Follow @marcoRecorder This is a genuine and honest question. Since tweets are embeddable, what is the point anymore of making Storifies? On 9th September 2013 Storify has been acquired by Livefyre. For those who don't know, Storify is a social media curation site which allows users to cull posts, such places as Twitter, Facebook and … Continue reading Is Storify still useful?
Category: Social media
Twitter or golf: what should you beat your boss at?
Follow @marcoRecorder Ryan Heath, the spokesperson of Commissioner Neelie Kroes, raised an interesting and funny question. yesterday on Twitter See below: Is overtaking yr boss on Twitter follower count the 21st century version of beating them at tennis/golf? ...I'm 9 short of @ECspokesOlivier — Ryan Heath (@RyanHeathEU) September 30, 2013 I think tennis, golf, pool … Continue reading Twitter or golf: what should you beat your boss at?
Some insights from the International Communication Summit in Brussels
Follow @marcoRecorder How is it possible to distinguish and understand the values of European citizenship? How should civil society and institutions move in order to define new models for dialogue, values and services? How is it possible to make decisions, when faced with an ever wider and undifferentiated dissemination of content that contrast with the … Continue reading Some insights from the International Communication Summit in Brussels
The social media generation gap…
Follow @marcoRecorder I was deeply inspired by yesterday's tweet by EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes. Digital education - but who's teaching who? pic.twitter.com/Ypb8oKgp1z #OpenupEd — Neelie Kroes (@NeelieKroesEU) September 25, 2013 Not only institutions should use social media to engage with young people but they should encourage older people to learn how to engage on social … Continue reading The social media generation gap…
Our digital future is about enabling better productivity and decisions making to enjoy a better quality of life
Follow @marcoRecorder “Our digital future is about enabling better productivity and decisions making to enjoy a better quality of life.” I often hear that social media and digitalization are ruining our lives and worsening the quality of human interactions. I think there's a semantic issue here. Social media is not ruining anything, what can be … Continue reading Our digital future is about enabling better productivity and decisions making to enjoy a better quality of life
@STIB_Fail: born to be bashing
Follow @marcoRecorder "Brussels is the most congested city in the world" says a recent report from Forbes. Even though Forbes' analysis only actually considers Europe and North America, thinking that the capital of the European Union doesn't offer adequate solutions for the life of drivers is pretty disappointing. Cities that have to deal with congestion … Continue reading @STIB_Fail: born to be bashing
Who has the worst English-speaking politicians: an Italian-Spanish love story
Follow @marcoRecorder The recent speech of Ana Botella for #Madrid2020's Olympic candidature has trended on social media. Her display of the English language sparked waves of well-known stereotypical comments around the "poor handling" of English by the Spaniards. Nevertheless, also Italians are well known for their maccheronico English and quite a few politicians from the boot … Continue reading Who has the worst English-speaking politicians: an Italian-Spanish love story
People’s obsession with followers and fllwrs
Follow @marcoRecorder Fllwrs is an app that's been around since 2011. The app checks for changes in your Twitter followers over time and it records followers that have been added or lost. The funny thing about this app's users is that, especially at the beginning, many of them forgot to untick the option not to … Continue reading People’s obsession with followers and fllwrs
Help internet-driven economic growth transform the lives of millions: the start-up manifesto
Follow @marcoRecorder Yesterday, I came across this great initiative started by the European Commission. I am republishing their idea and I invite you to sign this manifesto. Find more info at http://startupmanifesto.eu/ Economic conditions in Europe remain hugely challenging with the European Commission forecasting that euro-zone GDP is set to shrink by 0.4% this year. … Continue reading Help internet-driven economic growth transform the lives of millions: the start-up manifesto
Social media will destroy Belgium appalling service culture
Follow @marcoRecorder Belgium's service culture is disgraceful. This is not an assumption, it's a fact. Especially in the horeca business, staff is almost always rude, sloppy or unwilling to help. As a friend of mine well says : When you ask for food in a Belgian restaurant, waiters and cooks act like they are doing … Continue reading Social media will destroy Belgium appalling service culture
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