Archive for October, 2009
Show it to your boss
This is the week-end and we all deserve a treat. Here’s mine for you and, why not, for your boss on Monday. It’s a video of a TED’s conference on management illustrated by orchestra conductors. It’s funny, inspiring and so true. Watch it and send it to your boss on Monday. That could help him. [...]
Stand up for stand-up meeting
Every Friday we have an editorial meeting. That is usually at 11:30 in the morning. The meeting is about to gather the unit and talk about next week schedule for la une. The 2-3 last Fridays have been really great because almost everyone has attended the meeting. People are everywhere, some are sitting on the [...]
Before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall
A nice video from EuroparlTV on Berlin Wall, with European citizens sharing their stories, given the 20 years anniversary of the fall of the wall. Watch it here!
Guys in black and no ties
Dilemma. The sartorial angst of the eurocrat-turned-web-dude can become a major preoccupation, especially when facing a new oh-so-cool peer group in public. Damn! I haven’t a thing to wear…
If my mom could watch this…
Of course, faithful readers of this blog know all about social-media. But, sometimes, you need to answer a question from a friend, a colleague, a parent. Something that goes like “But why are you on Facebook?” “What’s the point of Twitter?”. Sounds familiar? Well, save some time and sent them to this video. That should do [...]
Yes, they look like real people.
I’ve got great news guys. Finally we managed to know 1) that they exist and 2) that they look like us. Well, not exactly like us… They look: all happy, all smily, all in a kind of post-teenage phase, you could think that they look a bit stupid, but then you realise immediately that it’s [...]
My name is BO. Ti-BO
I thought it was an urban legend but it turns out to be true: there is actually a tailor from Hong-Kong calling civil servants to propose his services. Today, he called me. I felt soooo special. I felt like I was James Bond (yes, little is enough to make my day). I now belong to the secret [...]
Ok, homo consumens, but environment is for whom?
Everybody is talking about homo consumens, about our interests in heavy consumption… All these discussions about vegetarians and meat-eaters, which is healthier or not for us… all these contradictions based on the health of citizens that so easily confuse the homo consumens, yet… so few connections with global warming. An article on BBC with the [...]
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It’s Milvus milvus!
Since you’ve asked what our Buteo buteo was, if not a Buteo buteo, our bird specialist and faithful reader unveils any doubts: the photo we used to illustrate our stories depicts a red kite (Milvus milvus). Fear not, there was no discrimination in our mistake, as both species are similarly protected.
We knew it would happen
Sometimes, people ask us if we are certain we are read. When we have doubts, we use a trick of our own: we publish a story with a photo of an insect, of an airplane or of a bird. There are 99% chances we receive an e-mail correcting the caption we provide with the photos [...]
It’s all about Feng Shui
Every week for this blog, Nadina ventures in one of our team’s office, just to see how our editors have set up their working space. Today, she knocks at Pavel’s door, our Czech editor. Well: “You’re not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy”.
Quote of the day
Looking a bit over our last articles, I found one quote which I particularly liked. It goes like this: “Voluntary solidarity is really a joke”. You can read all about it in the article on asylum package here.
10 things about our sex life in Strasbourg you should know
We go to Strasbourg every month for the Plenary session in a small group, led by Steve, which has two permanent members (a coordinator and a photographer) and five editors chosen on a rotating basis. We work in an open space, we have lunch together, we have a team dinner… and more?
Parrots
Funny coincidence, but just since yesterday did I noticed that the green parrots are back in Leopold park trees beside the EP. In the right season, you always saw them circling around these EP trees since the day they escaped from the place they belonged to and quickly procreated into numerous flocks. Could it be that they [...]
About and against dictatorships
Lenin is dying, and talking things over with Stalin, his successor. “The one worry I have,” says Lenin, “is this: will the people follow you? What do you think, comrade Stalin?” “They will,” says Stalin, “they surely will.” “I hope so,” says Lenin, “but what if they don’t follow you?” “No problem,” says Stalin, “then [...]
The “new” old generation
Bare facts are always the best way to prove you are right. And the fact is that – since I have my internet connection - I am off the list of daily newspaper subscribers. To be precise – no subscription papers or magazines arrive in my mailbox. But I am still a subscriber of the same [...]
Wise? Evil? Not on your nelly…
I’ve been a four-eyes since time immemorial. Well, not time immemorial really, but since fourth grade when one of my teachers caught me squinting at the blackboard and, rather than minding her own business, decided to call my mother. I was dreading this as I knew this would mean a trip to the ophthalmologist – [...]
Spreading the virus
There is a virus in our unit. Besides the flu virus which I only noticed flying around today, since we are missing three people from work, there is the social media virus. Well, for the first I am very sure we can blame it on Brussels weather, but what about the other? The social media one [...]
Different meanings for different media
The different supports – press, radio, TV, internet have different uses and meanings according to different temporal and spatial contexts. Is it the same effect when we read an article in a newspaper, when we hear a radio programme about it, when we watch a television programme or we read a blog in the internet? We can [...]
First post
Today is my first day writing a blog on our page. In some way I feel it is like cooking for a picky audience: you must select the proper condiments to make your “cake” caress the taste receptors of those ”gourmeys” who gonna taste it; otherwise it shall remain untouched and go stale. I must be honest- this little challenge [...]
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