Confessions of a Mediaholic: Time to say goodbye!

It has been a time ago that I wrote my official last blogpost. In the beginning I was very enthousiastic about this assignment (and I still am!) and in that time I was an active blogger. In other words, two weeks long I posted a blog post e-v-e-r-y day! That means that officially I was done after that two weeks: I wrote 10 blog posts with a total amount of 2000 words...

Some people asked me why I posted every day and my answer was: I like it. I really did, but the problem was my inspiration: after two weeks I really did not know what to write about. That made me decide to start themes: on Monday the confessions of a mediaholic theme, on Wednesday the 2.0 theme and on Friday the fail or holy grail theme.

In my first blog post I wrote about the fact that starting a blog was the sixth time I was born. Unfortunately I have to say that deleting my blog will be the first time that I will die, because of the lack of inspiration I will not continue with this blog. Thank you for reading my posts and following me!

Until next time,
Eline Jansen, Mediaholic

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Webvideo: The road to Suleman Shadid's PhD

As one of the final assignments for the course Business Information Technology we had to make a webvideo about one of our teachers. Our choice was the inspiring Suleman Shadid, our teacher for User Interface Design. Whether you know him or not, watch this video to get to know him better and to learn more about his research and the road to his PhD!

Until next time,
Eline Jansen, Mediaholic


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Confessions of a Mediaholic, part 5: Sneak Peek!

Every week I will write a personal blog post about me and social media. This week I will tell you more about a course I am following: User Interface Design. In groups we have to design an interface with the goal to make lives of people (in our case the lives of students) a little bit easier. Curious about what we are designing?

In this blog post I told you more about our design and why we wanted to design an app based on Blackboard. This week I show you a few pictures, a sneak peek of our design! Next week I hope I can show you our fully working app!

Until next time,
Eline Jansen, Mediaholic

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Fail or Holy Grail? Let's check out Greenpeace

Brands, organizations and foundations use Social Media to spread their ideas, sell their products and get attention. Almost every brand, organization or foundation uses Social Media in one or another way. Every Friday I will write about a brand, organization or foundation and their social media campaign, but is this a fail or a holy grail? This week I will discuss the social media campagin of Greenpeace, they believe they can save the planet with social media. Do you believe it?

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Confessions of a Mediaholic, part 4: User Interface Design

Every Monday I will write a personal blog post about me and social media. This week I will tell you more about a course I am following: User Interface Design. In groups we have to design an interface with the goal to make lives of people (in our case the lives of students) a little bit easier. Curious about what we are doing? Continue reading!

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Flying 2.0

Web 2.0 allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue. Every Wednesday I will write a blog post about Web 2.0 related to a specific topic. This week it will be Web 2.0 and flying: Check in with your mobile phone!

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Confessions of a Mediaholic, part 3: Skiing!

Every Monday I will write a personal blog post about me and social media. This week I will tell you more about my passion: skiing. While most of you are enjoying "Carnaval" and doing the "polonaise", I am enjoying my winter sports holiday in Austria.

 

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Fail or holy grail? Let's check out Levi's

Brands, organizations and foundations use Social Media to spread their ideas, sell their products and get attention. Almost every brand, organization or foundation uses Social Media in one or another way. Every Friday I will write about a brand, organization or foundation and their social media campaign, but is this a fail or a holy grail? This week I will discuss the social shopping phenomenon of Levi's, which allows users of Facebook to share the 'liked' items with their friends.

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Shopping 2.0

Web 2.0 allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue. Every Wednesday I will write a blog post about Web 2.0 related to a specific topic. This week it will be Web 2.0 and shopping: Has social media killed the traditional way of shopping?

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Confessions of a Mediaholic, part 2

Every Monday I will write a personal blog post about me and social media. This week I will tell you more my smartphone, the Nokia N97 in white.

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Get inspired...

There is always more behind the glass, get inspired!

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Fail or Holy Grail? Let's check out Unilever

Brands, organizations and foundations use Social Media to spread their ideas, sell their products and get attention. Almost every brand, organization or foundation uses Social Media in one or another way. Every Friday I will write about a brand, organization or foundation and their social media campaign, but is this a fail or a holy grail? This week I will discuss the Cornetto campaign of Unilever, which allowed people on the streets to play a game projected on a building in Istanbul.

