Maret Kuresoo - welcome back
Maret was, and now is again, a very valuable member of the altex team.
About a year ago she asked for some time off to go holiday in Australia - Nice life for some 
…and now she’s just come back.
Hooray, we missed her.
Maret will focus on project management for some key altex clients and also help develop our CRM system.
When she is not busy doing those things she will dip into some creative project work and search engine marketing.
No doubt she will blog here soon too…I hope.
Forumoxford future technologies conference 2008
The Forumoxford future technologies conference takes place on Fri 18 April 2008
Confirmed speakers include:
* Mark Selby - Nokia
* Social Marketing Intelligence, the Black Gold of the 21st Century - Alan Moore, Xtract
* Mobile Social Networking - Antonio Vince Stabyl, CEO, ItsMY
* Youth and Mobile and Music and TV - Luciana Pavan, MTV
* iPhone Applications - William Volk, CEO, MyNuMo
* User-generated Mobile Advertising - Jonathan MacDonald, Blyk
* Mobile Initiated Financial Services in the Developing World - Simon Cavill, Director, Mi-Pay Ltd
* How to Integrate Facebook with IMS - Niklas Blum, Fraunhofer FOKUS
* Browser Extensions (DOM extensions) and Accessing Device APIs - Ajit Jaokar, OpenAjax Alliance and David Pollington, Vodafone
* Delivering a Global Mobile Service - Cameron Doherty, CEO, Mobile Concierge
* Dawn of a New Mobility - Casual Computing: Thoughts on the Future of Mobiles, Service and Their Adoption - Christian Lindholm, Fjord
* An Example of Mobile Search in Poland, the Implementation of Google Search Appliance on Plus.pl - Krzysztof Proczka, Brand Manager, Polkomtel
I hope to be there
altex enters the porno business
yes it’s true: altex is now in the porno business - that is if you trust the results of the system used by Playtech and their corporate network.
They use something called Fortiguard to filter network traffic.
I am told by a little bird that this (stupid?) piece of software flags:
URL: www.altex.ee/euk
Category: Pornography
I know some of the E!UK speakers are sexy but still it would take a very clever bot to detect that from their bios or maybe one of them is a secret porn star.
Still it might mean the E!UK is going to be even more interesting than we thought!
damn: how many spam bots will pick up on this post?
10 reasons why your grandpa is like MS Word
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Here are the top 10 reasons why your grandpa is like Microsoft Word. Feel free to comment and add your own.
- 1. It takes a while to get him up and running
- 2. It’s good to know that he’s around even though you don’t really need him
- 3. Most of what he suggests don’t make sense
- 4. You can correct his errors as many times as you like - he’ll still keep making them
- 5. The term “menu” does not necessarily mean you’re actually going to get something edible out of it
- 6. You can spend hours while sitting with him around the table
- 7. After a while you’ll know what to avoid
- 8. If he catches a virus the whole family gets sick
- 9. Every time he does not die, you feel like congratulations are in order
- 10. When you run out of space, you’ll most likely to get rid of him first
Hope I wasn’t too harsh
Reimo Pettai RIP
Reimo Pettai died today (24 March 2008), aged 39, from stomach cancer.
He was a great friend of mine and funny, intelligent and a strong & proud Estonian who worked for Ministry of Foreign Affairs for over a decade.
He was the best man at our wedding and one of my wife’s best mates.
We saw him only yesterday and our last memory was of him smiling with a raised fist.
(originally posted yesterday, 24 March)
If you have any good memories of Reimo then share them here (in English or Estonian or any language you like)
E!UK - The Bridge is Open - Book your seat now
We are honoured that this special Eturundus! event - E!UK - will be opened by Peter Carter, The British Ambassador to Estonia
E!UK is about building bridges between the digital marketing communities in UK and Estonia for mutual benefit.
6 top UK digital marketing experts will share their experience, knowledge and give some suggestions for modern Estonian agency and client marketers.
It’s a unique event. Don’t miss it.
Speakers (all presentations are in English but also with LIVE TRANSLATION TO ESTONIAN):
Sam Michel, MD of Chinwag (www.chinwag.com)
Digital Marketing Opportunities in the UK for Estonians
Marcel Udo, European MD of Eyewonder (www.eyewonder.com)
The Future of Banner Advertising and Rich Media
err actually Marcel is Dutch but Eyewonder Europe are based in London so we think that’s good enough
Alastair Cole, Interactive Production Director at Golley Slater Digital (www.golleyslaterdigital.com)
Swimming Against The Tide: Information Architecture and UI Design
Laura Bambach, Head of Art at Glue London and Co-Founder SheSays (www.gluelondon.com and www.shesays.org.uk)
Presentation title to follow
Jon Bains, Founder of Lateral (www.lateral.net)
Presentation title to follow
Craig Hanna, Training Director at e-consultancy (www.e-consultancy.com)
The Atomised Web
E!UK is possible thanks to cooperation between AngloEstonian and altex marketing with support from:
Best Marketing
Chinwag
e-consultancy.com
UK Trade & Investment
British Estonian Chamber of Commerce
E!UK is sponsored by Reval Hotels
Speakers will stay at Reval Park Hotel & Casino, Tallinn
Where: National Library of Estonia, Tallinn
When : May 7th 1-5pm
Cost: 2500eek + tax (10% discount for delegates booking and paying by March 31)
Information and advanced bookings: kris at altex dot ee tel: +372 6210029 skype: eppkris
We expect this event to sell out so we advise you to book early.
Some lucky E!UK delegates will also have access to speakers outside the main event to arrange meetings/do business.
1. Web design and software development agencies may be interested in outsourcing contracts and other forms of partnerships
2. Individuals might be interested in job opportunities in the UK.
3. Investors might be interested in business opportunities in both UK and Estonia.
4. Government stakeholders might be interested in the range of activities and discussions aimed at increasing trade between UK and Estonia
5. Marketing professionals may want to discuss “what works” and ideas & innovation (the buzzword for 2008)