Hangover: December 15 —- No
7) Star Trek: November 17 -Yes
8) Up: November 10 —-Yes
9) The Taking Of Pelham 123: November 3 -– Yes
10) Night At The Museum 2: December 1 -– Yes
11) The Ugly Truth: November 10 —- Yes
12) Public Enemies: December 8 -– No
13) The Hurt Locker: January 12 —- No
14) Inglourious Basterds: December 15 —- No
15) Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs: January 5 — No
16) Funny People: November 24 — Yes
17) G.I. Joe: November 3 — Yes
18) Harry Potter 6: December 8 —- No
19) Terminator 4: December 1 – Yes
20) Gamer: January 19 — No
21) A Perfect Getaway: December 29 — No
22) Extract: December 22 — No
23) 9: December 29 —– No
24) Transformers 2: October 20 — Yes
25) Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past: September 22 — Yes
Netflix has developed an amazing rental infrastructure. But they need to become as media savvy as Apple if they want to make it worth a damn. I personally take this as an insult coming from Warner Bros as they are giving consumers no alternate option than to purchase a $35 Blue-Ray movie that I’ll watch maybe two times. This whole fiasco is going to make people pirate (their) movies even more. Mark my words.
// Thursday, February 4th, 2010 08:40 am GMT -5 // No Comments » // Personal, Random
Wow… Japan never ceases to amaze me. Seriously, here’s some DVD for sale of women crying. I’m sure it’s some sick masochistic fetish to some but as a DVD for sale it’s well… unique and brilliant. I hope they make millions so please buy yours here: Crying Girl DVD Helps Men Feel Strong.
Straight from product page:
It may not be The Crying Game but “Crying Girl” (Nakigao, in Japanese) from Amuse Soft Entertainment has its fair share of crying. In fact, it’s almost ALL crying. One after another, 11 minor female celebs shed real tears as they recount some of the worst days of their lives.
The “11 stories of people crying in earnest”, as the DVD’s tag line states, include some that really don’t seem so terrible but instead reflect the rigors of being an up & coming model in Japan’s fiercely competitive “idol” culture:
- Marika, who was yelled at by her manager.
- Risa, who had been jilted by her boyfriend.
- Nana, who saw a bad picture of herself in a magazine.
- Shiho, who cried when her boyfriend said goodbye.
- Mai, who cried “touching the loneliness of the city”.
- Yutaka, who has a friend with breast cancer who’s engaged to marry.
