Indubitabil, Nu Conteaza.

(part 1)

My first contact with the concept of blogging was in 2003-2004, when I began researching for my college application. Because I had a friend who studied Comm & PR with one of the most renown colleges in Bucharest, I followed his lead and discovered the European Association of Communication & PR Students (PRIME). In one of their newsletters, my friend had interviewed Mike Manuel, who at that time appeared to be a famous blogger with Media Guerrilla. I learned about blogger.com and soon set out on a small blogging journey myself.

Needless to say, my blog was soon abandoned as schooling priorities kicked in. Plus, none of my friends really understood what the heck a weblog was, other than a journal I could keep as well in ink & paper. They did not bother to comment on my articles, let alone take up blogging themselves. That was my first online failure, so to speak.

Moving to Bucharest to attend college opened a whole new world of possibilities.

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Today, while I was going thru Sonia Simone’s blog post, a thought dashed my brain from one hemisphere to another:

We all begin the best of luck with little failure. 

People who have started out on a quest - be it a new business, marriage & family, a voyage trip around the world, coming-out or giving birth - they all faced-down a stumble block along the way, but mostly in the rough beginnings.

I started my journey when I was 20 years old.

Working in the online industry takes some preparation, I believe. Some time digging in the fine touches of working with web content and communities. I didn’t fully have that in advance, and it cost me quite a slow head-start. 

See, I had experience with web content from the view point of a small blogger. I started blogging for fun, in 2004, when it was still an emerging trend in .ro. So I could say I was an e-content producer in a way, before it turned into a full-time job.

But never had I thought how much more beyond that it meant to be a web-content editor. Because it means putting yourself both in the shoes of the giver (producer) and the receiver (user). Plus, I worked for one of the most renowned Romanian web-agencies, on the website of a grand telecom corp. Which means double the effort to pay attention to details, keep the message clear and appealing to users, and sell.

But let’s not go too far from what shook my head today.

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And a plot to develop.

How does one begin to write of all the things they’ve been through in the past few weeks, without having their fingers cramp in a rush on the keyboard?

I’m likely going to tell you a story in here. But until I’ve figured out where to start, here’s a little teaser. Well… two.

E nevoie de donatori de sange pentru o prietena care a fost calcata de tramvaiul 41 in Crangasi. Se zbate intre viata si moarte. Cine vrea sa faca o fapta buna — dati tel la unul din numerele 0727415307 sau 0765186757, persoana de contact Diana Nicolescu (sora celei din spital).*

Detalii despre accident aici.

Donatiile se fac la Sp. Floreasca, L-V intre 7:30 am - 12:30 pm, pt Alexandra Nicolescu.
Sora victimei mi-a spus: “Orice grupa de sange este buna pentru ca se face schimbul in spital.”

Daca nu poti ajuta altfel, da mai departe acest mesaj. Multumesc.

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*via Alexandra Pop

I sometimes have the impression I’m missing on life.

Digital Art Gallery in Bucharest got featured overseas. Small step but hey — we’re growing.
Which reminds me: I should put an article about DAG on Unseen Romania.

Vruz - muchas gracias.

“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.” –Eleanor Roosevelt

Great loves too.

…and you haven’t read any of _why’s Poignant Guide To Ruby or Nobody Knows Shoes, then shame on you.

Start flippin’.

(thx vruz)

The BucharEST International Film Festival, of course. Screenings will take place between April 14-20th.

Stay tuned and follow our updates on Twitter (soon to come).

A principle I should abide by more often.