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Website Building… March 29, 2007

Filed under: Online Communities / Virtual Identities, School — Kelly Van den Bleeken @ 7:46 am

Oh god, today is thé day: Evelyne (my colleague for the course academic English) and I will develop our own website on Online Communities. We’ve had an introduction course into Photoshop and Dreamweaver, and now it’s up to us. I’ll keep you up to date on our progression, hopefully there is any ;)

UPDATE: In the meanwhile our website is finished…

Screenshot Website Online Communities

See ya!

 

Bloggers, the technosexual generation?! March 22, 2007

Filed under: Blogging — Kelly Van den Bleeken @ 8:46 pm

According to the communication blog ‘The Spotlight Effect‘ bloggers are true trendsetters, critical, influential and provocative writers. The blog remarks another ‘typical’ blogger-characteristic, namely a lack of modesty. They add that therefore marketeers are extremely interested in this new generation, which – by the way – has been baptised as the ‘technosexual generation’. (Sounds a bit cheesy, doesn’t it? I don’t really want to be called a technosexual, ieuw ;) ).
Anyways, even fashion ‘gooroo’ Calvin Klein now addresses bloggers. The fashion empire CK namely developped a new fragrance, especially for the young blogging crowd: CKin2u.
Will this new generation – who is said to be critical and provocative – simply accept this marketing stunt or will they write their honest opinions on it on their blogs? Something to keep an eye on ;)

 

Music Maestro March 19, 2007

Filed under: Music — Kelly Van den Bleeken @ 9:01 pm

It’s just another manic monday… I agree, BUT every day is a good day for MUSIC. Today I’ve bought two cd’s. One new album: 360° by Mintzkov, and one I should have had for a long time already: Silent Alarm by Bloc Party. But hey, no nagging here, it’s in my possession now. After listening to the Mintzkov album for about +/- 5 times, I must say this is one hell of an album. Way to go, Mintzkov. When you compare this album to their first one (back in the days when Luna was attached to the bandname), I definitely think they have grown and have gained ’street’ (well actually, in this case, ‘indie’) credibility.

The Bloc Party cd then was also a real bargain ;) . You can find hits such as Banquet and So here we are on this musical pearl, but the stunning opening song Like eating glass might sound familiar to you too. In my opinion, the cd sounds really ‘tight’ (I’m sorry, I can’t think of another word to express my impression) and after listening to only two of their songs you can really pick a Bloc Party-song out of a million others, they just have this typical sound – COOL :)

 

Prospects March 15, 2007

Filed under: Music, School — Kelly Van den Bleeken @ 8:58 am

Not a lot of action on my blog lately … I know. But school’s really busy (presentations, papers, courses,…). But I have some nice prospects: easter holiday, a trip to Finland in may, and then in june and july ROCK WERCHTER. Woehoe!! This is the biggest Belgian Rock festival and this year there are some fine groups performing. Pearl Jam, Incubus, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, Kaiser Chiefs, The Chemical Brothers, The Killers, Interpol, Damien Rice, …. Woehoe, I’m looking forward to 4 days loaded with music!! Werchter, here we come. But first, school: here I come, pfffff ;)

Rock Werchter

See ya!

 

Online Communities – Presentation English 7/03 March 6, 2007

Filed under: Online Communities / Virtual Identities, School — Kelly Van den Bleeken @ 7:53 pm

Welcome to my weblog Miss Greenman and dear classmates,

And … surprise for you Evelyne, our “wonderful” picture put online for the whole world to discover! Please forgive me… ;)

Anyway, this is an example of how a new blog entry on a blogsite looks like. I posted it yesterday evening – so it’s the most recent blog-entry- and you can read it on top of my site (the reverse chronological order I already mentionned, well hopefuly I mentionned it, otherwise I might have had a blackout!!).

Enjoy our  presentation!

- Kelly -

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