When Rumsfeld called Europeans backward during those years of the war build up in Iraq, he may not have been totally wrong. At the time he was referring to our rather sluggish ways at progress and our lazy approach to get the job done… in fact, everything opposite to how Americans behave. Of course, there’s [...]
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OpenSteetMap Vs Google StreetWise
Saturday, October 17th, 2009
OpenStreetMap may not wield a big stick like Google but it certainly knows how to mobilise its user-base. Furthermore, if not already obvious,OpenStreetMap definitely isn’t as ‘sexy’ as Streetwise but they have probably secured their biggest round of support so far in the form of the city of Atlanta in the US. A BBC article [...]
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OpenStreetMap may not wield a big stick like Google but it certainly knows how to mobilise its user-base. Furthermore, if not already obvious,OpenStreetMap definitely isn’t as ‘sexy’ as Streetwise but they have probably secured their biggest round of support so far in the form of the city of Atlanta in the US. A BBC article [...]
Optimizing hotel videos
Monday, October 12th, 2009
Video guides when done right with rich content will eventually rise to the top of search engine lists. As the saying goes: Content is King. Slowly but surely our video guides are beginning to see positive results on Google’s search engine. Having discussed this subject a few times before, such as here, here and here, [...]
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Video guides when done right with rich content will eventually rise to the top of search engine lists. As the saying goes: Content is King. Slowly but surely our video guides are beginning to see positive results on Google’s search engine. Having discussed this subject a few times before, such as here, here and here, [...]
Is Open Learning going Wiki?
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
The well reputed method of education at a distance may be seeing the humble beginnings of a wiki-style system. Is this the end of traditional education as we know it? An article in the Times deals with a new trend that was spotted by a would-be student searching for alternative methods to gaining a degree. [...]
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The well reputed method of education at a distance may be seeing the humble beginnings of a wiki-style system. Is this the end of traditional education as we know it? An article in the Times deals with a new trend that was spotted by a would-be student searching for alternative methods to gaining a degree. [...]
Valuable art work abused for fun
Monday, October 5th, 2009
In a great article the Onion has published a story about the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York letting customers paw, scratch and poke at a selection of its very valuable and prestigious paintings. Here’s fabulous “quote”: Gerard Schmidt, a retired banker who lives near the Met, said he had never much cared for [...]
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In a great article the Onion has published a story about the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York letting customers paw, scratch and poke at a selection of its very valuable and prestigious paintings. Here’s fabulous “quote”: Gerard Schmidt, a retired banker who lives near the Met, said he had never much cared for [...]
AR gets lift by Vodafone
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
As a continuation of our post Augmented Reality need GEO partnerships another little news article on AR just came to light, albeit last week. We’re not really behind, just lazy… A little unknown company – until now that is – claimed top spot at the Vodafone Mobile Clicks start-up challenge grabbing €75,000 into the bargain. [...]
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As a continuation of our post Augmented Reality need GEO partnerships another little news article on AR just came to light, albeit last week. We’re not really behind, just lazy… A little unknown company – until now that is – claimed top spot at the Vodafone Mobile Clicks start-up challenge grabbing €75,000 into the bargain. [...]
Online video stats
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Everyone by now has a good grasp of video content online and will have at some stage been on a video web site or stumbled upon one. With this in mind here’s a few interesting stats we found on IABUK.net: 29.6 million people in the UK accessed online video in January 2009 (comScore). That’s 8 [...]
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Everyone by now has a good grasp of video content online and will have at some stage been on a video web site or stumbled upon one. With this in mind here’s a few interesting stats we found on IABUK.net: 29.6 million people in the UK accessed online video in January 2009 (comScore). That’s 8 [...]
Bologna hotels in video
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Video guides are gaining momentum in Bologna. A few people namely in the hotel industry but also bars and restaurants are beginning to take note of the extra potential that video guides represent to their individual businesses. In fact, we had a meeting with a few separate people representing various Bolognese hospitality organisations last week [...]
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Video guides are gaining momentum in Bologna. A few people namely in the hotel industry but also bars and restaurants are beginning to take note of the extra potential that video guides represent to their individual businesses. In fact, we had a meeting with a few separate people representing various Bolognese hospitality organisations last week [...]
Positive thinking breeds success
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
Wim Hof, alias ‘The Iceman’, could well be the next Tony Robbins if he so chose that is. Sky showed a documentary the other night about Wim’s amazing abilites to withstand the cold – or to be slightly more precise: artic conditions. Naked. Yes, the Dutchman may have seemed a little inebriated as he sat [...]
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Wim Hof, alias ‘The Iceman’, could well be the next Tony Robbins if he so chose that is. Sky showed a documentary the other night about Wim’s amazing abilites to withstand the cold – or to be slightly more precise: artic conditions. Naked. Yes, the Dutchman may have seemed a little inebriated as he sat [...]
Snappy or informative hostel guides?
Friday, September 18th, 2009
Hostel video guides are an effective way to promote any hostel and hotel for that matter, but what exactly is the best way? Well, there’s several points to consider in choosing the way it should be produced and of course what market you’re aiming at: quality of video footage, quality of information, quality of actual [...]
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Hostel video guides are an effective way to promote any hostel and hotel for that matter, but what exactly is the best way? Well, there’s several points to consider in choosing the way it should be produced and of course what market you’re aiming at: quality of video footage, quality of information, quality of actual [...]