Altro maniaco su Myspace...eccheppalle

Sputtanamento numero 2.

Dopo il “simpaticissimo” Leonardo, ecco qui Max Mix (che culo!).

Mi contatta scrivendomi questo:

soffermato slulla tua foto…esprimi ilmassimo della sensualita sai..complimenti..mi hai stimlato una fantasia..regalarti una brasiliana pizzo e merletto..e indossarla per me…sarebeb una gran bella cosa sai..mi descrivo 179 moro okki scuri piacente..se ti va facciamo 2 kiakiere in msn?

Ora, precisiamo che sul myspace ho come avatar una foto con una mattonella che nasconde la faccia…immagino questo sia un piastrellista se si eccita con una foto del genere!!!!!

Ma passando avanti, se anche ha guardato le foto del mio profilo, questo è un messaggio che può tranquillamente copiare e incollare e mandare in giro a tutti i contatti femminili del web respiranti…

Stavolta non mi sono manco sprecata a offenderlo via mail perchè cheppalle, ma l’ho segnalato come al solito come “abuso” ai tizi di Myspace…e ignorato.

Ma dico io, ma un completino di pizzo non me lo può regalare chi dico io invece del solito, triste maniaco?

E poi…cazzo ma li acchiappo tutti io?! :|

Las Redes Sociales en Venezuela

Buen día mis amigos,Facebook está dirigido a los consumidores, sin embargo pienso que este se presta mas a acercar amistades y compartir “chismes” a nivel mundial.

Yo particularmente le saco mucho provecho al Facebook porque me mantengo en contacto con familiares que se encuentran fuera del país y comparto fotos y artículos de todo tipo con ellos, además de poder encontrarme con amigos de la infancia que no veía desde hace tiempo. Como dije antes muchos a nivel mundial tomaron el Facebook para farandulear y no para informar ni compartir artículos interesantes(tendrían que preguntarse “que” es lo interesante para cada quien) y sin embargo sigue siendo una excelente herramienta de comunicación que pude ser muy útil si se le saca provecho.
Ahora el Twitter es una herramienta mucho mas noticiosa para eventos que ocurren al momento y no tiende a convertirse en algo de faranduleo si sabes explotar sus funcionalidades a fondo. Puedes compartir fotos y enlaces a noticias a nivel mundial. así como también enlaces a blog como Con-café que nos mantiene informados a todos precedido de un gracioso @ que separa el nombre de cada usuario de cualquier nuevo evento que este ocurriendo por dar un ejemplo pueden indagar los sucesos a raíz del suceso del cierre de las 34 emisoras de radio venezolanas colocando #freemediave en el campo de búsqueda de twitter para que vean como se siguen los sucesos diarios y mas. Cabe destacar que para dispositivos móviles existen diversas aplicaciones de terceros para ambas páginas sociales y ya queda al gusto de cada quien cual usar para su móvil o incluso PC.

Dejo a uds abiertos los comentarios

στην άκρη του τόξου.

ένα βέλος διασχίζει τον νορβηγικό αέρα και πέφτει στις καρδιές μας σαν νιφάδα χιονιού.
ένα βράδυ εφηβείας, δυο κεριά και τα φύλλα του φθινοπώρου.
γραμμένο στα ύδατα…..

‘94. Carl-Michael Eide drums και φωνητικά, Vicotnik κιθάρες και φωνές απόκοσμες, Skoll μπάσο.
‘97. το τέλος μετά από ένα ep και ένα ολοκληρωμένο άλμπουμ.

αβαν γκαρντ. ένα μίγμα τζαζ και μαύρου μετάλλου. πρωτόγνωρο.
κάτι σαν τον Πολίτη Κέιν του Όρσον Ουέλς που έκανε την υπέρβαση στα νιάτα του και δεν την ξεπέρασε ποτέ.
(με μια μικρή προσωπική ένσταση ότι η Δίκη είναι η καλύτερη ταινία του, αλλά αυτό είναι ένα άλλο θέμα.)
Πολύ γρήγορο τέλος.
Όχι άδοξο αν σκεφτεί κανείς τη συνέχεια των δημιουργών του (DHG,Virus) και τα αριστουργήματα που προέκυψαν από το κάθε συγκρότημα, αλλά πάντα θέλαμε κι άλλο.
Όταν μάθαμε για επανένωση που τελικά δεν ευόδωσε, απογοήτευση.
Βέβαια ίσως και να χάλαγε η μαγεία μετά, ποιος ξέρει.

Τρεις λέξεις και πέντε τελείες.

ved
buens
ende
…..

ο χειμώνας έρχεται χαμογελώντας.

To The Y Generation: In Some Regards It's a Rotnem, Not a Mentor, World

Photo: Getty Images

As the final generation of internet-handicapped executives seek the late Y generation who have grown up with the media networking boom at the onset of this new millennium, positions managing (and teaching) third party social networking applications have become increasingly available in larger corporations that can afford to support the exorbitant salaries of these ‘children’ (exorbitant considering the job requirement). The Chicago Tribune found that Baby Boomers and the early X Generation were turning to the younger generation for social media help.

“Many organizations eager to strengthen their presence in the online world have discovered that they have the perfect consultants on their staffs: 20-somethings who live in that world… The baby boomer executives who might have scolded these young people for that if they had been their parents are now turning to them for help. A survey for the Center for Work-Life Policy found that 40 percent of respondents had asked younger colleagues for help with text messaging, social networking and using iTunes.”

Competitive companies, realizing the benefits cyberspace has to offer, see the mentor to pupil exchange, in some regards, break down the barriers of workplace hierarchies, allowing the pupils unprecedented access and relationship building opportunities.

“Think of it as reverse-mentoring… “Rotnem” — mentor, backward.”

The Chicago Tribune reveals that, “Some 95 percent of the leadership in the Chicago office have Rotnems, and the company has expanded the program worldwide. At organizations where social networking is not an integral part of the business, young mentors have to make their instruction simple.” [The Chicago Tribune]

If you’re clueless when it comes to WordPress, Digg, Blogspot, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and other social networking/media applications, start acquainting yourself. It’s resume worthy material a significant factor in attaining that coveted job or internship. Trust me I would know.

New band alert: Ben Fondren

Ben Fondren

Listen while reading:

Bleed It White ( streamable via MySpace)

The Lion And The Lamb (streamable via MySpace)

Always, All The Time (streamable via MySpace)

Goodnight (streamable via MySpace)

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Again it’s time for a new band alert. This time I stumbled upon Birmingham/Alabama based musician Ben Fondren. His music is as pure as it could be because there’s just guitar playing and vocals – and as you know, this is the real deal and the music CFM is dedicated to. Fondren already finished about 70 songs, he said, but hasn’t arranged them to an album yet. Lots of potential, if you’d ask me.

