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  • Mares Kahrel
  • Url: http://mareskahrel.wordpress.com
  • Posts: 7
  • About the user: Hi I'm Mares! I just finished my study Media & Culture and started my New Media Master. I've always worked in bars, but I decided to do something else and started an internship at an advertising company called QI. I work there as a content manager. I thought it would be good get some relevant work experience, before I get my degree and have to find a job in 'The Digital Media World'. Besides working and studying I spend as much time as possible with my friends. I'm trying to find the right balance between work, study, friends, travels, dancing, sports and going out, which sometimes makes me want to have 40 hour days so I wouldn't have to deal with the shortage of time ;). But I guess we all do sometimes.....

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Print our own furniture?

Mares Kahrel | 20 October 2010, 10:09 pm | 3 comments | tags:

After reading an article on the Dutch Cowgirl site, about 3D printing, I wonder what the potential of this device is in the future.
Wouldn’t it be great to have a 3D printer that will be able to print everything you need? You’ll have a factory of our own and make customized products yourself. The only thing you…

Towards the end of books?

Mares Kahrel | 17 October 2010, 8:22 pm | 2 comments | tags: , ,

Definition of a book: a number of sheets of paper, parchment, etc. with writing or printing on them, fastened together along one edge, usually between protective covers

Definition of an e-book: A small, portable device onto which the contents of a book in electronic format can be downloaded and read.

But will both remain existing in the future?

In this…

Twitter as News Medium

Mares Kahrel | 10 October 2010, 3:16 pm | 1 comment | tags:

Because of the declining amount of people acctually reading newspapers or watching the news on TV and instead spending a lot of time sharing information through social media, I wonder If Twitter can be seen as a News Medium in today’s society. The whole concept of newsworhtiness gets cloudier. Dueze argues that due to the Internet, the way in…

A for Effort

Mares Kahrel | 02 October 2010, 2:15 pm | tags:

While searching for a subject to write about on Wikipedia, every word I came up with already existed. So I thought about the example that was given, and decided to write about the history of the Amsterdam Dance Centre. I took my time on writing something interesting about it. After posting it, I got a message straight away. My article…

Privacy Issue on Social Network Sites

Mares Kahrel | 26 September 2010, 10:18 am | 4 comments | tags:

Nowadays the privacy issue on Social Network Sites (SNS) is often being discussed. We all seem very concerned about whether the information we share on sites like Facebook are being shared with others, without our permission. We now are aware of the fact that our user profiles on Facebook, Hyves, MySpace etc. are being shared for advertising profits of third…

Book review: “PORN.COM: Making Sense of Online Pornography” – by Feona Attwood

Mares Kahrel | 19 September 2010, 6:34 pm | tags:

Although porn is very popular and an enormous economic force, contemporary debates about internet mostly rearticulate concerns about the bad effects of pornography on attitudes, believes and behavior. And because today porn is more accessible and mainstream then ever, this concern grows. But despite the level of concern, there’s been a distinctive lack of academic work on online pornography. And that’s exactly what this book is all about.

The Whole Truth and Nothing But……Or Not?

Mares Kahrel | 09 September 2010, 4:41 pm | 3 comments | tags: , ,

I keep hearing that consumers demand transparency in advertising campaigns. We don’t want advertising companies to promise us one thing, and end up doing another. What else is new?

Especially with the rise of online advertising and the popularity of using social media to get to the right target group, honesty and transparency become important. Not only consumers want transparency,…