This hysterical Fonero, Matador Joselisto, has come up with a few video sketches on FON.
Category Archives: FON
Crazy Eddie, the Prices are Insane!
I had almost totally forgotten the incredibly annoying Crazy Eddie commercials from the 1980s. But the other day, Martin, Neska, Nina, Diego C. and I were brainstorming for a title to the press release that would come out on Martin’s blog for FON’s launch of new services.
We were trying to come up with something catchy that used Spanish words that Americans have incorporated into everyday language. I suggested (similar to what I use as one of my blog categories), something derived from “Living La Vida loco”. When everyone quickly voted the idea down because of an aversion to Ricky Martin, I defended myself with the sudden, out-of-the-blue flashback to Crazy Eddie screaming like a lunatic that the “prices are insane.” Of course, Martin remembered Crazy Eddie (having lived in New York for almost 20 years). No one else knew what I was talking about.
In any event, we went with “Fiesta Fonera“. For more Crazy Eddie commericals, click here. Crazy Eddie sure takes me back to the 80s and my family trips to New York and New Jersey.
Filed under Digressions, FON
Cool New FON Promo Video
All of us here in Madrid have been working really hard to prepare for launching a bunch of new services, one of which involves this cool new video. Some have been preparing all of the technical infrastructure, some the hardware, some the new website and logos, some the fine print, some the logics, some the numbers, and others like Diego C and Jose Antonio have been working on all of it at the same time. Personally, I have been working with the Marketing Team drafting just about everything that goes in writing with the aid of Neska, Mayte the Ninja, Berga, Gon, Iban, Eloy, and Hysidro. Meanwhile FON Spain has been putting the final touches on Chueca WiFi.
We are always working pretty hard at FON, but the last few days have reminded me of the early days of intense team work and even longer than normal hours. The difference is that now we can handle multiple new features and services almost weekly whereas before it took so much longer. The best is when the new website temporarily hiccups after the massive response from Foneros who have positively reacted to our effort.
East Side!
Filed under FON
El Taladro Sueco
Si sigues un poco los informes periódicos sobre la actualización de los apodos en FON, sabrás que desde hace tiempo tenemos a un tal Sueco Ibérico. Pues, desde el viernes pasado, el Sueco Ibérico ha dejado de ser ibérico, pero sigue dentro de nuestros corazones mientras que esté taladrando por el mundo. Al dejar de ser ibérico, ahora le coronamos el Taladro Sueco. Don Taladro ¡te echaremos de menos!
Gracias, Hysi, por la imagen.
Filed under FON
Ali G on Stacking
So I tried to introduce the East Side gang sign here at FON to my Spanish co-workers. For the time being, it’s been a real success. We are making some great progress.
The above video is an incredibly informative Ali G interview of a Police officer from Gaithersurg (near my hometown in Maryland) about stacking (the use of gang signs). I think it will be very helpful in putting this all into perspective for my fellow co-workers.
Filed under FON
Zinedine Nothing
Almost every Friday at FON, we have Jornadas de Fútbol; in other words, we play a nice soccer match between the techies on the ground floor and the finance, legal, and marketing guys on the third floor. Can you say, “East Side” ? Because I had been traveling almost every weekend for the past month or so, this is the first time that I have played in quite a while.
We always play fubito, meaning 6 against 6 on an indoor court about the size of a basketball court with a smaller and heavier than usual ball. Unlike Indoor Soccer in the States where you can use the walls, in fubito you play with the same outdoor soccer rules, and you have throw-ins, corner kicks, etc. when the ball goes out of bounds. Recently, we have been playing outdoors on a really cool fubito court with artificial grass. The problem today was that it was 32 degrees Celsius (or 90 degrees Fahrenheit), and we were slow, pathetically slow. For the first time since the Jornadas began, we on the third floor got our asses kicked (Dorothy from the ground floor scored two amazing golazos).
Now, I am not the kind of guy to be upset about losing or to sulk. I simply like to enjoy the game win or lose, but today I (as well as our regular superstar Berga) played pretty horrendously. No big deal right? Well, there is kind of a small problem, a minor fiasco. Continue reading
Filed under FON, Friends / Family, Zizou
¿East Side?
Muchos estarán preguntando por qué se van paseando algunos de la tercera planta tocándose el corazón con un solo dedo y cruzándolo con los dos dedos de la otra mano mientras digan en voz baja, “East Side“. No, no estamos locos. El barbudo canadiense me mostró este video, “White Chicks, Gang Signs” que pregunta con curiosidad por qué tantas mujeres blancas en EEUU hacen señas (tipo Latin Kings) cada vez que les vayan a sacar una foto. Pues, sí, es curioso.
De la misma forma nuestro soldado de las trincheras, Hysidro del Hyst Side, también ha creado la seña que nos define y nos identifica con la F de FON y con el East Side (Alcobendas está en el noreste de Madrid, y claro nadie jamás ha dicho que es del “North Side”). Si lo pueden hacer las blancas en EEUU, también podemos los del East Side. Peace out!
Filed under FON
Vote for Victor and Albert
Victor and Albert from FON Labs in Barcelona have just been nominated by Business Week for its Europe’s Young Entrepreneurs award for entrepreneurs under the age of 25 for their Web 2.0 start-up called Moneytrackin. The winner will be decided by user votes, so please cast your vote for them here.
Here is Business Week’s description of their nomination (which I prepared for the brothers). Continue reading
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Grave Error 