As you listen to his tracks you’ll soon recognize an indie folk flavor in all of them caused by his strumming guitar play technique giving a certain drive to the songs. I have to admit his music reminds me a bit of early Iron and Wine at some point – and this is a very good thing. Together with his soft and feathery voice it is a genial feeling listening to his tracks.

For Ben Fondren beeing in Norway right now he wasn’t able to send me other tracks than the ones he sent. But these are already so good that I think he sent just the right ones. I can tell you that I’m very happy I found him because i’ve got the feeling that there is good music coming from him in the future (but without having this feeling I would not feature him in the new band alert category anyway).

Ben told me he talked to a good friend of him out in Canada who runs a label and who would be willing to release some of his new material by summer of the upcoming year. I’m really excited about the release and I hope Ben keeps up the good work he has done so far. If you want to hear more of his music, just head over to Ben Fondren’s MySpace page and take a listen.

Cheryl Cole wants her own clothing range

Girls all over Britain could be marching around in cut-away military gear a la Mrs Cole.

After Cheryl wowed X Factor fans with her sexy army get up, she wants her own label. The 26-year-old, on track for No.1 with Fight For This Love, said on a Myspace chat: “I would love to make my own clothing range.

“But I would like to put the time in and do the whole thing myself.”

Source

An Eye Opener on Ovarian Cancer.

Pls read this & share with your families..

An Eye Opener on Ovarian Cancer-This has been sent to me by my friend Sri.Srinivasan, renowned cardiologist.I thought I should share with you all.

I hope you all take the time to read this and pass it on to all you can. Send this to the women in your life that you care about.

A few years ago, Gilda Radner died of ovarian cancer. Her symptoms were inconclusive, and she was treated for everything under the sun until it was too late. This blood test finally identified her illness but alas, too late. She wrote a book to heighten awareness. Gene Wilder is her widower.

KATHY’S STORY: this is the story of Kathy West

As all of you know, I have Primary Peritoneal Cancer. This cancer has only recently been identified as its OWN type of cancer, but it is essentially Ovarian Cancer.

Both types of cancer are diagnosed in the same way, with the “tumor marker” CA-125 BLOOD TEST, and they are treated in the same way – surgery to remove the primary tumor and then chemotherapy with Taxol and Carboplatin.

Having gone through this ordeal, I want to save others from the same fate. That is why I am sending this message to you and hope you will print it and give it or send it via E-mail to everybody you know.

One thing I have learned is that each of us must take TOTAL responsibility for our own health care. I thought I had done that because I always had an annual physical and PAP smear, did a monthly Self-Breast Exam, went to the dentist at least twice a year, etc. I even insisted on a sigmoidoscopy and a bone density test last year. When I had a total hysterectomy in 1993, I thought that I did not have to worry about getting any of the female reproductive organ cancers.

LITTLE DID I KNOW. I don’t have ovaries (and they were HEALTHY when they were removed), but I have what is essentially ovarian cancer. Strange, isn’t it?

These are just SOME of the things our Doctors never tell us: ONE out of every 55 women will get OVARIAN or PRIMARY PERITONEAL CANCER.

The “CLASSIC” symptoms are an ABDOMEN that rather SUDDENLY ENLARGES and CONSTIPATION and/or DIARRHEA.

I had these classic symptoms and went to the doctor. Because these symptoms seemed to be “abdominal”, I went to a gastroenterologist. He ran tests that were designed to determine whether there was a bacteria infection; these tests were negative, and I was diagnosed with “Irritable Bowel Syndrome”. I guess I would have accepted this diagnosis had it not been for my enlarged abdomen. I swear to you, it looked like I was 4-5 months pregnant! I therefore insisted on more tests.

They took an X-ray of my abdomen; it was negative. I was again assured that I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome and was encouraged to go on my scheduled month-long trip to Europe. I couldn’t wear any of my slacks or shorts because I couldn’t get them buttoned, and I KNEW something was radically wrong. I INSISTED on more tests, and they reluctantly) scheduled me for a CT-Scan (just to shut me up, I think).
This is what I mean by “taking charge of our own health care.”

The CT-Scan showed a lot of fluid in my abdomen (NOT normal). Needless to say, I had to cancel my trip and have FIVE POUNDS of fluid drawn off at the hospital (not a pleasant experience I assure you), but NOTHING compared to what was ahead of me.

Tests revealed cancer cells in the fluid. Finally, finally, finally, the doctor ran a CA-125 blood test, and I was properly diagnosed.

I HAD THE CLASSIC SYMPTOMS FOR OVARIAN CANCER, AND YET THIS SIMPLE CA-125 BLOOD TEST HAD NEVER BEEN RUN ON ME, not as part of my annual physical exam and not when I was symptomatic. This is an inexpensive and simple blood test!

PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ALL YOUR FEMALE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO INSIST ON A CA-125 BLOOD TEST EVERY YEAR AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAMS.

Be forewarned that their doctors might try to talk them out of it, saying, “IT ISN’T NECESSARY.” Believe me, had I known then what I know now, we would have caught my cancer much earlier (before it was a stage 3 cancer). Insist on the CA-125 BLOOD TEST; DO NOT take “NO” for an answer!

The normal range for a CA-125 BLOOD TEST is between zero and 35. MINE WAS 754. (That’s right, 754!). If the number is slightly above 35, you can have another done in three or six months and keep a close eye on it, just as women do when they have fibroid tumors or when men have a slightly elevated PSA test (Prostatic Specific Antigens) that helps diagnose prostate cancer.

Having the CA-125 test done annually can alert you early, and that’s the goal in diagnosing any type of cancer – catching it early..

Do you know 55 women? If so, at least one of them will have this VERY AGGRESSIVE cancer. Please, go to your doctor and insist on a CA-125 test and have one EVERY YEAR for the rest of your life..

And forward this message to every woman you know, and tell all of your female family members and friends. Though the median age for this cancer is 56, (and, guess what, I’m exactly 56), women as young as 22 have it. Age is no factor.

A NOTE FROM AN RN:

Well, after reading this, I made some calls. I found that the CA-125 test is an ovarian screening test equivalent to a man’s PSA test prostate screen (which my husband’s doctor automatically gives him in his physical each year and insurance pays for it). I called the general practitioner’s office about having the test done. The nurse had never heard of it. She told me that she doubted that insurance would pay for it. So I called Prudential Insurance Co, and got the same response. Never heard of it – it won’t be covered.

I explained that it was the same as the PSA test they had paid for my husband for years. After conferring with whomever they confer with, she told me that the CA-125 would be covered.

It is $75 in a GP’s office and $125 at the GYN’s. This is a screening test that should be required just like a PAP smear
(a PAP smear cannot detect problems with your ovaries).
And you must insist that your insurance company pay for it.

Gene Wilder and Pierce Brosnan (his wife had it, too) are lobbying for women’s health issues, saying that this test
should be required in our physicals, just like the PAP and the mammogram. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO SEND THIS OUT TO ALL THOSE YOU CAN. BE IT MALE OR FEMALE, IT SHOULD NOT MATTER, AS THEY CAN FORWARD IT ALSO TO THOSE LOVED ONES THEY KNOW.

IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FORWARDING SOMETHING
AS IMPORTANT AS THIS, HERE’S A LITTLE HINT THAT MAY ASSIST YOU WITH YOUR DECISION ~ JUST PRETEND THAT THIS IS A JOKE, WHICH IT CERTAINLY IS NOT, AND SEND IT OUT TO ALL THE FOLKS YOU WOULD IF IT WAS.

Is NATO relevant?

‘International War on Terror’ seems to be more in the rhetoric of US and UK.Other countries of the NATO are routinely sending troops, as a Govt.clerk shall forward files. Every Nation is strengthening its defenses and ,most of them seem to realize, rightly so, that war on this front can be fought only in their respective countries and not by going into a country of which they know very little.
Again,in an Unipolar World,what role NATO has to play?There is no USSR,you are scared of North Korea, shiver about China, and do not know what to do with Pakistan.
You can not deploy NATO in any of these areas as there is no consensus and even if you decide to do so,member countries are reluctant to participate.
In short,NATO is a white elephant which accommadates Generals who have to be kicked up,Other than that it has no purpose at all

Story:
There is almost no sense anywhere that the war in Afghanistan is an international operation, or that the stakes and goals are international, or that the soldiers on the ground represent anything other than their own national flags and national armed forces: Most of the war’s European critics want to know why their boys are fighting “for the Americans,” not for NATO. Most of the American critics dismiss the European contribution as useless or ignore it altogether. As Jackson Diehl pointed out Monday, the central debate about future Afghanistan policy is taking place in Washington without any obvious contributions from anybody else. I’m not going to blame the U.S. administration alone for this: It’s not as if Europe has put forward a different plan — and there was certainly a moment, back at the beginning of this administration, when that would have been very welcome.

The fact is that the idea of “the West” has been fading for a long time on both sides of the Atlantic, as countless “whither-the-Alliance” seminars have been ritually observing for the past decade. But the consequences are now with us: NATO, though fighting its first war since its foundation, inspires nobody. The members of NATO feel no allegiance to the alliance, or to one another. On its home continent, NATO does precious little military contingency planning, preferring to hold summits. Above all, there is no recognizable alliance leader who is willing or able to engage in the national debates of the various member countries, to argue in favor of the Afghan mission or any other. President Obama could in theory do this, but I’m guessing the idea doesn’t fill him with inspiration.

None of this might matter much in Afghanistan, since the outcome of current deliberations may well be some version of the status quo. But the next time NATO is needed, I doubt whether it will be there at all.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/19/AR2009101902510.html

Will FaceBook replace email?

In an interesting column at StandardNet, the question is raised over whether or not FaceBook messages will replace standard email.

From a personal perspective, I find myself in a sort of muted agreement – almost everyone I correspond with is on FaceBook, and it’s quite easy to compose a message and get them all added in to the recipient list. Everyone can follow in on the thread, and let’s face it – I think the majority of people I know are checking their FaceBooks MORE than their traditional email accounts!

From a business perspective, I can’t see this occurring in the very near future, if at all. I absolutely agree that more and more businesses are using FaceBook to market themselves in a growing social media movement, but traditional communication via email will remain so, simply for the fact that business people don’t, as a habit, rush out and add new clients to their FaceBook friends list.

On another level, not every business is keen on social media; I know plenty of people who find sites like FB, MySpace, Twitter, etc. blocked by their firewalls at work. Those correspondents wouldn’t be on FaceBook during business hours, as a result it wouldn’t make sense to send them a business-related message that they couldn’t get to during “normal business hours”.

(Of course, “normal business hours” is becoming a thing of the past in the era of the 24×7 Internet, but that’s another blog for another time).

What say you – would you be more inclined to conduct business via FB messages, wall posts, or perhaps Tweets, vs. doing so in a “traditional” email format?

MySpace@Ensemble'09

Ensemble’09 -  The showpiece event of  XLRI is almost here- Come November 13, the  picturesque campus of XLRI  Jamshedpur will be buzzing with fervour for the next 3 days as students from the best of B-Schools across India will experience for themselves, what it means to be part of,  the famed XL-Culture.

It will the best of times as well as the worst of times as the assembly of talent will try to outsmart each other in the various competitions & games. Life cannot be all work, and so is Ensemble as the informal ‘Campus Blitzkrieg‘ events  capture fun in its purest essence for all.

XLers of past and present,  XLRI-Ensemble.wordpress.com is the avenue to share your feelings of what it means to be part of Ensemble. What is it which strikes you about Ensemble:  the excellent, the good and even the bad if any.  ‘The Ugly’ is deliberately omitted, since Ensemble is an event run by you- the People of XLRI; it can’t be so.

This is ‘Your Space’, junta.  Anything from arbit gas to God-Level logic is good enough. Be a part of this festival. This is YOUR SPACE@ Ensemble’09

Facebook Grows By 194 Percent

Facebook accounted for 58 percent of all social networking Web site visits in the United States in September, a 194 percent increase compared to September 2008, according to a report from global research company Experian Hitwise. Facebook ranked the highest of the 155 social networking sites studied with MySpace second at 30 percent, down from a 66 percent market share a year ago. Twitter placed fourth at 1.84 percent, a 1,170 percent market share increase from a year ago. (10/14)

Source: Grammy.com

ซัมซุง ส่ง “Samsung Candy” บุกตลาดพรีเมี่ยมแมสทัชโฟน

นายมนาเทศ อันนวัฒน์ หัวหน้าฝ่ายการตลาด ธุรกิจโทรคมนาคม บริษัท ไทยซัมซุง อิเลคโทรนิคส์ จำกัด เปิดเผยว่า “ปัจจุบัน ซัมซุงมียอดขายโทรศัพท์มือถือในเขตกรุงเทพฯ เป็นอันดับ 1 ด้วยส่วนแบ่งการตลาดกว่า 30.5% ซึ่งเป็นเครื่องบ่งบอกถึงความแข็งแกร่งทางด้านการทำตลาดที่ดีขึ้น      อย่างต่อเนื่อง สำหรับในส่วนของตลาดทัชโฟนนั้นซัมซุงก็เป็นผู้นำในการบุกเบิกตลาดขึ้นใน ประเทศไทย       จน ทำให้ทัชโฟนเป็นเทรนด์ที่มาแรงของผู้ใช้โทรศัพท์มือถือในยุคนี้ ด้วยความมุ่งมั่นที่จะสร้างประสบการณ์ทัชโฟนที่ครอบคลุมตอบรับความต้องการ ของผู้บริโภคในทุกระดับ ซัมซุงได้นำเสนอทางเลือกทัชโฟน         ที่หลากหลายตั้งแต่ในระดับสมาร์ทโฟนจนถึงเบสิคให้แก่ผู้บริโภคในทุก ไลฟ์สไตล์ตั้งแต่นักธุรกิจ            หนุ่มสาวยุคใหม่ ตลอดจนถึงวัยรุ่น นักเรียน นักศึกษา อาทิ ซัมซุง ออมเนีย แฟมิลี, ซัมซุง เจ็ต   และซัมซุง สตาร์ เป็นต้น”

