dark side of social media

When I considered whether to apply to Glocal conference and what to present, I already finished my thesis, which addressed the web 2.0 phenomena in a critical way, in the context of economy governing this ecosystem. More precisely, I focused on the idea of economic value of user-generated content. Since, I did not want [...]

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glocal09 - the rest of the conference

I started writing for a new blog post on the lectures of the second and the third day of Glocal, yet I stopped as the presentations were interested, while during free time, I would rather eat at Skopje’s fantastic restaurants or hang out with my great host. So, here is the summary of the rest.
Day02
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my first conference

Following a really busy Tuesday, I hopped on the bus and by Wednesday morning, I landed in Skopje, Macedonia to attend a Glocal conference at New York University in Skopje. This year’s topic is “Inside Social Media”.
I had to sleep a bit, so I missed introductory speeches, as well as few presentations, apparently the [...]

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Let’s get Social: Utilizing Social Media for Your Brand Online Information – Day 2

The last seminar I attended and by for the most interesting.
It was held by Ciaran Noris, SEO and Social Media Director at digital marketing agency Altogether digital. Check it out, the website is full of interesting info (not to mention Last.fm charts – this spells out “our office is so frickin cool”), plus Ciaran’s personal [...]

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online information 2008 - day one

Online Information 2008 is a combination of a trade show for information companies, conference (keynote speaker being Clay Shirky, professor at NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program, author of Here Comes Everybody, about which I wrote down below) and seminar series entitled Information Management Solutions. Since, my pass did not go through and the conference costs [...]

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