Congratulations!

Time Magazine named us all Person of The Year! Definitely the latest Internet technology has changed the way people communicate, receive the news, and entire entertainment conglomerates, such as NBC, are crumbling down. The Web 2.0 revolution is here and ironically this was one of the factors that gave birth of what we have called The FreakSpeakers project.

Not long ago a reader asked us why we started this blog and just didn't just participate in the ones already established. Well, although Anderson Cooper brought us together, our concern of the lack of context and reliability of the information and the treatment of some topics guided us towards our editorial line. And time and again we were proven right! As our manifesto states:

"Today accountability is masked behind anonymity, Bylines hidden by zeros and ones. Armed with digital devices, Everyone publishes, everyone is "in the know". Ethics are non existent. Reputations are destroyed. Speculation is king. The truth is masked, a victim, a hostage."

Some people didn't understand what we were on to, and took it personally (... eat me!) and started a hate campaign against us, but we are very thankful that the concept has found its niche. And we want to thank our loyal readers, visitors and commenters of making this space alive.

Baby Steps, Big Leaps!

It's been a bumpy ride - may I said wild - since we started the FreakSpeaker project. As the new kids in the play yard we knew it was going to get rough and nasty sometimes. But the satisfaction is huge, checking our visitor's statistics, seeing those numbers growing and growing and more interestingly from where they are coming! Steady visitors from the domains of CBS.com, CNN's parent company Turner.com, troops from Iraq and friends and readers from all over the world, THANK YOU ALL!

Last week we had our biggest accomplishment so far. We were linked to one of the most prestigious online magazines www.time.com! I couldn't believe my eyes when I read the email announcement. I stared in total disbelief; I knew we were getting a lot of attention, but we really didn't expect this so soon. And then again, thank you for your support!

"Subject: Your blog is linked from Time.com

Hi, I
wanted to give you a heads up that your blog has a link from Time.com's web site, powered by Sphere. To see your featured post, go to www.time.com and look within the story: "Behind Rumsfeld's Fall: The Perils of Hubris." Then, look for the orange sphere it! logo and click on it. You should see your post in the first two pages of results.

Sphere is working with Time and other publishers to get great blogs like yours in front of more people. We think this is pretty cool and a great way for people to discover blogs as well as introduce a broader, more mainstream audience to great blog content like yours. If you have any thoughts or questions, please feel free to contact me at xxxxx@xxxx.com.

We'd like to offer you a Sphere featured blogger badge. You can choose one here:
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Keep on blogging!

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We were sure of the path we wanted to take, and we have stayed our course. Informative, original and complementary content for world issues and news.

The best is still to come!

We are already working with new exclusive features and the interview series will be starting pretty soon! What other surprises do we have for you? That, my dears, is top secret... but we can assure you we are working hard and that you will all enjoy it.

And again, Thanks for your visits and support!

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