กรุงเทพฯ (1 ตุลาคม 2552) – ซัมซุงมั่นใจขึ้นครองเบอร์หนึ่งตลาดโทรศัพท์มือถือสิ้นปีนี้ พร้อมสร้างปรากฏการณ์ใหม่ให้ตลาดทัชโฟนต่อเนื่องด้วยการเปิดตัว “ซัมซุง แคนดี้” ครั้งแรกของการนำเสนอทัชโฟนเจาะกลุ่มวัยรุ่นในระดับพรีเมี่ยมแมสผ่านไลฟ์ส ไตล์สุดคูลของทัชโฟน หลากสีในราคาเพียง 5,990 บาท เปิดตัวครั้งแรกในงานไทยแลนด์ โมบายล์ เอ็กซ์โป 2009 ตั้งเป้ายอดขาย “ซัมซุง แคนดี้” ทั่วประเทศทะลุกว่า 6 แสนเครื่อง

“เพื่อตอกย้ำความเป็นผู้นำทัชโฟนสำหรับทุกไลฟ์สไตล์ ซัมซุงพร้อมเปิดตัว “ซัมซุง แคนดี้ (Samsung Candy)” มุ่งขยายประสบการณ์ทัชโฟนไปยังกลุ่มวัยรุ่นที่ชื่นชอบความสวยงามของแฟชั่น   และสีสันที่สดใส พร้อมการใช้งานที่ครบตามความต้องการของคนรุ่นใหม่วัยทีน อาทิ ดีไซน์สีสันสดใส   สไตล์ลูกกวาดโดดเด่นตามเทรนด์ล่าสุดของแฟชั่นทั่วโลก หน้าจอระบบสัมผัสเต็มรูปแบบ และการเชื่อมต่อ       สู่โลกออนไลน์ได้ทันทีทั้งโปรแกรมแช้ตและ Social Networking อย่าง Facebook, MySpace              และ Twitter ในราคาที่ชวนสัมผัสเพียงไม่ถึง 6 พันบาท ทำให้การครอบครองทัชโฟนเป็นเรื่องง่าย      สำหรับวัยรุ่นในปัจจุบัน โดยเปิดตัวเป็นครั้งแรกในประเทศไทยที่งานไทยแลนด์ โมบายล์ เอ็กซ์โป 2009”

“ซัมซุง แคนดี้ (Samsung Candy)” โดนใจวัยรุ่นด้วยดีไซน์สีสันแบบลูกกวาดสดใสที่มีให้เลือก   4 สี ได้แก่ เหลืองสดใส ส้มจี๊ดจ๊าด ชมพูโรแมนติก และสีขาวเรียบหรู ในสไตล์โค้งมนที่แตกต่าง เส้นลายด้านข้างมีลูกเล่นแนวโค้งตัดกับตัวฝาหลังที่สามารถถอดเปลี่ยนลายได้ ตามใจชอบ มาพร้อมฟังก์ชัน      การทำงานที่รองรับการใช้ชีวิตออนไลน์ง่ายดายยิ่งขึ้นด้วย SNS Widgets ที่ตั้งอัพเดตอัตโนมัติให้ติดตามทุกการเคลื่อนไหวของเพื่อนๆ ได้อย่างไร้ขีดจำกัดไม่ว่าจะเป็น Facebook, MySpace และ Twitter        ตอบรับสไตล์การใช้งานสุดคูลของวัยทีนด้วยระบบสัมผัสเต็มรูปแบบพร้อมเมนูไอ คอนแบบการ์ตูน            ที่ช่วยปรับหน้าตาของเมนูการใช้งานให้น่ารักไม่ซ้ำแบบใคร พร้อมกับกล้องดิจิตอล 2 ล้านพิกเซล         และฟังก์ชัน One Finger Zoom ช่วยให้การซูมภาพง่ายเพียงปลายนิ้วเดียว อีกทั้งเทคโนโลยี              Smart Unlock ที่ใช้เพียงปลายนิ้วเขียนตัวอักษรบนจอก็สามารถปลดล็อคการใช้งานหรือสั่งงาน โทรออก  ได้ทันที วางจำหน่ายแล้วในราคา 5,990 บาท พร้อมฝาหลังลายแฟชั่นและฝาหลังสีดำและการ์ดหน่วยความจำขนาด 2 กิกะไบต์ในกล่อง

“สำหรับ งานไทยแลนด์ โมบายล์ เอ็กซ์โป เปรียบเสมือนการรวมตัวของผู้ผลิตและจัดจำหน่ายโทรศัพท์มือถือแบรนด์ต่างๆ เป็นศูนย์กลางให้ผู้บริโภคได้มีตัวเลือกที่สามารถเปรียบเทียบกันได้ซึ่งได้ รับความสนใจเป็นอย่างสูงจากกลุ่มผู้ที่มองหาโทรศัพท์มือถือเป็นประจำทุกปี และสำหรับในปีนี้ เรามั่นใจ    ว่าด้วยการเปิดตัวเป็นครั้งแรกของ “ซัมซุง แคนดี้” รวมทั้งไลน์อัพทัชโฟนอีกมากมายที่ซัมซุงนำเสนอ  ให้ แก่ผู้บริโภคในงานนี้ เราจะสามารถทำยอดขายโทรศัพท์มือถือตลอด 4 วันจากงานนี้ได้กว่า 3,000 เครื่อง หรือคิดเป็นมูลค่าประมาณ 25 ล้านบาท ซึ่งจะเป็นส่วนสำคัญที่จะช่วยผลักดันให้ซัมซุงขึ้นครองอันดับหนึ่งตลาด โทรศัพท์มือถือประเทศไทยภายในสิ้นปีนี้ด้วยส่วนแบ่งการตลาด 35% ” นายมนาเทศกล่าวทิ้งท้าย

ภายในงานซัมซุงยังร่วมเอาใจคนรักทัชโฟนด้วยโปรโมชันสุดพิเศษแก่ผู้ซื้อ ทัชโฟนรุ่น ออมเนีย II, ออมเนีย คิว, i8910HD, ซัมซุง เจ็ต และ สตาร์ ไว-ไฟ รับฟรี! ของสมนาคุณสุดคุ้ม อาทิ            ชุดหูฟังบลูทูธ และการ์ดหน่วยความจำขนาด 4-8 กิกะไบต์ นอกจากนี้ซัมซุงพร้อมมอบของขวัญ     สุดพิเศษ “โทรศัพท์มือถือซัมซุง B2100” วันละ 3 เครื่อง และ “ซัมซุง แอลซีดี ทีวี” ขนาด 32 นิ้ว    วันละ 1 เครื่อง แก่ผู้ซื้อโทรศัพท์มือถือทุกรุ่นที่ร่วมรายการ ณ บูธซัมซุงภายในงาน

"Does your social class determine your online social network?"

