Photo: Two for Fashion So the presentation I told you about below went really well – phew! Everyone at About:Fashion was super friendly and interested, the atmosphere was calm and easy with natural light, and I managed to engage the audience in a couple of talks on blogging. I love when education gets to happen [...]
Die Unternehmensberatung McKinsey lädt StudentInnen und Young Professionals ein, zwischen dem 7. und 10. Juli am Zürichsee über die “globale Vernetzung von Gegenständen und Diensten” nachzudenken. Gemeinsam mit “Vordenkern aus Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft” sollen Ideen diskutiert und konkrete Lösungen erarbeitet werden: Von intelligenten Stromnetzen, sogenannten “Smart Grids“, bis hin zu Kühlschränken, die selbst entscheiden, wann [...]
Girls watch porn, too – not sure why anyone thought they wouldn’t? Nice video campaign in any case… (Clip sources Mädchenmannschaft and Jezebel.) Check out this free PDF-manual on Basic Internet Security. (Via.) Erin recommends a different approach to to-do lists: Might they need a makeover? Anne Feldkamp aka Blica points out an article in [...]
Brave as any woman can be, CBS reporter Lara Logan recalls the February night on Tahrir Square in Egypt, when a mob tore off her clothes and violently sexually assaulted her in the middle of the road. She decided she would only tell this story once, hoping that this one telling is heard by as [...]
On 30th June and the 1st of July, the 6th Annual Open Knowledge Conference will take place in Berlin. The event aims at bringing together individuals and organizations interested in all things open knowledge. If you’ve been following GCB, you know that I agree with the organizers’ assumption that open knowledge promises significant social [...]
Photo: Alba Yruela (via) An article that has been making the blog rounds lately and that I wouldn’t want to keep from you in light of all those swimwear adverts on display is There Is No Such Thing As A Bikini Body. Alba Yruela, who was born in Spain in 1989, doesn’t only take her [...]