Follow @marcoRecorder A colleague of mine recently flagged me a great Irish movie called the The Guard. It's an Irish comedy about a police officer in the West of the country playing subtly with stereotypes and prejudices about the Irish society. This movie made me think about security guards in the Eurobubble. All EU institutions … Continue reading The 5 prototypes of security guards in the #Eurobubble
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Why people love to hate Ryanair?
Follow @marcoRecorder Summer holidays have come (for some of us) and bad comments about Ryanair are regularly being posted by friends on their social media. I mean, ok...for people that are slightly taller than average it's getting increasingly harder to fit in their seats, the continuous offers, promotions etc.. don't allow you to even take … Continue reading Why people love to hate Ryanair?
Is the social media revolution bound to backfire?
Follow @marcoRecorder In his book "The Social Media Mind: How social media how social media is changing business, politics and science and helps create a new world order", David Amerland says that social media "is the empowerment of the individual at the expense of the system.” But does the individual's empowerment of social media always … Continue reading Is the social media revolution bound to backfire?
Il y a… un “truc” européen
Follow @marcoRecorder For those living, working and jogging in the realm of European public affairs, it is well known how Eurobubblers basically create their own dimension and try to differentiate themselves from the outer world (the actual Bruxellois). Everyone here in BXL is super qualified with Masters Degrees or PhDs, everyone speaks 5-6 languages (apart … Continue reading Il y a… un “truc” européen
The space of blogging in the #socmed sphere: how to make the best out of it?
Follow @marcoRecorder Blogs have been around since the late 90s. Given their evolution both in terms of technology and the space they occupy in the online world, it's an interesting moment for anyone working in digital communications to take some time to evaluate. What is the role, the impact and the usefulness of blogging as … Continue reading The space of blogging in the #socmed sphere: how to make the best out of it?
Hashtags on Facebook: what if Twitter had copyrighted the #?
Facebook users will be able to include hashtags in their posts and then watch them become clickable. When a hashtag is included in a post, clicking on it will pop out a feed that aggregates others posts that have been tagged with the same phrase. After last year Apple vs Samsung case, I wonder if … Continue reading Hashtags on Facebook: what if Twitter had copyrighted the #?
TagTagCity: when interactive search engines pave the way
Wandering around Brussels, I have been bumping more and more often in "tags". Especially around historical points of interest around the city, you can now find some red labels with a code that you can scan. Initially I didn't know what that was and this is how I discovered TagTagCity. TagTagCity is an interactive search … Continue reading TagTagCity: when interactive search engines pave the way
Dear LinkedIn, you’d better start fixing yourself!
It's been a few months that I'm submerged by spam mail from Linkedin. This increased especially after trying their upgrade and then unsubscribing. When I first signed up for LinkedIn , I did so with the understanding that it would connect me with others sharing similar interests, networks and keep in touch with professionals I … Continue reading Dear LinkedIn, you’d better start fixing yourself!
Twittercounter: Benchmark your performance
This article was also published on Waltzing Matilda Blog Everyone likes ranks especially when ranks are about you. We love to see how good we are at what we do compared to other peers. On Twitter, some of these ranks relate to the number of new followers you’ve received over a certain period of time, … Continue reading Twittercounter: Benchmark your performance
The lesson learnt from #occupygezi: centralise your social media coordination
"It's all Twitter's fault" said Turkish PM Emine Erdoğan on Saturday 1 June following the protests that spread around the country. "There is now a menace which is called Twitter. The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society.” Twitter has indeed become an important … Continue reading The lesson learnt from #occupygezi: centralise your social media coordination
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