Victorias Secret after 10 years
Laurentiu gave me a hint today. The last time the lingerie giant, Victoria's Secret, owned by Columbus-based Limited Brands Inc., ran an ad during Super Bowl was in 1999, during the infancy of the company's Web site. Executives didn't need to wait for store receipts...
Internet Governance Capacity Building Programme 2008
Someting interesting for professionals. It is a very interesting online programme and you have the chance to receive a scholarship. Success ! DiploFoundation is currently accepting applications for the 2008 Internet Governance Capacity Building Training Programme (IG...
Microsoft buys Yahoo !?
Four keywords for Microsoft wanting to buy Yahoo!, and offering today 31$ per share in a 44.6 billion dollars business : scale economics driven by audience critical mass and increased value for advertisers; combined engineering talent to accelerate innovation;...
New Media growing in Romania
The reason I write this post is the evolution of my website. Three years ago, talking with Ionut, we agreed the market is growing, and is was a fast growth. At that time we both were involved in Netsport, and when we looked at website growth, we didn't know why it was...
Books game
From Gabriel received : Regulile de aur si nisip: 1. Ia cartea care este cea mai aproape de tine. 2. Deschide-o la pagina 123. 3. Gaseste a 5-a propozitie/fraza. 4. Posteaza pe blog textul urmatoarelor 4 propozitii/fraze cu aceste instructiuni. 5. Nu îndrazni sa...
ClubAfaceri, first Google Partnership in .RO
After Google offered their services in strategic partnerships in learning field (USA and even Romania : ASE Bucharest & Politechnica ), at the end of 2007 they officially launched their services in Romania, the first Google event here. We discovered the Google...
Women and Programming
I was reading about the first programmer in the world who was a woman : Ada Byron . Unfortunately she lived just 37 years (1815-1852) . Although those times had a smaller life hope comparing nowadays, i believe it was a lot of stress in programming those machines 🙂 ....
The Users, The Village and The Internet
I have an old obsession regarding progress at village level. Those who know me, smile at my thoughts about the rural medium and the village-users. Because these users are not in advertising targets , they are not valued by multinationals, they are not YUPPIE (and...
Social Networks in Romania
During InternetCEE I had the chance to talk to the "big guys" in Baltic Countries, the men who did real success stories in this region, talking about millions and millions Euro. On the other hand they were complaining about their possible entry in Romania and the lack...
Business Mentor
Today I met my first business mentor. It is about my first business that drove me in the Internet Business area, an Internet Cafe (Target Cafe for those who remember) - (Back to 1999 and my good friends i have nowadays : Mihai, Catalin, Emil, Cosmo.) So, today I met...
Company Organigram
Via Catalin i received a very funny picture. Not everytime is like this but ... it is funny because i know a looot of companies with this picture since entry door. Fun for all the weekend ! Thanx Catalin & Adi for the good work at Jurnalul
2008 : Internet Users in Romania
Romania : We have an Internet penetration of 22% at the end of 2007, and 17% was Broadband. Today i saw the number of active population in Romania - 9 690 000, 75% of them living in cities. I don't count older people because they are not Internet users (there are...
CSR in Romania
Dragos asked me for some words about CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) in Romania. First, i put myself some questions about this CSR ... When i first heard this term ? Hmm ... Maybe 5 years before, so thats pretty new Where i met the first person doing CSR plans...
Snow & Mountains
And here we are in 2008 ... It was a very quick 2007! Happy new year and i hope this year will be the Romanian Internet Year (as i hope every year). Here are some pictures taken few minutes ago. I cannot use 3G here to upload a movie on YouTube but with GPRS I can put...
& A Happy New Year
Sweet Holidays ...! I have stopped the commercial activity until 1 January 2008 . A dedication for my readers and my friends : THE 4 WHO TOOK THE WOODS It was a very nice year, with a lot of positive results. Over 50 web projects launched, 10 conferences held...
