Landslide-induced Adventure in Southern Albania
Friday, January 18th begins as a normal day in Tirana. After working a while, I meet my friend and we start our drive to Gjirokastra. Since we have not had much time to talk in a while, we enjoy the opportunity to catch up and time passes easily. We stop for a meeting in Fier [...]
Teaching youth on how to utilize social media for change
This past week I had the privilege and honor to be one of the small session trainers for the annual National Youth Conference which is organized by World Vision. There were about 250 youths from all over Albania and Kosovo full of energy and curiosity. For me, the real challenge was not the topic (how [...]
Tirana Jazz Radio online
Who said Albanians don’t have class and a taste for fine things!! For me, the Tirana Jazz Radio is a fine proof of just that fact. I was so enthused to find out about this little known online radio, which broadcasts such music all day long. It is great for listening to while working in [...]
Albania’s local elections, people glued at their TV!
If you’ve been wondering what Albanians have been doing since the May 8 local elections, this picture tells it all. People have been glued to their TV sets and continue to follow the prolonged counting procedures. It seems as though all else has been forgotten!
An Alternative Civil Voice for Albania
(The Civil Alternative) is a website that I have worked on as designer and webmaster. Though I’m not responsible in any way for its content and purpose, however, for me it one of those voices that I think has a greater civil value for all Albanians. The website is about engaging people in dialogue and [...]
Growth and Issues Affecting Albanian Online Services
The title of the last issue of the year by the only financial magazine in Albania – “Monitor“, talked about developments, challenges and growth of the “Online Business” in Albania. This is something that I’m very keen on following up as it is an industry that I’ve already invested a lot of time and effort, [...]
DropBox Now At Version 1, Even in Albania!
If you’ve ever visited this blog before you most probably have noticed a little advert on the top-right side about a simple but very cute software I use, called DropBox. I’ve installed it over two years ago now and it is on all the computers I use and most importantly it is used to manage [...]
What will happen economically with Albania in 2013?
This past weekend I meet with a close friend of mine to talk about stuff. It started out as a casual chat over a cool beer, but it got serious once we started considering how the country would fare economically this upcoming elections year. He was reasonably concerned over the economic stability of the country [...]