Myanmar-English Dictionary
Just a quick note:
After a long, long time I finally took some days off and finalized the new Burmese/Myanmar-English dictionary.
A list of features: weiter lesen »
Memorable Nonprofit Campaign Spots
Recently I had to explain to some film-makers how a nonprofit campaign spot could look like. So I browsed through the archives and tried to sort them into three categories. You can find the list with examples below.
1. Shocking
Revealing the bare issue, often in dramatic images or by surprise after misleading signals.
Der “Kästchen-Angriff”
Einfach zu bemerkenswert ist dieser Angriff, der offenbar mit einem geworfenen Kästchen eingeleitet wird. Schenken bringt eben doch nicht immer Freude, zumindest nicht allen Beteiligten …
The Right to Code
Equality and participation are essential conditions of democracy. In order for inclusion to work, individuals must naturally be empowered to get involved. What holds true for early modern history when the printing press turned many passive consumers into publishers, points to a general lesson about the competence to shape the development of media, rather than only using it.
A Web for People
I recently came across an inspiring post by Jack Chen, called The Slow Web, where he summarizes the need of a Web that respects the nature of its users and where he analyzes cases of good practice. “Slow” means that interaction happens timely and without overburdening the users, in harmony with the personal rhythm of their daily lives and that hereby knowledge is acquired, instead of flushing information through their minds.
A Plugin
Eventually I decided to publish a plugin that I initially wrote for the EcoBurma website to replace another one that led to loads of error messages and that could not be customized the way I needed it. Its purpose is to enable post tags to be sorted into groups. Now I can display the tags in different tag clouds, for example grouped by language: