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?
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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?
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…
Interview with #RocktheUnion: raise awareness about the 2014 European Parliament elections
Follow @marcoRecorder I recently found out about "Rock the Union" ,a project intended to raise awareness about the coming European Parliament elections 2014. Together with a team of 5 people plus bus driver, Hans Mund the project's manager wants to go through all 28 EU Member States in an old English Routemaster between October 14th … Continue reading Interview with #RocktheUnion: raise awareness about the 2014 European Parliament elections
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
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
Solidarity goes social: a praise to Synthesio
Follow @marcoRecorder Salesforce Marking Cloud has confirmed it is cutting another 200 jobs, after the social media monitoring company shed more than 100 jobs last fall. A Salesforce spokesperson said in an email statement the job losses follow a recent acquisition of another company. "Combining ExactTarget with our existing Marketing Cloud provides synergy, and we … Continue reading Solidarity goes social: a praise to Synthesio
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