One of the common questions I get from my friends in Puerto Rico, shortly after visiting my website or following me on Twitter, is about my choice of language. As you can see, everything here is written in English, even though I carry most of my daily conversation in Spanish. Why, then, do I choose English over Spanish when writing online?

There’s something about non-Apple laptops that bugs me. It’s a very small detail, admittedly, but when you’re paying hundreds of dollars for a piece of equipment that is essential to my line of work, every little detail counts.

The ports.

The startup community in Puerto Rico is still very, very young. It’s almost non-existent. I’ve met a few people here and there over the last few years, and we generally keep in touch, but it feels like we’re all alone in this island. Local higher education institutions don’t do much about promoting startups, leading graduates instead towards the big companies, local or out of state. Who can blame them, though? A cushy job at a big company is a safe bet.

It’s time to kickstart this community. It won’t happen quickly. We won’t be able to compete with Silicon Valley. But maybe we can plant the seed, share our vision with others. Eventually the idea will take hold, and people will realize that working for a big company is not the only way of making a living. We need more entrepreneurs in this island, and we believe that technology startups hold the key for improving our economy.

Quick heads up: tomorrow, the city of San Juan will be hosting Puerto Rico’s first TEDx event. We’ve been working behind the scenes for seven months, from picking out the venue, to holding speaker nominations and going through attendee applications. It’s kind of hard to believe that the day is already upon us. TEDx San Juan is taking place tomorrow, December 9th, 2011.

Although tickets are no longer available, we’re happy to announce that we will be streaming TEDx San Juan live, starting at 8 AM EST tomorrow morning. Please join us for just over a half day of TEDx talks and artistic performances.

Want to brew a great cup of coffee without making too much of a mess? Buy this. It’s called an Aeropress. Now buy some quality coffee beans. You got a grinder, right? I won’t judge you if you won’t. Just ask your barista to grind your beans one step above espresso grind. You want a fine grind, but not too fine to clog the paper filter.

We will be using the inverted Aeropress method. Why? I don’t know. Some people prefer this over the normal method, since it keeps the paper filter away from the coffee until its needed. Some people like to run some water over the paper filter beforehand (they say doing this will keep your coffee from having a paper-filtery-taste, which I’ve never noticed anyway), and doing this with the regular method will result in coffee leaking out prematurely. I prefer it because its less messy and its all self-contained. Lets begin.