Posts Tagged ‘first jamaica magazine’

You Tube: From start-up to world powerbroker

By First • Jun 1st, 2008 • Category: Technology & the Web

You Tube was one of those little Internet start-ups that now has royalty and world leaders schmooze with them at high-security country mansions. The party nibbles are still free trade though.



Ten convenient truths about environmentalism

By First • May 30th, 2008 • Category: Technology & the Web

You really wouldn’t mind having a drink with George Bush and chatting about his admiration for Daniel Day Lewis’ character in ‘There Will Be Blood’. But listening to Al Gore and his slides, you’ll want to drink yourself into a coma.



The KKK: For God, Race and Country

By First • May 30th, 2008 • Category: The Feed

For so many reasons, they’re easy to belittle, the Ku Klux Klan. But try getting Jamaican Jonathan Whyte to laugh about them, after their acronym was burnt on his family lawn in Oregon, USA this week. Photojournalist Christopher Capozziello takes a look inside a ‘Klavern’.



Firefox 3 next month: Browser wars

By First • May 26th, 2008 • Category: Technology & the Web

The launch of Firefox 3 next month looks set to spark renewed competition in the Internet browser market.



Boogie in Caracas

By Boogie • Mar 24th, 2008 • Category: Features

I went there with a pregnant wife and without doing any research at all. Big mistake.



Le Grand Content: The Philosophy of PowerPoint

By First • Feb 25th, 2008 • Category: Art & Design

Le Grand Content examines the omnipresent Powerpoint-culture in search for its philosophical potential.



Brent Stirton’s Narco-wars in Afghanistan

By First • Feb 16th, 2008 • Category: The Feed

Opium production currently accounts for around 45% of the GDP of Afghanistan, an astonishing statistic that sees Afghanistan as the world’s largest producer of illegal opium, supplying 93% of the world’s consumption. The Drug industry affects all levels of life in Afghanistan and is linked to politics, religion, endemic corruption, the economy of entire regions […]



Dance the Kung Fu

By First • Jan 23rd, 2008 • Category: Video & Entertainment