Video Sharing Services
Today I received a link from Crista (i recommend you her book), with some viral video campaign. The link was from Yahoo Video. And I realized how my behavior changed after YouTube and media-hype of Google in Romania. I am YouTube'd ! I am not searching materials in...
The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive
12 December - The Law against Unfair Advertising and Aggressive Practices . Romania, [as usual?], didn't adopt in time the law and now is suited by EU for this. For the Business Owners (legal) the law is important because replaces 27 other laws. For the Consumer is...
The Unblinking Eye
http://www.theunblinkingeye.ro , advertising following the the long-teasing campaign for coffee Amigo Live Chic, in the new presentation. (if you just clicked on the link you have no patience man!) On the box (same price as the old one) there is a text : "Gaseste-ti...
Offline, 3D photographs with caves
12 December, in front of Antipa Museum will be the launch of 2D/3D photography album Doru also worked on. It's about the underground thesaurus in Romania, true beauty for the admirers of this kind of nature architecture. I dedicate this post to SpeleoPit, my first...
Netcamp, the last Internet event in 2007
It was the last Internet event in 2008 . Netcamp was a great opportunity to hear some great speakers and listen to their online experiences : Hugh MacLeod, i just loved his cartoons, Rodrigo Schulz, offering your online TV, i will explore this, Miel van Opstal,...
Changing Lanes
Vlad Stan's leaving Vodanet (General Manager) is a hot topic these days. A decision that storms controversy. The shares in Vodanet are 40% Vlad Stan and 60% NCH (Broadhurst). The propriety : Acasa.ro, Ele.ro, SmartBuy.ro, Bloombiz.ro. Two weeks ago, another manager...
Romania @ Euro 2008
After the drawing for the final tournament Euro 2008, Romania is in the "easiest" group. We have low-level teams to meet like : the World Champion, the World Vice-Champion and the best-ranked team in Europe . We will have to prove ... to prove ... to prove ... Well,...
1 december, Romania, National Day
After 2 hard-days, because i have spoken 8+8 hours at Web Wizard, a SEO & Usability training ( organized by Picant ) , i came to the laptop to dedicate a movie to my country, with the National Day occasion. In fact, this movie is a viral campaign for a beer...
I am Hung(a)ry
Dedication for my new Hungarian friends. And a small question : it is worth making a Central-East-European conference instead of a European one ? See what the Americans think about this.
Virtual Business Center
Well, it's about history... I haven't thought about VBC ( Virtual Business Center ) since 2001 , the year i have abandoned the project ( just once in an article ). Why remember in 2007 this ? Because yesterday i received a phone call from Bulgaria, a Romanian fellow...
Funny E-commerce
I said in 2007 : there are no brains in the online banners creative companies ! I encouraged all to watch outside borders, especially on Banner Blog . When i was about loosing my hope something happened. This morning i was laughing at some face on a banner. I clicked...
Amazing Latvia
How to make a 3.1 million Euro turnover in 2007 ? Take a look on the 25 Latvian team operating the biggest networking site in Latvia. This social network runs on invitation-only basis and have registered in this product 40% of the country's population and 80% of the...
Internet CEE : concluzie
In primul rand imi pare rau ca nu am reusit sa fac LIVE Blogging si marti, pentru ca nu a functionat Internet Wireless in respectiva locatie "Fabryka Trzciny" ( se pronunta "cina"). Alaturat cateva poze cu locatia, pentru ca e de apreciat cum se poate transforma o...
Internet CEE : marti
12:00 Michal Klar, Director of International Operations, the Allegro Group (Poland) Challenges in entering CEE markets with the e-commerce platform - Allegro experiences - QXL ricardo , Tradus plc, capital 1 miliard Euro - Polonia, Cehia, Ungaria, Ucraina, Rusia,...
Internet CEE : luni
A doua zi in Polonia. Continui cu observatiile: - Ne-am obisnuit cu Zlotul, este ca acasa. Parca si hartiile seamana, desi sunt numai voievozi pe ele ( primul, al doilea, al treilea .. ) - Aproape toate fetele sunt blonde. Adica culoarea blond ... nu intelegeti gresit...
