Slip'n slide
Belgium had snow before Montreal. So multiply that snow by five and add 20 degrees below zero and you have a Quebec winter. We started having snow only this week, followed by rain, followed by powder snow followed by slush. Guess it's safe to say that this year's winter will be nothing like last year's. Last year we were already digging ourselves out. Although I am still hoping for a white X-mas.
Something I can't let slide (as a blogger, as a web marketing specialist and as someone with a strong political opinion) is the whole Crem Blog incident. OK, first of all I am not a big fan of CD&V. Teaming up with separatists is unforgivable in my eyes, but more importantly this a conservative party. And per definition they are against change. And my core philosophy is that CHANGE is GOOD.
Regardless if he was drunk or not, making a fool of himself and wasting tax payers money, this whole incident clearly shows that this governing political party (in particular the Minister of Defense) is completely out of touch with the reality of the 21st century. Whether you like it or not your brand, your service, your reputation, your political party will be out there, in the clouds and people will be talking about you. It will define for you. It is the new word of mouth. Accepting this is a step forward, denying obviously backward. Participating is a leap forward. Wouldn't it have been more graceful if Mr. De Crem blogged about this, explaining why he was in NYC, that politicians are also humans and allowed to have fun and why he wasn't wasting valuable tax payers' money? Sadly, he doesn't even seem to have a blog.
Lesson: if you try to shut out the digital natives, they will shut you out. (see MarcPrensky.com).
Addendum: When I was in NYC last September, I saw Steve Stevaert in the Guggenheim. Ok, not as news worthy because he wasn't drunk, he wasn't chanting folkloric song and seemed to be there on his own time admiring art. Should I be afraid of losing my job now?
Something I can't let slide (as a blogger, as a web marketing specialist and as someone with a strong political opinion) is the whole Crem Blog incident. OK, first of all I am not a big fan of CD&V. Teaming up with separatists is unforgivable in my eyes, but more importantly this a conservative party. And per definition they are against change. And my core philosophy is that CHANGE is GOOD.
Regardless if he was drunk or not, making a fool of himself and wasting tax payers money, this whole incident clearly shows that this governing political party (in particular the Minister of Defense) is completely out of touch with the reality of the 21st century. Whether you like it or not your brand, your service, your reputation, your political party will be out there, in the clouds and people will be talking about you. It will define for you. It is the new word of mouth. Accepting this is a step forward, denying obviously backward. Participating is a leap forward. Wouldn't it have been more graceful if Mr. De Crem blogged about this, explaining why he was in NYC, that politicians are also humans and allowed to have fun and why he wasn't wasting valuable tax payers' money? Sadly, he doesn't even seem to have a blog.
Lesson: if you try to shut out the digital natives, they will shut you out. (see MarcPrensky.com).
Addendum: When I was in NYC last September, I saw Steve Stevaert in the Guggenheim. Ok, not as news worthy because he wasn't drunk, he wasn't chanting folkloric song and seemed to be there on his own time admiring art. Should I be afraid of losing my job now?
posted by E. Stilker at 9:57 AM
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