May 20th, 2008 by Milko Georgiev
компютриAbout 6 hours ago I received a letter form Plaxo saying they signed a “…definitive agreement o be acquired by Comcast, the nation’s leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services”
According to the mail, Plaxo will remain an “…independent brand, organization and entity”. While everything sounds fine, I’m starting to ask myself what are the reason for this deal.
Mar 21st, 2008 by Milko Georgiev
I’m a huge fan of Steven Levitt, especially after reading “Freakonomics” as well as his fantastic blog . About a month ago we were discussing with my brother (who is leading the IT department of one of the largest hospitals in Bulgaria) why and how people get incented to better do their job. I shared my managerial experience on financial bonuses and the fact they aren’t working in several cases and suggested him to read Levitt’s vision, especially on why real estate agents aren’t your friends. And talking about the book, we found those nice videos on YouTube (after the break)
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Feb 15th, 2008 by Milko Georgiev
In a emotional statement, the prominent blogger Robert Scoble shared his feelings on a preview of a ‘revolutionary Microsoft product’ yesterday:
My guess: Online Office, something visually much better than Google Apps. It would have sense in the context of Microsoft’s offer to Yahoo.
Gosh, I hope that one will be better than Vista…
Oct 19th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
With the cordial help of Rich and Forts, while answering their questions on the future of marketing and communications, we managed to collect some interesting thoughts - not only my answers, but also a growing list of marketing professionals. After the break, please find my answers as well as the link to the other interviews
Aug 14th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
According to Gizmodo blog, iPhone has been totally hacked:
Aug 8th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
By an article in Read/Write Web I found an interesting idea on how to build custom applications with no or little understanding of coding. The service is called Iceberg and allows users to create custom applications based on business model diagrams only.
Aug 6th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
As I have already posted previously, bloggers have become a key player in the battle of freedom of speech, both here in Europe as well as in the United States. A new bill has been passed in the House of Representatives in order to protect what is becoming the next 6th power - the citizen journalism. In fact, the bill that have been introduced by Representative Rick Boucher (D-VA) aims on defining what is a reporter.
Jul 17th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
Apart the extremely alarming case of police harassment of bloggers, our media community is confronted with a curious case of interpretation of the liberty of expression and speech. During the interrogatory of the blogger summoned by the police was also warned that bloggers are more likely to be brought to justice than an ordinary offline media journalist, because journalists enjoy a higher grade of protection by the law.
Jul 14th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
Just take a look how the Chief Directorate “Combating Organized Crime” is successfully coping with its main task - Combating The Organized Crime… An Article from The Times. Probably, after their huge successes in this field they focused on the second largest threat to the State - the blogging community.
Jul 14th, 2007 by Milko Georgiev
The Freedom of Speech is something that is never granted. You must earn the right to be free.
Freedom of Speech is under threat in Bulgaria. Even if the country is a new member of the European Union, the unreformed police is still applying methods that are more adequate to the deeply repressive communist regime Bulgaria was till 1989.
A prominent Bulgarian blogger - Michel Bozgounov- has been summoned by the by the Chief Directorate “Combating Organized Crime” because he shared information on his blog over flash mob protests against a very controversial decision of the Supreme Administrative Court to revoke the status of a National Park of territories in the Strandja Mountain. This decision generated a wide wave of protests across the country over a strong suspicion that it has been influenced (read: bribed) by real estate big investments’ interests.