A recent study conducted by Nielsen Claritas, a market research company, has determined that there is a socio-economical divide between users of social networking sites. Here are some statistics from the article:

Users earning over $100,000/year:
38% LinkedIn
23% Facebook
16% MySpace

Users earning less than $50,000/year:
28% Facebook
37% MySpace

Demographics:
Users part of more affluent demographics: 25% more likely to be on Facebook
Users part of less affluent demographics: 37% more likely to be on MySpace
MySpace users: middle-class, blue-collar neighborhoods; perhaps not college educated
Facebook users: upscale suburubs

Different explanations have been offered for these statistics. The first is that there was a “movement” from MySpace to Facebook consisting mostly of educated and upper-class users. Someone was quoted in the article saying she doesn’t use MySpace because it “is ghetto.” Another blogger writes that users choose which social networking site to be a part of based on interests: those interested in music “will still be on MySpace” and those interested in applications use Facebook more. A third suggestion is that who uses which site has to do with how the site began: Facebook was started at Harvard and initially limited its users to college students, while MySpace has always been open to everyone. The article also discusses users self-segregation as an issue on social networks. The study found that multiracial students had more Facebook friends than students of other backgrounds, and that they were the “sole connection between white and black circles.” An ethnographer in the article shares her concern about the repercussions of dividing ourselves online. She poses the question, “What happens when politicians go on Facebook and think they’re reaching the whole public? What happens when colleges only go to Facebook to promote?”

Source: CNN

Tweetdeck 0.30.5

Tweetdeck is a Desktop API for update your twitter setup’s with going to the website. it can now also connect with your Myspace and Facebook accounts. you can run multiple Twitter, Myspace and Facebook accounts from tweetdeck, and it is really easy to setup this multiple accounts. Tweetdeck organises it’s self really well. it is broken down into different sections e.g. All Friend, Mentions, Direct Messages, and one that’s call Tweetdeck Recommends(Which is good if your new to Twitter). Tweetdeck also tells you when some your following post a twit, by making an alert sound and showing a small icon in the right hand corner of your screen. Tweetdeck as also customize you can change all of the colours and text fonts. Tweetdeck is also very good at keeping you up to date with Myspace and Facebook. Tweetdeck will let you now when someone leave a comment on your profile, or a private message. you can also update your setup’s.

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The First Show

K.T., Mary, and The Captain will be in the studio again this week putting together the first show.  The show is in its infancy, so we will be adding more segments, guests, and such in the near future. 

Countless thanks to AER station director Steven Day, without whom we wouldn’t have a show.  Also, thanks to all of our new Facebook fans!   You’re all doing an amazing job of spreading the word. 

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კორპორატიული სოც. ქსელები

ერთთვიანი შესვენების შემდეგ ისევ დავბრუნდი. მიუხედავად იმისა რომ ახლა დაკავებული ვარ სწავლით, ვეცდები ბლოგზე კვირაში ერთხელ მაინც დავწერო.  ყოველი შემთხვევისთვის მაინც გირჩევთ ჩემი RSS ლენტა გამოიწეროთ, არარეგულარული განახლებების მისაღებად.

ახლა გადავიდეთ ამ პოსტის მთავარ საკითხზე.  სოციალური ქსელები ბიზნესს უკვე დიდი ხანია (სოციალური ვების განზომილებით) იზიდავს. Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn და სხვები დიდი ხანია გახდნენ პოლიგონი მარკეტინგული კამპანიებისთვის, პოტენციური პარტნიორებისა და თანამშრომლების ძებნი ადგილი. მაგრამ კორპორატიული სოციალური ქსელები უკვე სხვა განზომილებაა.

ბაზარზე არის რამოდენიმე პროდუქტი, რომელიც კომპანიებს დახურულ სოც. ქსელებს სთავაზობს. თუმცა არსებობს აზრი (და გამოკვლევები) რომ ეს ტყუილა დროისა და ფულის ხარჯვაა. მიზეზად სახელდება მომხმარებლების სიმცირე, კომპანიების მენეჯმენტის გამოუცდელობა სოც.ქსელების მართვაში და ინვესტიციის სიდიდეს (რომელიც სარგებელს არ შეესაბამება). არა და ერთი შეხედვით სპეციალიზირებულმა, კომპანიაზე მორგებულმა სოც. ქსელმა შესაძლებელია რევოლუცია მოახდინოს კომპანიის პროცესებში და საკმაოდ ფულიც დაზოგოს, ამავე დროს არ სჩანს პროდუქტი რომელიც ამას შესძლებს.

ამ რამოდენიმე დღის წინ გავეცანი კორპორატიული სოც. ქსელების ახალ კონცეპციას რომელზეც უკვე მუშაობს რამოდენიმე კომპანია. გადავწყვიტე თქვენც გაგიზიაროთ მოსმენილი და თქვენი აზრიც მოვისმინო.

ახალი კონცეპტი ითვალისწინებს არა მხოლოდ კორპორატიული პროდუქტის შექმნას, არამედ უმიზნებს კონკურენცია გაუწიოს დღეს არსებულ სოც. ქსელებს და სოციალურ ინტერნეტში მომხმარებლის მოქმედებას “აზრი შემატოს”.

მოკლედ რომ ავღწერო, ლაპარაკია მრავალშრიან გაერთიანებულ დიდ სოც. ქსელზე რომელიც შესძლებს სხვადასხვა მომხმარებელს, სხვადასხვა შრეზე, მისთვის სასურველი სერვისი მისცეს. ამავე დროს, თითოეულ მომხმარებელს რამოდენიმე შრე შესთავაზოს. ეს კი საშუალებას მოგვცემს მოვაგვაროთ დღეს წამოჭრილი Privacy-ს, სპამის და ინფორმაციისგან გადატვირთვის პრობლემა.

