Monday, October 26, 2009

I LOVE TWITTER



To stay tuned we had to read newspapers, weekly's, blogs, newsletters... and now there is twitter. Of course you have to follow the interesting guys, but after awhile you will find your way and by only checking your twitter account - a few times a day - you are totally tuned in. Better than ever I might say! In the beginning I got irritated by the "I am waking up" or "I am back" messages of friends but now it has become sort of cozy. The best of Twitter is the possibility of customizing your daily news and information flow. There are people reluctant towards yet another network to be part of, I believe it gives us - besides loads of information - more freedom to choose.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

THE END OF FASHION BLOGS?

Fashion
blogs like the Satorialist or Facehunter played a very important role in the fashion industry the last couple of years. When the Sartorialist started in 2005 it was so refreshing: real people in real - personalized yet fashionable - clothes. Unfortunately after every success story, a period of decay often is near. Throughout the years the pictures became less spontaneous, the people more designer-fashionable and the cooperation with magazines more important than the blog itself. Just recently on the 13nd of October a post on the Sartorialist showed "fashion blogging on the run": too old, too new, too desperate....