Category Archives: Internet
Top Spots
Cand mi-a pitchuit Tudor ideea TopSpots in urma cu ceva timp am fost usor sceptic – nu ii intelegeam nici rostul si nici selling point-ul. Dar mi s-a parut interesant si dupa nenumarate intalniri, ceaiuri si cafele am conturat povestea TopSpots. TS s-a nascut in primul rand din ideea de a avea un lifestyle assistant care sa ne ajute sa identificam cele mai cool localuri, terase, restaurante, pizerii, baruri, locuri de distractie si nu numai – stiam ca ele exista insa ne era greu sa culegem aceste informatii si eram convinsi ca ratam niste locuri extraordinare. Asa ca ne-am gandit sa conturam o platforma de recomandare si cu ajutorul celor care viziteaza aceste localuri sa le scoatem in evidenta si [...]
Cu ei ar trebui sa ne mandrim
Initial vroiam sa incep cu un ton neutru insa insiprat de catre Arhi am zis ca pot sa dau o tenta complet pozitiva. Ne-am plans suficient de mult si am privit cu ciuda capra vecinului si barna din ochii altora – avem in jurul nostru suficiente persoane interesante, care fac lucruri nu extraordinare ci absolut normale (nu banale) si care ar trebui sa ne insipire, sa ne motiveze, fapte care ar trebui sa le luam ca si o provocare pentru a le face mai repede si mai bine – in fiecare dintre noi exista un potential imens care trebuie sa fie scos la lumina, in ciuda faptului ca am fost programati sa stam cuminti in bancuta noastra si sa ascultam [...]
TEDxperience Cluj
Cu o mica intarziere obiectiva – cam din aceleasi motive ca si cele a lui Stefan – scriu despre TEDxCluj – cel mai important, interesant si antrenant eveniment la care am avut onoarea sa contribui. Cand Stefan m-a abordat prima data in legatura cu TEDxCluj mi-am zis ca probabil are nevoie de ceva sfaturi si cam atat. Dar nu, m-a rugat sa particip activ in organizarea acestui eveniment si a avut incredere ca aportul meu va fi necesar – lucru pentru care ii multumesc, printre multe alte multumiri care i se cuvin acestui kamikaze care in decursul ultimului an mi-a schimbat la modul cel mai practic viata. Cu aceasta ocazie l-am cunoscut mai bine pe Cristi Dascalu, despre care auzisem [...]
Rotwitstats – Top useri pe orase
Pana destul de recent aveam date aproximative in ceea ce priveste numarul de utilizatori Twitter din Romania, precum si raspandirea acestora. Vesti bune: de cand Google indexeaza intreg Twitterul se pot rula cateva query-uri interesante. Mai jos aveti cateva statistici culese in aceasta dimineata (rezultatele nu se actualizeaza in timp real) Astfel, la ora actuala (17.04.2010, h10:00) avem 32.300 utilizatori Twitter in Romania; topul oraselor cu peste 100 de twitteristi, in ordinea descrescatoare a numarului acestora este: Bucuresti – 2080 Cluj-Napoca – 1470 Timisoara – 968 Iasi – 813 Brasov – 325 Craiova – 295 Oradea – 203 Sibiu – 132 Ploiesti – 118 Bacau – 112 Constanta – 109 De notat: Majoritatea profilelor twitter din Romania nu au completate [...]
Proact before you react
Funny enough most individuals and companies call upon people like me when their reputation starts going south and the effort (both time and money-wise) needed to put them back on the right track is immense compared to being proactive in their reputation management. It’s not painstaking and it doesn’t require a complete makeover. All it takes is a bit of change in mentality, a little more transparency and a whole lot more friendliness. The great people of Emotive Brand have just released a short but comprehensive little white paper on this exact topic – proactive reputation management – get it while it’s hot and free here.
Hermannstadt Meet
It’s been less than a month since I’ve been to the lovely city of Sibiu after a couple of days with the nice folks of IAA YP and here I find myself again, for a new first: the meeting of the local online community – #hmeet What started off as a regular tweet/blog meet turned out to be a cozy personal networking event with some very nice little surprises and overall quite good presentations. I got the chance to get back in touch with a couple of onliners and meet quite a lot of new ones – most of them with a lot of immediate potential. Most likely I’ll be working with some of these people in the near future. [...]
Killing Innovation
I was about to write a nice post on communities and audience, after all I gathered some interesting opinions on Twitter last night. Worry not, that’s in the drafts. But as I took a break I read Mike Arrington’s post regarding MySpace. Immediately I remembered Dick Brass’ article in the New York Times and I thought to myself: What the heck is MySpace and Microsoft doing? And Google for that matter. Are these fast becoming me too companies, simple runner-ups? Are Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Twitter the only companies driving innovation these days? MySpace just pulled the plug on what was probably their last lifeline. Microsoft is eaten from the inside by personal rivalries. Google is constantly playing catch-up with [...]
A beautiful mind
You’ve seen the movie, now watch a recorded session at TED, from 2005. It’s absolutely amazing and the grand finale will blow you away. Now please go on and read the comments at the original location of the video. I’m quite sure you’ll learn something new today.
Startup Showcase: WIP
I’ve met Alex and Claudiu of WIP on a Friday evening in late October 2008. It was the first formal meeting that the local online community had organized and I was eager to meet new people, listen to them talking about new projects. We live-streamed the event through Qik and I remember being quite excited. As I’m always eager to learn about interesting local projects I’ve asked for their business cards and I was to follow up with them quite soon. I’ve followed them closely for the past year and when I first decided to do a few startup showcases they were the first to pop into mind. So I sat down with Alex and had a little chat with [...]
