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Mares Kahrel

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?

Print our own furniture?

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...

Towards the end of books?

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...

Twitter as News Medium

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...
A for Effort

A for Effort

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....
Privacy Issue on Social Network Sites

Privacy Issue on Social Network Sites

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

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

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,...

The Whole Truth and Nothing But……Or Not?

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...