 

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The Oscars of the mobile world

During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (14 - 17 February 2011) the GSM Association handed out the Gobal Mobile Awards, the Oscars for the mobile world. The Globile Mobile Awards offer organisations across the mobile world to showcase their latest and best mobile products, service and initiatives to the world.

The three main awards to win were the award for best mobile device, best device manufacturer and best mobile application.

And the winners are...

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Business card 2.0

Web 2.0 allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue. Every Wednesday I will write a blog post about Web 2.0 related to a specific topic. This week it will be Web 2.0 and business cards: Has social media killed the traditional business card?

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Confessions of a Mediaholic, part 1

Every Monday (something went wrong with this update yesterday, so that is the reason that is online now, sorry for that!) I will write a personal blog post about me and social media. This week I will tell you more about blogs I read, every day again.

In my very first blog post I wrote that I am familiar with reading blogs. Some people asked me what kind of blogs I read. Well, I am going to tell you.

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A day of an app-addept

Do you want to know how to live one day only with the use of apps?

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Fail or Holy Grail? Let's check out Citroën

Brands, organizations and foundations use Social Media to spread their ideas, sell their products and get attention. Almost every brand, organization or foundation uses Social Media in one or another way. Every Friday I will write about a brand, organization or foundation and their social media campaign, but is this a fail or a holy grail? This week I will discuss the Dating 2.0 campaign of Citroën, which allows you to create your perfect date.

The videos of yesterday could not keep me from trying this out... So, this should be my dream date and car:

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Stop looking for the perfect date, just create it!

The perfect man or woman does not exist, does it?

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Dating 2.0

Web 2.0 allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue. Every Wednesday I will write a blog post about Web 2.0 related to a specific topic. This week it will be Web 2.0 and dating: Has social media killed the blind date?

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To tweet or not to tweet?

Unless you have protected your tweets, your tweets are accessible for the general public. But imagine how it would be if you would say everything what you normally would tweet in public.

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A newbie in the world of Twitter? Read these tips and tricks!

"Do we all have to set up a Twitter account?" was the question during our first lecture. "Yes, you do" was the answer. Lucky me, I already ad an account but a lot of students did not have one. For them and those who want to learn more about Twitter I wrote this blog post about some tips and tricks for newbies in the world of Twitter!

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Push the right buttons on Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and lovers all over the world are getting ready. You are expected to show your significant other just how much you care with flowers, chocolates and other surprises. Please leave the chocolates and the flowers and suprise your partner in geekery with a more we-do-social-media-present and show that you know how to push all the right buttons! Read also something about sending your lover in spe an anynomous tweet to declare your love!

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New design and name

I like design and that is why I changed the design of my webiste only after two days. I liked my first design, because it had that 'desk-look' and it was pink (sorry I am a girl, cannot help it). Nevertheless, I have to admit that I was still looking for other designs, because I wanted something sophistaced and smooth, but still me. And I think (I hope actually) that I found it!

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Pink Ribbon fished were the fish were

The pink ribbon is the international symbol of breast cancer awareness and the foundation Pink Ribbon. The main goal of the foundation Pink Ribbon is to recruit new donations and friends (members of the foundation). If you ever think about setting up an online campaign making use of social media, read this blog post because Pink Ribbon knew how to do it and I will explain what their secret was to success.

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Thursday, 10th of February 2011: The sixth time I was born

The 10th of February will be my new anniversary. Not really a new one, but the sixth one. Nineteen years ago, I was born in Weert and since then I was born in the land of Hyves , Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter and now also in the land of blogging! And do I regret it? Not at all! I would not say this was a dream of me, but I kind of liked it when I heard last Friday during the lecture Business Information Technology that we all had to set up a blog. Many times I thought about starting a blog, but at the same time I thought:  “What the hell on earth do I have to write about? There is nothing special about me.” But I still liked the thought of having a blog and having followers who would read your blog posts and so on. And now I am here, discovering this whole new life.

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