That's 5 key words. Expand each of them to 10 words and you're done. We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
Actually 50 words is max. The classic format is a 5 word title and a 20 word subhead. The shorter the better, but it has to be intrguing also. You can't be me, I'm taken
...have we emphasized that we're a progressive, European, expert community? A virtual town hall where brilliance is the norm, expert is a given, the community thrives with both warmth and snark, and the European perspective on crucial global issues is the respected hallmark. Sometimes with graphs! And as we're a blog, you can add your own brilliance. Skennah Kowa
So i think ET already does it. That i use marketing tactics based on my lifetime in the US of A should not be held against me, even though i would like to adopt the ingrained cultural stance of kneeling before the king, or when not, rebelling against him.
Actually, the Sven's 50 Words i wrote was just a first attempt at saying why i lurk here, so others might be so enticed. Skennah Kowa
Let's face it, there are scholarly and specialised professional or academic journals in many of the areas we discuss here - we're not really trying to compete with them, are we? Isn't there also something about the accessibility of our writing styles and the interactivity which goes on here that distinguishes us from the turgid tomes of academe? Would "alternative" be a better term? notes from no w here
And it's certain that marketing based on self-congratulation is much less current in Europe than in the US... Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
A virtual European town centre where interesting and informed people gather to discuss some of the crucial social and political issues of the day, as well as arts and letters. The community thrives with both warmth and snark, photos and music, and even charts and graphs. Input welcome. Skennah Kowa
Maybe agora instead of town center ? Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
this is the first time I hear it in a Western context. What does it mean. Might be necessary to explain it.
I know it as a Sanskrit word used in Tantra Yoga with a mystical meaning - don't know if we want to go there. :-)
Maybe not a great idea to replace town center, finally... Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
Why not simply call it a Forum?
One of the main remains of the era of Nations is that "basic history" is still founded on the mythical national narratives (witness the Antilles descendants of black slaves learning "our ancestors the Gauls"); in France it includes the Greeks traditionally, but does it in Germany ?
For example Charlemagne is included in the national narrative both in the French and German schools, although French people have no idea that Charlemagne was a probably more Germanic than Roman...
Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
Besides, using the word "expert" supposes to specify in which fields we pretend to be "experts" "Ne te courbe que pour aimer..." René Char
