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Google Map for PanamaJUG 2007
One member of the Panama JUG, Gerardo Nuñez Pitty, created a Google Map with to show where the speakers of the 2-day event came from. Here is the original quote in Spanish: Aristides Villareal in Mapa de Expositores de PanamaJUG 2007: Agradecem... 		Dec 19, 2007
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PanamaJUG Conference
Thursday and Friday of this week we presented at the first PanamaJUG conference in Chitre. This event, as I announced in September, marks a big milestone in the development of the Panamanian JUG and in the work of Aristides Villareal who is professor a... 		Dec 15, 2007
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Panama JUG: Two Day Conference
Who would have thought that 4 hours outside of Panama City a conference for Java developers will take place? It will be a two day event scheduled for December 13th and 14th at the Hotel Versailles in the capital of the Herrera province Chitré (... 		Sep 1, 2007
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Panamanian supermarket: Taking pictures is prohibited
Now this is something new in this country of never ending stories that is called Panama. A supermarket in the capital of the Chiriqui province David posts a sign on the door telling you that it is not allowed to film or take pictures inside the store. ... 		Aug 10, 2007
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Comment on Cultural Sensitivity and the backlash of having none
While reading blog comments on Boquete Guide one got me thinking. When you live as expat in another country you might become an invasive species destroying the local fabric of society and the local economy due to the fact that your economic power stems... 		Jul 11, 2007
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Potential good news for snowbirds and investors in Panama
After a week of talks with high-ranking government officials and opposition leaders Prima Panama, a real estate developer, reports: Panama Residential Developers Blog in Paradise recovered-Friday update: It’s been less than a week since we start... 		Jun 30, 2007
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Someone interested hearing about software development in Panama?
Since moving to Panama City, Panama (the country in Central America where the Panama Canal is located, not the city in Florida), last year I've been involved in the project of a local client and started my own in March. Both experiences have given me a... 		Jun 25, 2007
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Additional article about reduction of tourist visa term to 30 days
Update: Prima Panama, a real estate developer, did a survey amongst the expat community and potential buyers/investors and last week spoke with Ricardo Vargas, Director of Immigrations. Update: The most recent information is available on Panama Guide.... 		Jun 9, 2007
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Developing countries and immigration laws
Lately there has been a lot of frenzy about the change in visa and immigration law in Panama. While Panama offered a 90 day stay by default this is said to be reduced to 30 days on May 25th. Strangely no official websites of the Panamanian government i... 		Jun 8, 2007
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The impact of roadblocks on residential tourism
This is not meant as a rant, neither serious criticism. I can understand their reasons for doing this. Still it makes me think and, as I have to admit, feel a bit uncomfortable and less welcome. Apparently Panamanian traffic police performs license ch... 		Apr 8, 2007
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No more hassle with customs
This sounds promising. Currently when you mail-order something in Panama from the US you have to pay import taxes and usually it takes some time to get the items cleared. Now this might change: Bush Assures Panama On Free Trade Deal: The free trade de... 		Feb 25, 2007
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Road trip with a surprise - Always carry your passport
This Saturday we decided to go on a road trip to visit a small village in the mountains of Veraguas province. It's a 3 hours drive from Panama City to get to Santiago (Google Maps), which is the capital of that province, and then you start climbing up ... 		Feb 25, 2007
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Panama Flag Day: Posted full set of pictures
The full set of pictures from Panama's Flag Day is now available. 		Feb 21, 2007
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Where the wealthy Panamanians spend major holidays
As I reported during major holidays Panama City gets deserted. But where do all the people go? I've posted some pictures from a short trip we did almost a year ago. The page is called Peeking through the gates at beach homes and let's you get an impres... 		Feb 20, 2007
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Pictures from Veracruz beach on an Aperture web journal
Now that my MacBook Pro has no memory problems anymore I played a bit more with Aperture's web journal feature, installed an Apache httpd on the virtual machine this blog runs on and posted some pictures of Veracruz Beach. This beach is just 30 minutes... 		Feb 19, 2007
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City is dead during Carnival in Panama
If you are thinking about visiting Panama City, Panama, during the week of Carnival, you should come well prepared and book everything well in advance. Most of the restaurants are closed, no car rental agency has any cars available and all other servic... 		Feb 19, 2007
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Cerro Azul - Vacation Homes Between the Clouds
A few weeks ago we explored the area of nearby Cerro Azul. It's a little peak up to about 1000m above sea level and about 1.5 hrs from the center of Panama City. Up there between the clouds a little community has formed. Actually it's a project initiat... 		Feb 3, 2007
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Presented at 4th Geek Fest Panama
This evening I enjoyed the forth Geek Fest Panama and contributed with a talk about the SCRUM methodology for agile development in Spanish (slides as PDF). After the presentations everybody started networking and talking about geeky stuff. I enjoyed v... 		Jan 31, 2007
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UXcamp: Information Architects in Panama
Yesterday I attended the first session of UXcamp in the City of Knowledge. It was a gathering of Panamanian Information Architects presenting to eachother some new ideas and details about successful projects they've made. My guess is that about 30 pers... 		Jan 26, 2007
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Marching music - again - at 3 am in the morning
Yesterday I wrote about the sounds of marching music that we were forced to listen to at around 8:30 pm. We didn't know what to expect by the crack of dawn. Around 3 am we woke up to the heavy sound of marching music and couldn't believe it. The expla... 		Nov 28, 2006

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