მოვცილდეთ თეორიას და პრაქტიკულ მაგალითზე განვიხილოთ დაწერილი:
მომხმარებელი X დღესდღეობით გაწევრიანებულია… ვთქვათ Facebook-ში… მას ჰყავს რამოდენიმე ასეული “მეგობარი”. მათი სია შედგება ერთმანეთთან შეუთავსებელი ადამიანთა ჯგუფებისგან: ყოფილი და ახლანდელი თანამშრომლებისაგან, მეზობლებისგან, ოჯახის წევრებისგან, ინტერნეტ ნაცნობებისგან, 15 წლის უნახავი თანაკლასელებისგან, თანაკურსელებისგან, შემთხვევითი ნაცნობებისგან… და ღმერთმა იცის კიდევ  ვისგან. X გაწევრიანებულია ათეულობით ჯგუფში რომლისგანაც იყენებს 5-10 %. მოსდის ათობით შეტყობინება/მოპატიჟება… ხდება დიდი რაოდენობით არასასურველი ინფორმაციის ცირკულაცია. ხდება არასასურველი ადამიანთა ჯგუფებთან ინფრომაციის გაზიარება…

მეორეს მხრივ არიან კომპანიები რომლებსაც უწევთ დიდი რაოდენობით არასაჭირო ინფორმაციის დამუშავება. ისინი შეცდომაში შედიან კლიკების ან სოც. ქსელებში ჯგუფის წევრების რაოდენობით. გამიზნული დიალოგის ნაცვლად კი ბევრის მარკეტინგული ძალისხმევა, ქუჩაში გამოკრულ ბილბორდს ემსგავსება რომელიც ყველასათვის და ამავე დროს არავისთვის არის.

მრავალშრიანი სოც. ქსელი ითვალისწინებს ამ შეუთავსებელი მიკროსამყაროების ერთმანეთისგან გამოყოფას და ცალკე, იზოლირებულ შრეებში მოქცევას, ასევე სასურველი შრეების სასურველი დოზით დაკავშირებას. კომპანიებს ეს საშუალებას მისცემს პირდაპირი დიალოგი აწარმოოს მიზნობრივ ჯგუფებთან, გამოყოს და გაანალიზოს საჭირო ინფორმაცია და ასევე აწარმოოს სოც. ქსელი რომელიც ერთდროულად მოიცავს კლიენტებს, თანამშრომლებს, პარტნიორებს და სხვა მიზნობრივ ჯგუფებს, რომლებიც ერთად, თუმცა ამავე დროს ცალკე იქნებიან.

მომხმარებელი ამ თეორიის მიხედვით იღებს პირველ რიგში მეტ ძალაუფლებას კომპანიასთან მიმართებაში (პირდაპირი მიზნობრივი დიალოგის სახით) და ამავე დროს მას უბრუნდება ის privacy რომელიც სოც. ქსელებმა ამ ბოლო დროს წაართვეს მას.

კონცეპტი დიდი, აბსტრაქტული და ფანტასტიკური სჩანს, თუმცა მისი სერიოზული განხილვა და მასზე მუშაობა მიდის. შედეგს მომავალი 5 – 10 წელი გვიჩვენებს.

რას ფიქრობთ ასეთ დიდ, გაერთიანებულ და მრავალშრიან სოც. ქსელზე? გამოთქვით თქვენი აზრი კომენტებში.

Potential Scammers on MySpace!

I am sure that it will come as no surprise to those people who are members of the (used to be #1), the popular MySpace, that there are some real “gutter scum”, on that website!

The one disturbing fact about that social site, is that is is populated by scammers, virtually all from Africa!

Now there are those who will say that I am racist.

No, I am not. There were a great number of transplanted Africans at the church I used to go to, that I was very good friends with.

I have been a member of MySpace for quite some time, looking for a potential woman to share my life with.

But so far, I have encountered well over 2 DOZEN OR MORE, scammers, virtually all from Nigeria!

WITHOUT EXCEPTION:

they all have some “sob story”, about how they need money for one thing or another!

And don’t be fooled people, these scum are experts at making it believable.

I know, because I was scammed myself-out of $150!

Now that may not sound like very much money, but when you consider that the most work that I can get is 12 hours A WEEK, that is a great deal of money!

I have to laugh at some of the things that they come up with in their initial introductions that they send you. Particularly when the say how “handsome” you are, are hysterical!

So as a service to all of you, I include these names & e-mail adresses of those who both are scammers, (the vast majority of these ARE), and potential scammers. For any of you who do belong to MySpace – BEWARE!

These people CANNOT be trusted!

sandra_bill67@yahoo.com
(Sandra Bill)

katiehenson46@yahoo.com
(Ktie henson)

karolina.nelson@yahoo.com
(Karolina Nelson)

kateme26@yahoo.com
(Don Gugbrr)

dallaswoman1979@yahoo.com
(Nancy Anderson)

rose_michaels89@yahoo.com
(Rose Michaels)

talktomeclara@yahoo.com
(Clara Love)

rhwakem@yahoo.com
(Rhonda Wakeman)

J_mandelistic@yahoo.com
(Jessica Mandel)

Karenrego39@yahoo.com
(Karen Rego)

charminglady1973@yahoo.com
(Cathy Maine)

sandraforreal1@yahoo.com
(Sandra Sexton)

 

If there is a very eloquent introduction sent to you, the odds are VERY GOOD, that they ARE Scammers!

Not always, but the majority of the time, they are.

To protect yourself from them, when you talk on Instant messanger with them, follow these steps:

1. Introduce yourself, & give the name of the city you are from. (Never give your last name!)

2. Ask them where THEY are from. (This is an innocent enough question, & will usually NOT arouse suspicion).

If they say that they are from Africa, or over in Africa:

BE VERY WARY!

More often than not, they WILL ask you for money!

It WILL happen!

Be careful!

Social Media Sites Kill Tradition

Helena no longer wonders what her friends are up to during the day. Thanks so modern technology, she receives mobile updates about their thoughts and whereabouts from sites such as Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and . While social  media networks are convenient for keeping in touch with friends and frenemies alike–they also take away from the now ancient element of surprise.

Allow me to elaborate.

There was a time when trying to keep up contact with someone actually required work. When we decided to elude our private lives, we made those looking for us do their research  a la Carmen San Diego. We would flip through phone books, hoping one of the listed ‘T. Hughes’ was our ballet classmate from the seventh grade We also painstakingly registered on sites like Classmates.com, opting out of Gold membership because, although we wanted our high school friends to find us, the idea of receiving emails from our awkward sophomore-year homecoming date seemed undesirable. At the end of the day, it felt good not putting too much of your life out in cyberspace. Now, we know everything about everyone with the click of a “sign in” button.

I'm guilty of having a Facebook page

The days of being  surprised to run into an old friend at the grocery store are long gone. I remember studying my parents’ high school yearbooks as a child and reveling in their youth captured on film. I also remember watching them eagerly prepare for high school reunions. Reunions were a time to find out how many children a classmate had, who married, who divorced, who’d lost weight or gotten fatter, who’d aged the most or who secured the most succesful jobs. Like every one else, I love the internets internet for enabling me to regularly catch up with friends, make new ones and see them grow as they post pictures to online photo albums  or post silly videos. At the same time, I can’t help but feel cheated out of tradition.

I am an alumna of the Class of 2004. Because of social networking, there will be no surprises in store when and IF I attend my 10-year high school reunion.  I already know every exciting aspect of everyone’s lives as far as who tied the knot, who received a visit from the stork , who was the biggest loser (weight-rise and characteristically) and who looks as if they graduated in 1976. Furthermore, if I miss reunion night, there will photo and videographic evidence posted–probably before the evening is over– to keep me current.

