omnimediavore: 2011-07-17

Thursday, July 21

Overview: Magazines in Belgium

With 9 Belgians out of 10 reading magazines and 7 out of 10 buying (at least) one each week, I cannot understand why advertisers, creatives and media planners don't use this powerful medium more often. Perhaps this video will help them to understand the added value of my favorite medium.

Google+ vs Facebook

Who will win the battle on the social networking front? The future will tell. But the topic seems to inspire a lot of people. Today in the picture: Beatriz Torres, best known as Zirta, a freelance illustrator, graphic designer and comic artist from Tampico, México. I have to admit: I gave +1 :-)

Zinneke? Never heard of it!

By using this term to describe themselves, Brusselers celebrate their multicultural background and ethnic diversity.

In our dialect, a zinneke is a mongrel dog and by extension, a person of mixed ethnic origin, just like the Brussels dialect itself which is a mixture of French and Flemish with influences from Spanish.(From the time when the Low Countries were under Spanish rule)

Brussels build up around a river called the Senne (FR)/Zenne (NL). Some say the name "zinneke" was used to refer to the dogs that roamed around near the river, others that it refers to the fact that they deserved to be thrown into the river.

Source (checked with other sources)