{"id":4,"date":"2016-01-21T13:48:21","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T12:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barredo.es\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-07-31T09:16:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:16:45","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/barredo.es\/es\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Barredo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My name is \u00c1lex Barredo. I am a programmer turned analyst, turned podcaster. Currently researching about &#8220;onlineness&#8221;: why people do what they do &amp; say what they say online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My email:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"mailto:alex@barredo.es\">alex@barredo.es<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/@somospostpc\">@somospostpc<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mastodon at <a rel=\"me\" href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@Barredo\">@Barredo@Mastodon.social<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What I do for a living:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I write a <a href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.mixx.io\">daily newsletter<\/a> about technology with <a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.mixx.io\">a podcast to match<\/a>. Both are pretty neat.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m the tech lead at <a href=\"https:\/\/cuonda.com\">Cuonda.com<\/a>, a lovely full-fledged podcasting platform.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>I work with talent and advertising agencies at <a href=\"https:\/\/voiceup.es\">VoiceUp.es<\/a> managing sponsorships and marketing campaigns.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Before that:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I wrote about technology for La Vanguardia, leading newspaper in Catalonia and Spain. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavanguardia.com\/autores\/alex-barredo.html\">read all my articles<\/a> over three years there.<\/li>\n<li>I wrote newsletter in English about Apple: <a href=\"https:\/\/apple.substack.com\">https:\/\/apple.substack.com<\/a>. I never formally stopped, but I almost never update it anymore.<\/li>\n<li>For the next five years, I researched about consumer electronics in Spain and Western Europe as an independent contractor.<\/li>\n<li>I failed as a founder of two startups.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>I worked at Carat doing marketing for about three years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Interviews:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ABC<\/strong>, 2022: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.es\/economia\/abci-nuevos-prescriptores-no-guian-amor-arte-202202200237_noticia.html\">Podcasting influencers isn&#8217;t labor of love anymore<\/a>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>El Pa\u00eds<\/strong>, 2020: <a href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/tecnologia\/2020-07-22\/como-vivir-de-tus-seguidores-una-idea-que-cuesta-de-afianzar-en-espana.html\">&#8220;Making a living off your audience&#8221;.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>El Economista<\/strong>, 2019: <a style=\"font-size: var(--global--font-size-base); font-family: var(--list--font-family); background-color: var(--global--color-background);\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eleconomista.es\/tecnologia\/noticias\/10249661\/12\/19\/Alex-Barredo-mixxio-Un-presentador-de-podcast-es-como-un-influencer-pero-que-usa-su-voz.html\">&#8220;A podcast host is just an influencer that works with their voice&#8221;.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Press mentions and quotes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Live Mint<\/strong> (June 2022, India): &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/mint-top-newsletter\/likesharesubscribe12062022.html\">Bots trending?&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fox Business<\/strong> (April 2022, United States): &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/elon-musk-claps-back-as-saudi-prince-speaks-out-on-potential-twitter-takeover\">Elon Musk claps back as Saudi prince speaks out on potential Twitter takeover<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daily Mail<\/strong> (March 2022, United Kingdom: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10587387\/Elon-Musk-calls-expansion-nuclear-power-vows-eat-food-grown-near-reactors-live-TV.html\">Elon Musk offers to eat food grown near NUCLEAR REACTOR (&#8230;)<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><strong>PV Magazine<\/strong> (February 2022, United States): &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pv-magazine.com\/magazine-archive\/highway-to-the-inflection-point\/\">Highway to the inflection point<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Voice of America<\/strong> (October 2021, China): &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voachinese.com\/a\/china-microsoft-windows-11-chip-issue-20211008\/6263855.html\">\u60f3\u5347\u7ea7\u5fae\u8f6fWindows 11\uff1f\u5728\u4e2d\u56fd\u4f60\u53ef\u80fd\u505a\u4e0d\u5230<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maldita<\/strong> (May 2020, Spain): &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/maldita.es\/malditatecnologia\/20200530\/posibles-repercusiones-orden-trump-twitter-facebook-redes-sociales-tripadvisor-airbnb\/\">Las posibles repercusiones de la orden de Trump<\/a> (&#8230;)&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inside EVs<\/strong> (December 2019, United States): &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/features\/387515\/intimidation-impunity-led-revenge-evs-croatia\/\">Intimidation And Impunity: What Led To Revenge Of EVs In Croatia<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Business Insider Spain<\/strong> (November 2019, Spain): &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.es\/everis-accenture-ser-afectadas-ataque-ransomware-522713\">Everis, Cadena Ser (&#8230;) afectadas por una oleada de ataques inform\u00e1ticos con ransomware<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Telecom TV<\/strong> (August 2019, United States): &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telecomtv.com\/content\/business-models\/when-dsp-strategies-fail-why-verizon-got-pocket-change-for-tumblr-36018\/\">When DSP strategies fail: why Verizon got pocket change for Tumblr<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mashable<\/strong> (June 2018, United States: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/elon-musk-trump-immigration\">Elon Musk weighs in on Trump&#8217;s immigration policy (&#8230;)<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><strong>El Mundo<\/strong> (October 2015, Spain) &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmundo.es\/tecnologia\/2015\/10\/07\/5614f80046163f024b8b45f2.html\">La agon\u00eda de BlackBerry<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Speaking:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>JPod (2022, in Spanish)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>TarugoConf<\/strong> (2020, in Spanish): <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/408553201\">&#8220;Podcasting as a Business&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Etopia<\/strong> (2020, in Spanish): Roundtable about podcasting. &#8211; Not available online.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Etopia<\/strong> (2017, in Spanish): Conference about &#8220;The realities behind a daily Newsletter&#8221; &#8211; Not available online.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ignite Madrid<\/strong> (2016, in Spanish): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qMnvEG00nh4\">&#8220;When Spain Tried to Conquer China&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fun stuff:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodeck.com\">MastoDeck<\/a>, an advanced Mastodon client.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/platformalerts.com\">Platform Alerts<\/a> tracks the actions of high-profile individuals around social media.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcastdetails.com\">Podcast Details<\/a>, gives you detailed analytics of any podcast.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mastofeed.org\">MastoFeed<\/a>, a RSS to Fediverse tool.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openfollow.social\">Open Follow<\/a>, a one-click following tool for the fediverse.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodonshare.com\">Mastodon Share<\/a>, for sharing resources from anywhere to Mastodon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is \u00c1lex Barredo. 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