As a mass communications graduate, I completely understand the relevance and necessity of technology–especially in this day and age. Albeit,  I also can’t help feeling  jarred at how social networking has enhanced our lives (i.e., increased job opportunities, global communication, civilian journalism, etc.) and simultaneously taken away the little thrills that make each day worth living.

Dear, friend. I don't know when I last wrote you a real letter or even stopped to call you on the phone. I prefer to Tweet you and Myspace IM you. It's what's hot in the streets now.

A wise man once said, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.” Well, consider social networking sites the cheat-sheet of flavors that now comes on top of your Whitman’s sampler.

Just thinking out loud,

–LadyOshKosh

ps.) Click here to follow me on Twitter. Haha.

Politica, Lavoro, amici, amori... facebook è indispensabile

C’è un social network tra la gente e la vita reale. Il rapporto degli italiani con le comunità in cui vivono è infatti sempre più filtrato da facebook, Myspace e simili. Vengono sfruttati per l’attività politica, trovare lavoro, nuovi amici o amori.

Lo dice un’indagine di SWG: analizzando un campione di oltre 1.300 internauti italiani, Enrico Maria Milici ed Enrico Marchetto hanno individuato tre “tribù” accampate tra le reti solciali: i “net-politicizzati”, i “lavoratori digitali” e i “cercatori di amici”. Nella prima converge il 22% dei fans dei social network che sostiene di essere staa aiutata da una di queste comunità virtuali nella propria attività politica.

Sono soprattutto lavoratori pubblici del centro-sud. Dal nord-est, invece, vengono i “lavoratori digirali”, quel 14% di fruitori che vedono i social network come vetrina e laboratorio delle competenze professionali. Per loro, le reti sociali sono utili a “rafforzare i rapporti di lavoro”, o a promozionare la propria attività.  Una maggioranza di donne poco interesssate alla politica e con tendenza a parlare in dialetto popola il gruppo dei “cercatori di amici”, quel 19% di utenti che usa il social netwotk come rimedio alla solitudine urbana. Tutti però concordano su un fatto: i social network aiutano a stringere nuove amicizie e a restare in contatto con gli amici.

Social Marketing - Branding Your Blog Offline And Online

My father worked in the corporate world for most of my life. He was one of those men who wore a suit coat and tie and worked behind a computer desk all day. I learned a lot of what I know about computers because of him. My mother however, she owned her own business. When it came to advertising and marketing a business, I learned that from her.

My mother owned a painting business and for her only one means of advertising worked, social advertising. One of the best ways for her to advertise believe it or not was by going to local church functions. What I learned was that people who go to church want to help other members of their church. So they started recommending my mothers services to their friends and acquaintances. In less then one year of her starting her business, she had so many customers she started refusing some.

The truth is this is the best method of advertising a business, but its also the hardest. As a blogger who wants to make money social marketing is everything! Why? Because you are effectively a writer on your given topic and your audience are people who want to hear what you say. A blog is within itself a social networking medium! However effective social marketing is different for every situation and this is what makes it so hard.

First their is offline social marketing. This type of social networking always works best. Whenever you can sit with like minded people, you are marketing yourself socially. MLM marketing professionals know this method well. That’s why it has become a common practice for MLM marketers to meet offline to try to build up their down lines.

The problem is its hard to target an audience offline and no one can give perfect details. For example if you own a blog about dogs, pet care, and pet services going to dog shows, pet walks, and other pet events is going to be a great way to network socially. If you have a blog about music you may want to go to concerts and music events to do your networking. If you have a fashion blog going to local avon and makeup parties and other fashion events are great for social marketing. The thing is each topic in life has its own audience. Its a matter of figuring that audience out and being social with them.

Not every market is so easy to figure out though. Take this blog for example. Its a blog teaching others about blogging. How does one market a blog like this offline? Well honestly I reach out to bloggers! They have blogger meets where bloggers talk about the newest and best marketing methods and get to meet others who also blog. Also places like job fairs are a great place. Honestly everyone has an offline market its just a matter of figuring out who your market is.

Now I said earlier that offline social marketing is the hardest. The truth is its the hardest for one reason and one reason only. Your personality is everything. You see with online social marketing is easy to fake a personality however offline its not so easy. You actually have to be a likable person and a social butterfly. Others have to want you around.

However online social marketing has its twists and turns also. Online is both easier and harder to network socially. For example its easier for a person to glue on a smiley face and pretend to be a nice likable person even if they are really a rude crude unlikable jerk, however its much harder to find people who are genuinely interested in what you have to say. Whereas offline all you have to do is make a presence at the social events you are targeting and talk to a few people, online you have to not only talk to people but you have to convince them that out of the millions of people online, you have something original to say and something original to promote.

The truth and reality is that the internet is one giant advertisement after another. Because of this people have become very accustomed to seeing advertising and hearing people talk about their great new websites and website services especially in the social network realms. Now when a person online has a friend who out says “hey I have a blog” or “I have a website” they look at that friend and say “oh so you want to sell me something”. With online social marketing you have to convince them that you are not trying to sell them anything, that they will be genuinely interesting in your offers, or you must somehow give them some other reason to visit your site over all the millions that are also marketing!

So far I have talked a lot about the online social market known as twitter. I have told you about auto tweet services like Tweet Later (I highly recommend this service and will make an official post about it at some point) and I have told you how to build your following up. I also have recommended that for myspace people use the program Myspace Blaster to build up a following and to market their blog posts and articles (another program highly recommend I will go into full detail about sometime soon).

What I haven’t really talked about is your actual socializing. This is where 99% of online social marketing fails. You must be social on a social site. You must build real interaction with your friends. For example on myspace, its great if you have 10,000 followers. Its great if you play all the little myspace apps with them. However its not really productive. You want to be even more real to your clients then that. You want to email them and say “hey I noticed you were interested in blah blah blah and thought I’d drop you a line because of it. Honestly I LOVE to talk about stuff like that.”….. etc. You get the idea.

You can also use little things like, visit the profiles of the people on your friends list. When your friend adds new things, comment them telling them what you think. When they add new pictures comment them and tell them which ones you like best least, etc. The more real you become to these people, the more likely they will consider you a real cyber friend, not just someone they follow/returned request of.

This is also true with twitter. Sure you can just use it as a news ticker for your favorite topics and you may find great success with that, but I also promise you something else. It will be a short lived success. If instead you read the tweets of those you follow and you talk back and forth with them, you get them to see you are different and not just another person marketing something. You become real and they become interested. As a blogger this is exactly what you want! This is also exactly what social networking and social marketing is all about.

This is the practice commonly known as branding. It does take time but as I have tried to show over and over again, you can still cheat the system and do things a lot quicker. Hopefully this little bit of information can help those out their who are misinformed about social marketing. Hopefully someone will read this and say to themselves that perhaps they can be a bit more social and a bit less marketing to make a business name for themselves.

