#OA is a long way off from #OWS

Last Saturday, Antwerp had its own Occupy Antwerp event. For those of you who don't know Antwerp or have never been there: walk around in the center of town on any given Saturday and you get claustrophobic (at least I do) from the masses of shoppers occupying the streets. I had to do some shopping myself this weekend, I only go to the center of town if I really-really-really have to. And when I do I try to do my shopping in a record time, avoiding and evading the crowds. In the afternoon Occupy Antwerp gathered some 500 people. The contrast between the thousands of shoppers and the hundreds of Occupyers was embarrassing. We are living in a country where 'economic crisis' seems very far away, with politicians claiming 'everything is under control' and 'nothing as bad as Greece of Portugal could ever happen here'. So let's all go spend money buying stuff we don't need instead of thinking about what is happening in the world out there. We should be indignado about thàt.

"The Center", a real ghost town

Imagine building a real city where no-one will ever live, because you want a playground to test out new ideas and new technologies. It's exactly what Pegasus is planning in New Mexico, according to the website of Fastcompany. It's going to be a real, 20 square mile, city for 350.000 virtual inhabitants and we are talking a (mere) 200 million $ budget. Building is supposed to commence in 2014, if and when the project continues, which is not at all sure today. This would certainly mean taking the definition of 'playground' to a new level.

Ooooh!

Lego Angry Birds: sooo cute :-)
Copyright Chris Pirillo on Google +, picked up by @seroundtable 

Content marketing is growing up

Picked up an interesting Infographic on a blog today about content marketing. It sketches the relationship between a content type and a distribution channel from a buyer's perspective. Apparantly the guys who made this infograph won 6 awards with the previous one.

but check out this one first: