Mihai Dragan - kindablog

Sorin Tudor si eCostin organizeaza Blog & Roll.  Duminica aceasta blogosfera isi va zbiera rarunchii in Coyote Ugly sub pretextul unei nopti karaoke. Eu, singurul elev ce a fost amenintat cu corigenta la muzica in clasa a III-a imi voi expune talentul intregii lumi.

Let’s rock!

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Niste baetzi si niste fete din interactivul romanesc (aka geeks, printre care si eu) se intalnesc la ceva mancare si doua-treizeci de pahare de bautura (pe banii lui Microsoft si MyKinda) la Jadoo Garden. Evenimentul se numeste Geek Dinner.

Atractia serii - Hugh MacLeod (as in Gapingvoid).

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Desi nu sunt eu fan Cola si Pepsi cu atat mai putin este de apreciat In lipsa mea.Site-ul este o miscare de marketing geniala din partea Pepsi (sau agentia care a venit cu ideea). Conceptul este de apreciat pentru melodia ritmata, clipul filmat beton si … si … pentru Uzzi nene. Ca le zice bine.

Via Radu.

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Oamenii astia conduc planeta. La naiba…

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Iata un concept interesant: O intrebare pe zi.

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Alex Buga este castigatorul competitiei Best Blog Design.

Alaturi de el, in top, se regasesc Adi Pintilie, Yacana, Lomographik si So Fash’on la teme originale.

Temele adaptate au 3 castigatori: Valean.eu, Alex Cristache si Adrian Labos.

Am fost in juriu insa m-am abtinut la a-i nota pe Alex si Andrei, fiind colegi si prieteni.

Felicitari domnilor, felicitari Cristian Manafu.

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Yes, I deeply feel this - it’s not about the money, it’s about the people. The people you meet, the people you work with, the people you help, the ones that you stick close to and the ones you push away. I have to thank Adrian for sending me this. It’s a brilliant and wise manifesto written by Hugh MacLeod. It’s called “How to be creative”. Yet it’s not about the advertising meaning of “creative”. It’s about life and what you leave behind. It’s about choices you make, paths you walk on and principles.

I made a choice at the beginning of 2007. The choice was - quit my job and start an interactive agency. Quit my job and change the world actually. Make it better. Stand up for my beliefs. Somehow it slowly turned from “change the world” to “change the profit”. I don’t know if it was me the one that let this happen or it’s just an inherent change that happens in every young company.

What am I doing it for?

Going to meet one of the investors one week I had a question coming back again and again in my mind: “Are you doing it for your beliefs or for the money?”. I answered “beliefs” but a few days later, at 11 minutes, when George Haber said “Brilliant idea, lousy monetization plan” and I agreed a little voice inside my head told me it was wrong. Today I understood I WAS wrong. It’s not about the money. It’s about the people.

I think there are times when you need be reminded what is your path and what are you fighting for. My fight is not about the money but rather ideas.

My dream.

I have a dream: people working and living close to one another, without social, political, class or color differences. So far, the world I dream of is available in one place and one place only: online. I know the road I choose has one final stop: bringing the wonders of online democracy in the real world.

It’s been a hard year. I’ve started the agency in February. Alone. Not because there weren’t any offers. There were lots of partnership offers and there was money and security involved. It’s just that the offers didn’t come from people that shared my beliefs. I’ve started a road - not a business.

What do you want to leave behind?

Some of the finest people in Interactive Advertising joined me in this quest. Probably others will come. The main question anyone joining the agency has to ask him or herself is: “What do you want to leave behind?”. It’s a pity so many people dream of fortune and money, when they can leave behind so much more. Money have a certain use - but just as means to solve higher purposes. Think well before you dream of money - it’s just paper.

Passion drove the agency fast - way ahead of other startups. I am thankful for the fact we got this far, I am thankful I have the opportunity to show the world what I and we believe in.

In my opinion a winner is the one getting up again and again after he has been put down. A winner is the one still standing. There are no natural born winners and talent can go to waste without practice, strong will and a lot of passion.One can get as far as one hopes. So he’d better hope for a lot.

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Miercuri am aflat ca voi prezenta la 11 minutes. M-am pregatit repetand lectia de doua ori - trebuia sa ma incadrez totusi in cele 11 minute (am avut un cronometru iar la sfarsit Ondrej taia totul).

Despre proiectul prezentat, in cuvintele lui George Haber - “Brilliant idea. Lousy monetization plan”. Deci inapoi la financiare.

LiveRail mi s-a parut un proiect foarte, foarte interesant dar am inteles ca piata pe care intra este foarte aglomerata.

Brain TV este cool, nu l-am urmarit pana acum, promit sa ii acord atentie sporita. Emi Gal s-a descurcat foarte bine pe scena.

BigBang project este o aplicatie ce promite sa lanseze mesajul de media pe toate noile canale de comunicare web 2.0 (LinkedIn, YouTube etc.). Vladimir a impresionat printr-o super prezentare (cam in stilul lui Steve Jobs) si a castigat concursul. Bravos!

Imobiliare-rezidentiale - frumos proiect, buna idee, realizare de exceptie dar nu am fost convins de prezentare.

Ce cred ca va avea un real succes - LiveRail. Desi exista concurenta piata este in crestere rapida si este foarte foarte tanara.

Mi-a placut sa vorbesc in fata atator oameni. Conferinta a fost deosebita si sunt sigur ca este inceputul unui web 2.0 bubble in Romania. Bravos BMG.

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