Archive for February, 2010
European library two years on and a click away
Thanks to Europeana, the online library of the EU, you can click your way through millions of pieces of European culture. Find out!
10 things (and more) we learned doing this traineeship
Indre and Lelde worked with us for the last six months. In the form of a fine-tuned parody of our beloved synopses, they sent us a last message today to tell us what they really learnt during their traineeship. We decided to share, because this is just how we are.
European cinema. Made for you!
The new EU clip shows if you seize the moment and grab your chance, then you will fulfill your dream. Watch it!
So who’s social now?
“social media isn’t dominated by the youngest, often most tech-savvy generations, but rather by what has to be referred to as middle-aged people”
Finders keepers: the future of our audiovisual culture?
The difference now is that, perhaps, only the best artists – the most inventive, the most persistent and the most tenacious – will survive… and I guess that’s the way it ought to be.
International women’s day: not for you?
Oh no, it is that time of the year again. International women’s day will come up in two weeks. What will we write about? Should we write anything at all? We already did this thing during election campaign. What else is there to say? I mean, is there anything to say about the situation in the [...]
Good read
If you ever want to become a good web-writer, you’ll find inspiration in this funny and very well written text.
Crossborder: Increasing Rights for Internet Shoppers
Bargain hunters are flocking to the internet as the economic crisis bites into pockets. But what rights do they have if and when things go wrong? EPTV’s panel of experts discuss how and what to include in a reform of consumer rights.Watch the video.
A Swift look at Twitter
The so-called SWIFT agreement was not only a kind of miracle that made it possible to watch EPLive with a lot of emotion, passion and tension. It was also, for me, the occasion to better understand Twitter, on which I thought as Kurt (post of 9 Feb) before. There are hundreds and hundreds of tweets on this [...]
What do editors do?
Back to basics: we were surprised by some internal comments regarding the workload of our team of editors. Outside of our beloved 1st and 2nd floors, it seems most of our colleagues don’t have a clue what we’re doing. Yeah, we’re the “Web-guys and girls” and it doesn’t sound that tiring. Well, time for a reality check.
Study: Ages of social network users
How old is the average Twitter or Facebook user? What about all the other social network sites, like MySpace, LinkedIn, and so on? How is age distributed across the millions and millions of social network users out there? Interesting article.
Obama is hiring a Twitterer…
…”But don’t mention #SWIFT in the application”. This Tweet by Kattabel made my day: Two big joys. Fist one: Obama is looking for a Social Networks Manager. Everybody knows that the American President used the social media tools trough all his campaign and continues to feed them actively, with over 7,5 Million fans on Facebook [...]
With Buzz, Google Plunges Into Social Networking
We’ve blogged before about our thoughts on the social web, steps we’ve taken to add social features to our products, and efforts like OpenSocial that propose common tools for building social apps. With more and more communication happening online, the social web has exploded as the primary way to share interesting stuff, tell the world [...]
Regulating the Gamblers
Gamblers need to be protected from unscrupulous practices and addiction. The Court of Justice has ruled in favour of national regulators rights to restrict market access in the name of consumer protection. Many MEPs support this decision and wrung a promise from Michel Barnier, the new internal market commissioner, to deliver a policy report by [...]
MEPs and social media: who knows?
Before the June 2009 European elections, Brussels consultancy Fleishman-Hillard published a study into MEPs’ use of the internet. Really interesting. But a month later, utterly out of date, not least because of about 50% turnover in EP membership after the elections. So does anyone know how many MEPs have blogs, Facebook profiles or use Twitter [...]
A yes, a no, a maybe…
There was a palpable air of stakes being upped in Strasbourg this week, with parliamentarians flexing their muscles and, like rookie supermen early in the film, taking themselves by surprise with their own new powers. Last time I can remember that feeling was another seminal moment: the fall of the Santer Commission in 1999.
From Russia with cold: 30 hour Moscow experience
Taxi driver no 1: “Until this country starts producing something, it will go nowhere”
Lyudmila Alexeyeva: “It is not awarded to me, but rather to all of us, especially those, who have lost their lives for the cause. If they were alive, they would be happy”
Sergei Kovalev: Russia is currently a stumbling block in the way of international progress. It’s not alone; some other countries are also “splendid” enough.
Oleg Orlov: “Sometimes you feel that you are scooping the sea with a spoon”
Taxi driver no 2: “Airports, hotels, nightclubs, you wouldn’t service them without payoffs to gangs”
@ the Airport café: “Man, move to another café. They sell the same stuff there, I’m busy”
Facebook login
Here’s a nice experiment: go and read this article on Read, Write Web. Don’t forget to read the comments – it’s essential. Then come back. So? Yep, I was too. This teaches that users surf on the web via Google – not via their bookmarks nor their URL bar. They search, they click. It happened with [...]
So this is what its like after all
So this is what it’s like? After more than a decade and a half as a journalist, I am now a source. One of the… yes, one of the “faceless bureaucrats”.
They are waiting for your call
An emergency happened? You need help? Dial 112 and you will get help. They are waiting for you to call. Watch this lovely video clip.
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