always try to go with something else / siempre intenta ir con algo más

But heres a thing. The core insight in our (yet not written) paper is that its often when the pressure is highest and the risk greatest that the biggest rewards can be achieved, and its plannings job to manage and maximise these opportunities.

(Dramatic pause.)

Which begs the question: is whats true of planning also true of writing APG papers?

Theres only one way to find out.

So with only slightly over 24hours to go how do increase the pressure, create greater risk, but more importantly maximize the opportunity?

Well - by streaming the entire writing process on the internet, of course.

So, thats what were going to try and do. Write it live. In a single day.

Were sure theyll be some technical difficulties along the way, but pop by and say hello, or just observe two planners in a room at, wait for it, www.twoplannersinaroom.com . If we get around to it therell also be a twitter stream too.

Barley? Probably. Effective? Lets see what happens.

we got together with the postgraduate program study group to do some work and i found out what Matías Manna´s (technical secretary, friend and member of the group) blog was about: Pep Guardiola (Barcelona´s DT).


the surprising bit is that he´s had the blog since ´06, before all the fuzz. and that´s not all, he even has the guy backing his blog up with an audio message he got from an interview a long time ago.

now, he´s getting thousands and thousands of visits a day. major newspapers posted his blog on their sites. and he has a growing and active community helping him gather material to keep it going.

"In Guardiola Paradigm there´s no time for celebration. Until Thursday we will gather all the posible information about Manchester. On Friday we will deliver everything to the one and only Josep Guardiola via email" - Matías Manna, on Crutial Game Information Gathering Participatory Blog Campaign (this is my definition).

Matías isn´t from Spain. he´s just a fan, but his visitors are, mostly. but that´s irrelevant isn´t it? because all that matters is the passion he put into what he writes and people seem to recognize that. it´s how it all works in the cloud, no?

and now, a big pay off for him and his passionate hobby. double the pleasure and recognition.

we talked some about improving it a bit, giving the users tools to become more a part of the content production process. you know, THE words came up: fidelity. community. monetization. participation. bla. bla.bla 

what the hell, it´s your passion, recognized. it´s your hope, recognized. you can´t miss that in the cloud. too much rubbish floating around to miss it.

cheers Mati. keep it up.

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grata sorpresa hoy.

nos juntamos con el grupo del postrado a hacer un trabajo y descubrí de qué se trataba el blog de Matías Manna (secretario técnico, amigo y miembro del grupo): Pep Guardiola (DT de Barcelona)



lo sorprendente es que tiene el blog desde el ´06, antes de todo el quilombo. y eso no es todo, hasta tiene al tipo bancando al blog en un mensaje de audio que obtuvo de una entrevista de hace tiempo atrás.

ahora, está teniendo miles y miles de vistas cada día. los grandes diarios postearon su blog en sus sitios. y hasta tiene una creciente y activa comunidad ayudándolo a recoger material para mantenerlo.

"En Paradigma Guardiola no hay tiempos para festejos. Hasta el jueves vamos a recopilar toda la información posible sobre el Manchester. El día viernes le entregaremos toda lo acumulado al propio Josep Guardiola mediante correo electrónico". - Matías Manna, en la Campaña de Blog Participativa para Recopilar Información Crucial para el Partido (esta es mi definición).

Matías no es Español. es sólo un fan, pero sus visitantes, en su mayoría, sí lo son. pero es irrelevante, ¿o no? porque todo lo que importa es la pasión que le pone a lo que escribe y la gente parece reconocer eso. así es como todo funciona en la nube, ¿no?

y ahora, le garpa a él y a su hobby apasionante a lo grande. doble el placer y el reconocimiento.

hablamos un poco de cómo mejorarlo, dándoles a los usuarios más herramientas para formar parte del proceso de producción. sabés, LAS palabras que surgieron: fidelidad. comunidad. monetización. participación. bla. bla. bla.

al carajo, es tu pasión, reconocida. es tu esperanza, reconocida. no podés perderte eso en la nube. demasiada basura flotando como para perderlo.


salud Mati. seguí así.

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gracias filip!

IT rises...


found.

no other where than the Digital Interactive Comms Specialization at my Uni where.

coffee please. thank you.

interesting. today we went over things i rarely think critically about. the stuff you take for granted but are as important as all the 2.0, community, social media bla bla in the cloud. the basic stuff, like hypertext, links, comments. and on other levels, the role of the author, the reader, new journalism and editorial structures.

the things i do everyday (not so much journalism, but creative writing/editing etc.), from new perspectives or at least theoretical ones.

i remember the first thing they asked me at the program was about my expectations and i kinda explained what they were vaguely. well now, after a few classes, i´m pretty sure i know what they/it are/is.

i hope to re discover.

take it away.


watch this space: the copywriter is going digital or whatever that means.

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i´m moving today. since i´m 100% dedicated to working on my own project, i have to down size. i´m happy though, hopeful. we´re doing a lot of interesting stuff. so this it, this is how it plays out. when you believe in something, jump in. like a roo. 

here.