Just remember unlike paid marketing, social marketing is something unique and different.

Article Written By Bruce B.
of Blog Marketing
http://theda420.info

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There is beauty in every note

Heavy metal has always been alive and strong throughout Europe and Asia for many years. They do not follow the trends of America for the most part. Although I love ALL music with a passion and have an mp3 and music video collection of nearly 40,000, I would have to say Metal/ Hard Rock has always been my favorite. I have been a “headbanger” since my early teens. I could go on about all the different aspect of my music tastes, but in this post I wanna focus on “The beautiful ladies of Metal“. Specifically the gothic type with some having vocals with a classical nature even borderline opera sounding. (My terminology is not so great) and a few other too. If I ever do start a band, I am a drummer, I want to play music such as this with a female vocalist of course. In doing my research for this post, I found there were more women fronting heavy metal/gothic bands than I remembered. My list kept growing and growing. I am quite familiar with 95% of them. I will link each name to their website, either personal or their band.  It is not complete and it is in no particular order, however, I will start off with my number one, ultimate favorite female metal/symphonic singer:

• Sharon Den Adel – Within Temptation
• Sabine Dunser (R.I.P. 1977-2006) – ex Elis

• Charlotte Wessels – Delain
• Lisa Johansson – Draconian
• Sandra Schleret – Elis
• Cristina Scabbia – Lacuna Coil
• Heidi Parvianen – Amberian Dawn
• Ailyn – Sirenia
• Monika Pederson – Sinphonia, ex Sirenia
• Simone Simons – Epica
• Tanja Lainio – Lullacry
• Morgan Lacroix – Mangora Scream
• Carmin Espences – Midnattsol
• Lisa Middelhauve – Xandria
• Mariangela Demurtas – Tristania
• Anette Olzen – Nightwish
• Vibeke Stene – ex Tristania

• Tarja Turunen – Tarja, ex Nightwish
• Kaisa Jouhki – Battlelore
• Liv Kristine Espences Krull – Leaves’ Eyes
• Marcela Bovio – Stream of Passion
• Anneke Van Giersbergen – ex The Gathering
• Lotta Hoglin – Beseech, The Mary Major
  
• Floor Jansen – After Forever

• Laura de Luca – Tystnaden
• Beatriz Albert – Ebony Ark
• Amanda Somerville – Epica, Aina, Kamelot, Avantasia
• Anne Nurmi – Lacrimosa
• Ada Fletchner/ Carmen Schafer – Coronatus
• Julie Kiss – To Mera
• Becki Clark – Season’s End
• Dawn Desiree
• Laureine Ann Haus
• Doro Pesch – Doro, Warlock
• Slava Popova – Operatika
• Dunja Deuric – Demether
• Annelyse “Aya” Stefanowicz – Unsun
• Manda Ophuis – Nemesea
• Quinn Weng – Seraphim
• Angel – Bare Infinity
• Astrid Van Der Veen – Ambeon, The Endorphins
• Jonna Sailon/ Tinna Karlsdotter – All Ends

• Otep Shamaya – OTEP
• Silje Wergeland – Octavia Sperati, The Gathering
• Lahannya – Lahannya
• Anita Augland – The Sins of Thy Beloved
• Catherine Nyland – Mortal Love
• Jonna Enckell – The Project Hate, Siren On
• Stephanie Luzie – Darkwell, Atargatis
• Lori Lewis – Aesma Daeva, Therion
• Samantha Smallwood - Apparition
  
• Magali Luyten – Virus IV
• Marjan Welman – Autumn
• Fabienne Gondamin – ex Sirenia
• Henriette Borvik – ex Sirenia
• Cathrine Paulsen – Trail of Tears
• Alissa White-Gluz – The Agonist

• Amy Lee – Evanescence
• Ann Louise Logdlund – Diablo Swing Orchestra
• Melissa Ferlaak – Visions of Atlantis
• Sussane Ehlers – Haggard
• Veronika Kramheller – Haggard
• Martina Astner – Alas, ex Therion, Dreams of Sanity
• Sarah Jezebel Deva – ex Therion, Angtoria
  
• Hannah Holgersson – Therion
• Sabine Weniger – Deadlock
• Ji-In Cho – Krypteria
• Inga Scharf – Van Canto
• Helen Vogt – Flowing Tears
• Jelena – Sunrise Seven
• Maria Brink – In This Moment

Once again I linked the bands names to myspace. I have found it to be a top resource for discovering music on the net.

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Annars så håller vi på med att fräscha upp våran Myspace för den ser ärligt talat (ursäkta språket) för jävla tråkig ut.) Vi håller ockå på att kolla runt på lite datum för att åka till Burnbeaten Road studio för att spela in mer låtar.

På lördag är det rep också! Ska bli kul!

Baba O’Ringo

The Impact of Social Media on Customer Service

It’s Friday night and you go out to dinner at a nice restaurant that you’ve been looking forward to checking out.  Once there, you have slow service or an entrée not cooked to order and it’s frustrating.  As you’re walking out, you quickly update your Facebook status about how you won’t be going back there again anytime soon.

I actually watched this happen recently.  One of my Facebook friends went to one of the nicer restaurants in Asheville and had what she considered to be poor service and bad food.  Upon leaving, she immediately updated her Facebook status with:

“Just had dinner at XXXXXX.  Service was terrible and the food was worse.  I’ll never go back there again.”

I don’t know if the service or food was really bad, but here’s the real downside.  She has 500+ Facebook friends.  If you assume that 30% are local (conservative guess after looking a bit), that means that around 150 local people just read that update.   For a local restaurant, that’s big considering that many of her coworkers regularly consider this for lunch (within walking distance of her office).   That is real revenue gone, or at a minimum, seriously impacted.

There are many statistics available surrounding traditional customer service.  They don’t always exactly agree, but they all agree in principle.  One poor event takes many outstanding events to rectify.  The most common number I’ve ever seen is 17, so we’ll use that.   Our 150 friends above, they need 17 positive experiences in that restaurant, assuming they ever go in the first place.  That’s 2550 visits with perfect service and amazing food.  Now consider the impact from word of mouth and…well you see this isn’t going well for our small business owner.  They should be thankful this particular person isn’t a heavy Twitter user as well.

What does this mean for business owners?  The way customer service is handled must be changed.  80% of social media use comes from mobile devices.  96% percent of the Generation Y group have signed up on some social media outlet, and that’s not going to change anytime soon.  Every person must be treated with true respect and the mindset that they have real power to instantly update many, many people in your customer base with that experience, good or bad.  If you treat them poorly or outside of their expectations, whatever the business, it will be communicated to a bigger audience than ever before, faster than ever before.

Have you seen something like my true example above?  Perhaps you have left poor feedback for some business yourself?  Have you addressed your staff with this in mind?  Leave a comment about it!