Nook is the best, they say

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Barnes & Noble said so...but didn't provide any data yet. Amazon will soon jump with the same information about Kindle. Who's right? Among my friends, Kindle is the king. And me, I am rather referring to Kindle and Amazon when it is about buying and sharing books. Maybe because I am living in Europe and I don't have the pleasure of breathing the B&N nice atmosphere? Looking further for new data and, why not, the opportunity to test a Nook by myself.

The Social Network, the movie

Image by jdlasica via Flickr//Mark Zuckerberg, in the movie of his life

I avoided for a long time to see the movie about Facebook - or rather, about Facebook founder - because I am more interested in the phenomenon than in the personality. If not Mark Zuckerberg, somebody needed to create this network, as it was in the air of our time: a new generation, new skills and needs. A documentary movie was for me more tempting than an artistic movie.

And, I was right. The movie is focused on Zuckerberg's personality - his conflictual and clumsy social connections of the creator of a popular social network -, with some vague suggestions about the ways in which academia faced the online challenge, or the need to reconsider the intellectual property. From the artistic point of view, I couldn't see anything memorable.

But I don't regret I've seen the movie because I realize now what I will expect from a real documented production about social media and its influence on our times.

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The best social media tool of the year: Twitter

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I was very active this year on the front of social media, trying at least every day to learn something new, to discover a new application or simply to improve my 2.0 skills. My main focus was to explore how the 2.0 changed our way of life, and I was extremely interested in the influence of the virtual world on the academic life and research.

The best benefits I took from Twitter. I created an account one year and a half ago, but started to use on a daily basis only in March. And, since then, it plays a big part of my virtual life. I found there very interesting people, extremely good resources for what I am interested in and lots of opportunities for expanding my knowledge, including in the area of foreign languages - trying to use my foreign languages for short but efficient communication.

For the next year, I would like to explore more Foursquare for example, as it is a very good tool for marketing and promotion of places and products, but I am sure that Twitter will continue to be a good medium for communication. And, of course, would like to see what's the next diamond in the 2.0 crown.

Wait and see!

New Year's Resolutions

Most probably I will have new posts till the end of 2011, but today I am in the inspirational mood to make plans for the next 12 months. So, what do I wish to accomplish:

- Update the blog permanently with interesting articles, links and comments

- Authorship of several articles on PR, communications and new media, to be published in various publications, online and print

- Learning and updating permanently with the newest trends from the 2.0 world

- Diversifying the portfolio of clients I am consulting currently and sharing further my experiences

- Starting to organize trainings, presentations and online webinars

- Promoting successfully all my blogging products

What about you? Did you already set up your priority list?

Wish you all a best year!

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Some thoughts following the lecture of this article in the NYT. For me, it is rather a matter of thinking strategically and from the point of view of the efficiency. I need all the classical and new forms of communication: e-mail, normal mail, text messages, chat, video etc. In general, any of them. I am ready for any kind of challenge. En garde!