Welcome
I am Gyurka Jansen and I live in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Currently I'm working a a consultant for a Market Research agency in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. We're trying to find new fast, smart and 'social' ways to do research. I'm an editor for the Dutch website 'DeJaap' and I write articles for several marketing blogs. Every Sunday night, I have a column on tips, tricks and hypes on the internet on Dutch Radio 1.
Using my sociological and technical expertise I give trainings and guest lectures about new media, online marketing and online research. You can read more about me here. Or check out:
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social web Archive
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The Foursquare Playground maps your neighbourhood
Posted on March 21, 2011 | No CommentsTo promote the launch of IE9 at SXSW, design company Vectorform has built a neat way to visualize Foursquare checkins. In their ‘world’ called Foursquare Playground, you find yourself surrounded... -
On ‘Social Media’
Posted on March 15, 2011 | 3 CommentsI was pondering a reply to some post and thought it would be better to place it here. As it seems that there is more and more talk about what... -
Gyurka.nl up ’till 2011
Posted on March 2, 2011 | No CommentsShame on me for coming up with a word-cloud when everyone else has been bugging you with word-clouds for the past year or so. But still it’s quite interesting to... -
Where am I? Some location-based services
Posted on January 2, 2011 | 1 CommentWith the new year just started, we can see that many predictions involve location based services, again. After my last post about visualizations I got some mails and other messages,... -
What is Social Media research?
Posted on September 23, 2010 | No CommentsFirst and foremost notion is that when you’re entering such a new territory is to ask yourself certain questions. It is important to note that there are actually a lot of similarities to traditional research in this case. -
Promoted tweets: super effective!
Posted on September 15, 2010 | No CommentsIf you wondered about promoted tweets and how well they fare: they’re super effective. Or so says online brokerage firm Zecco. In comparison with tweets posted on their normal account... -
The biggest misconceptions about Social Media
Posted on July 19, 2010 | 5 CommentsPlain and simple: #1: It’s something online #2: It’s new -
Collecting colourful stickers, online
Posted on July 19, 2010 | No CommentsAt school you learned to write of course just making words but, at least here in Holland, also how to write neatly. Just writing sentences in the neatest, most beautiful...