Humans have been paranoic about being chased by a stranger for a while. But it got worse since the internet was invented (you don’t even have to be “physically” chased!). And what is even worse, nowadays, there is no need to be involved in any kind of secret organization or to belong to the upper […]
Chased by (virtual) strangers
7 de diciembre, 2011 | Estibaliz Saez de Ibarra Llano
Collective intelligence and shared memory in internet may help improving intercultural relations
7 de diciembre, 2011 | Javier Mínguez
The concept of collective intelligence emerged in the late 1990 from the work of theorist as Pierre Lévy, Douglas Hofstadter, Peter Russell, Tom Atlee, Howard Bloom and others. This idea comes from the cooperation of individuals from one species. This kind of intelligence refers to sociology, business and computer science. Collective intelligence and memory are terms that in many cases are related to […]
Amin Maalouf identitatea bakarraren kontra
7 de diciembre, 2011 | Meritxell Pascual
Amin Maaloufek zorrozki kritikatzen du gaur egun pertsonei euren burua identitate bakar batez definitzera bultzatzen zaienean; erlijio, etnia, edota hizkuntza bakar batekin erlazionatu eta besteen aurrean erakustera eta defendatzera “derrigortzen” zaienean. Zer sentitzen zara gehiago, frantsesa edo libanoarra? galderari honela erantzun du: “Durante mucho tiempo esa pregunta me hacía sonreír. Ya no, pues me parece que […]
Virtual diagnosis of Nacho Vigalondo
7 de diciembre, 2011 | Martín Ibarrola Nájera
In a recent interview, Nacho Vigalondo was asked about his ability to promote himself and to move through the Internet. He answered with tranquility: “Internet es un medio inevitable, más que una opción que hayamos cogido los realizadores de mi generación” [1]. He shows, indeed, great dexterity in his managering of his virtual identity; an […]
How to write quality blog-posts? (for WCT, but not only)
6 de diciembre, 2011 | Joseba Abaitua
My students have to write blog-posts that fulfill the following quality requirements: focus, relevance, documentation and correctness. These four elements have to be understood in the context of a university course and are therefor influenced by general academic standards, particularly the last two (and are not usually considered by other blogging advisers such as Darren Rowse or Yaro Starak 2008). […]
Sui Sin Far
4 de diciembre, 2011 | Eider Ruiz de Azúa
“Sui Sin Far” is a chapter of the book Entre dos mundos compiled and edited by Aitor Ibarrola-Armendariz. Sui Sin Far, her pen name, is the Cantonese name of the narcissus flower, popular amongst Chinese people. Her real name was Edith Maud Eaton (1865-1914) and she was born in England. She was the first author […]
Buruz buruko lehia: Twitter vs Facebook
2 de diciembre, 2011 | Meritxell Pascual
Zer nahiago dute nabigatzaileek informazioa partekatzeko orduan? Twitterraren igoeraren ondorioz, Facebook-a bigarren planu batera pasa da, edo behintzat duela urte batzuk izandako arrakasta ez da horrenbestekoa. Facebookaren erabilera eraldatuta gelditu da Twitterraren eraginez, Zuckerbergen “boom” hori apurtu da arrakasta hori zatituta gelditurik. Izan ere, Twitterrari notizien betekizuna egotzi zaio, gustoko jende jarraitzearena, Facebooka batez ere lagunen artekaritzat […]
Sare sozialak: hautabidea ala arazoa?
2 de diciembre, 2011 | Nagore Garayoa
“Azken aldian interneten bolo-bolo dabilen gaia sare sozialena da” dio Iñaki Arrieta Barok. Facebook, Tuenti, Twitter, Linkedin eta antzeko sare sozialak haziz joan dira eta milioika internauta dira parte hartzen dutenak (lagun eta ezezagunekin elkarbanatzen dute informazioa, argazkiak partekatu…). Hala ere, sare sozialek arrakasta handia badute eta webean gehien erabiltzen direnak badira ere, alde onak eta txarrak […]
Kontuz zure nortasun digitalarekin!
2 de diciembre, 2011 | Janire Larrea
Eurostatek 2011ko otsailean argitaratutako datuak erabilita, María Lázaro Ávilak azpimarratu du Espainia dela nortasun digitalaren lapurketa gehien ematen den herrialdea, Bulgariarekin batera: herritarren %7ak informazio pertsonalaren eta pribatasunaren urraketa jasan duela onartzen du, Europar Batasunean %4an bakarrik gertatzen delarik. Interneteko erabiltzaile orok du bere nortasun digitala. Posta elektronikotik hasi, eta erabiltzen diren baliabideen arabera eratzen da […]
Social Media for the best Personal Branding
2 de diciembre, 2011 | Jon Iñaki Lago
Dan Schawbel in his article How to Use Social Media for Personal Branding give us some advises to create a good Personal Branding using Social Networks. Most people online are building “a brand,” but sometimes people forget whose brand they are building and if they are making the right strategic moves. For instance, if your […]
Twitter predicting the future in New York protests
2 de diciembre, 2011 | Oihane Muxika Loitzate
Paul Revere (@questlove) is the drummer of the house band called The Roots. Last Monday, the 21st of December, he posted on his Twitter that he had seen a thousand of police officers not far from where the Occupy Wall Street protesters were camping. The news was quickly spreaded by his 1,76 million followers by retweeting […]
How social networks may influence our digital identities
30 de noviembre, 2011 | Javier Mínguez
Do you ever think how social networks influence our lifes? There are plenty of issues related to the activity of this kind of networks, as for example the nature of our digital identities. These identities are influenced by the workstyle of social networks. Tomás Delclós shows how some companies use them to promote their products or share information […]