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Pieter-Paul Walraven

Besides enjoying my MA New Media and doing research on Web 2.0 developments in China at the UvA I am working 2 days a week as a project assistant at KREM (www.KREM.nl). KREM is a web 2.0 oriented company which specializes in so called corporate social networks.

Movies: Koyaanisqatsi, O Brother where art thou?, Amores Perros.

When not studying: Golf!, running, traveling, China, Web 2.0.

Books: Life of Pi, War and Peace, The World is Flat.

Furthermore I am currently doing research on Web 2.0 in China and Chinese Web companies expanding overseas. For this MA thesis research I will travel to China on the 14th of April to interview the most prominent Chinese Web companies that have the ambition to expand internationally.

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Pifworld: an Engaging Graphical Donating Platform

Pifworld: an Engaging Graphical Donating Platform

A friend of mine informed me about an interesting service that was recently launched: Pifworld. It is basically a Google Earth/SNS – mash-up that facilitates global crowd funding. It allows individuals and communities to support specific projects in a fun...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 04/25/09 Comments Off on Pifworld: an Engaging Graphical Donating Platform
How to Pave a Digital Silk Road

How to Pave a Digital Silk Road

If somebody would have told me 1 year ago that as a result of my New Media Master’s thesis research on the Internet industry in China I would be moving to Beijing, I would have reacted: ‘Right, and I...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 03/31/09 2

Online video in China leading the way

An interesting video report by The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (Casbaa) on online video and TV in China and the way that it will influence the West in the near future
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 02/19/09 1
Convergence of Social Networks and Games

Convergence of Social Networks and Games

A PICNIC Special this year was called ‘Games go Social’ which was about the future of gaming and social networks. An upcoming trend as both industries are evolving is that both can learn a lot from each other and...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 12/07/08 1
Tangos Chan on the Chinese Internet (Beijing 05/13/2008)

Tangos Chan on the Chinese Internet (Beijing 05/13/2008)

This post contains parts of a 2 hour interview I did with Tangos Chan from China Web2.0 Review. Among others I asked him about his views on the globalization of Chinese Internet companies, the future of the Chinese Internet market, and the...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 08/03/08 1

Patterns in China’s Economic Development

For my Masters thesis I am doing research on the global emergence of Chinese Internet companies. The theoretical part of my thesis consists of several studies on successfull development of other Asian countries in the past. The current emergence...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 06/20/08 Comments Off on Patterns in China’s Economic Development

Social Network Saturation Indeed

A colleague of mine sent me this funny and very true vid. It’s funny how the positioning and target groups of the different SN’s is translated into characters. Check it out!
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 05/20/08 Comments Off on Social Network Saturation Indeed
Getting the Most Out of My China Trip

Getting the Most Out of My China Trip

It has been a while since I wrote my first post on international expansion of Chinese Internet companies and my experiences here in China. I wrote the post during a train ride from Guangzhou to Shanghai. A lot has...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 05/09/08 5
China Internet Experiences

China Internet Experiences

Finally, after a 24 hour delay due to an annual trade fair in Guangzhou I am on my way to Shanghai. While listening to the snoring of my opposite bunk bed neighbor, smelling the noodles of the next door...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 04/20/08 8
Chinese Internet companies expanding overseas

Chinese Internet companies expanding overseas

This Friday it is finally happening; I will head off to China for my research! After months of stalking people with interview requests and reading everything I could about Internet in China, I am going to visit some of...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 04/05/08 6
Chinese low-wage workers disloyal for a reason

Chinese low-wage workers disloyal for a reason

I am currently reading a lot for my research and an interesting book I finished a few days ago is Fast Boat to China from Andrew Ross. In Fast Boat to China Andrew approaches the global outsourcing trend in a different way...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 03/02/08 2
Google Strikes Back in China’s Holiday Migration Chaos

Google Strikes Back in China’s Holiday Migration Chaos

The last few weeks it has been in the news numerous times; in Guangzhou, South China, snow and ice storms have stranded tens of millions of people, most of them migrant workers traveling to their families to celebrate the...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 02/01/08 4
Baigoogledu ?!

Baigoogledu ?!

Today I came across the extremely original search site Baigoogledu. They claim to combine the search results of both Google and Baidu. Sounds nice but does it work? Yes, after punching in a search term it shows the results in...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 12/19/07 Comments Off on Baigoogledu ?!
Entering a virtual world inside Facebook

Entering a virtual world inside Facebook

A couple of weeks ago I bumped into an interesting short post on the Seeriously blog. It was a post about a new Facebook application by Activeworlds (AW) and yesterday I decided to give it a closer look by...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 11/15/07 13
Virtual Worlds in Modern China

Virtual Worlds in Modern China

Since the launch of Second Life (SL) by Linden Lab in 2003 it has attracted the attention of many Chinese users. Despite the popularity of SL in China and partly because SL has never been officially launched in China,...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 10/24/07 18
The art of abusing the possibilities of collaboration

The art of abusing the possibilities of collaboration

A few days ago I read a remarkable story in the paper about the readers of an infamous and rebelious website/blog called Geenstijl that was able to mess with the election of the best Dutch slogan ever that was...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 10/15/07 1

Analysing a New Media phenomenon through the eyes of Nietzsche

In this post I will try to show that Nietzsche’s thoughts and aphorisms are still relevant in a modern Web 2.0 world. I have chosen a quote which I think is surprisingly true in the age of internet and...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 10/07/07 1
Mixing Realities

Mixing Realities

Today my RSS feed list provided me with an interesting link that directed me to the coverage of the latest Diesel fasion show. It is not that I am particularly interested in Diesel clothing, on the contrary, but I...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 09/24/07 2
Watching Frank; an analysis of the blog Frankwatching.com

Watching Frank; an analysis of the blog Frankwatching.com

In my MA New Media course New Media in practise, blogs are a prominent subject. Besides blogs in general and everything that has to do with the phenomenon blogging we talk a lot about our class blog. In the...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 09/23/07 1

Review: The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell.

In this book review the theory and ideas that come forward in the book The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, will be discussed. Tipping point: one dramatic moment in an epidemic when everything can change all at once. The...
By Pieter-Paul Walraven on 09/16/07 1