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 Willow Woman - Glastonbury 2008 The UK’s summer of music 2009 kicks off to a brilliant start with Glastonbury this week, headlined by Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Blur. It may even be sunny, for the first time in a few years. Gigs and other music events help to bring friends together. People meet from all ends of the country and travel great distances to see their favourite bands. While the experience is always positive in the end, sometimes the pain of getting large groups together can dampen spirits. However, Doodle – the easy online scheduling tool – can take the angst out of gig meetups for an epic summer of music. |
Michael Naef, CEO at Doodle, explains further:
“For music fans, discovering when people are free to attend a gig together, or when to meet up during Glastonbury, can cramp even the most free spirits. It typically involves emailing each other or sending around events details on Facebook, then calling people to confirm. It can be notoriously easy to miss your friends at Glastonbury.”
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“On the other hand Doodle plans meetups in seconds, by simply going to doodle.com and putting in your date/time options for your gig meetups, and sending the unique URL to your event around to friends. They simply tick the time they’re free and you have a date. Our site is extremely lean, so it loads just as easily on your phone as your PC. Music fans need spontaneous, mobile tools at gigs,” Naef said.
Doodle has 3 million unique users around the world, with people scheduling meetups for work events, business meetings, and a myriad of personal meetings ranging from going to the movies, stag and hen do’s, to music and theatre events. Doodle is a completely free tool that can be accessed wherever the internet and mobile reception is – even from the muddy fields of Glastonbury.
“We hope all UK Doodle users can embrace the summer of music and put admin headaches to rest with our free tool,” concluded Naef. “Glastonbury’s famous healing grounds are about making life simpler and sweeter, and many new web tools have the same objective. Music and tech can indeed make a great marriage.”
For more information about Doodle, the web’s easiest scheduling tool, visit doodle.com.
London Fashion Week Online
London Fashion Week and Weekend 2009
The London Fashion Week has started this weekend. Designers from Paul Smith and Vivienne Westwood to the fashion students of Saint Martins will showcase their new work, and a host of fashionable events will take place around London to celebrate the occasion.
An exhibition where 200 designer labels will showcase their autumn/winter 2009 collections on the East lawn of the Natural History Museum will take place, and the London fashion weekend where non VIPs can attend a Catwalk Show in the official London Fashion Week catwalk venue, a free Fashion Clinic, makeovers and Stylist Sessions are scheduled.
And here’s the good news for those that can’t be there: Read more
Shoes online at the virtual shoe museum
try wearing these
All the shoes you’d ever want to see can be found at the virtual shoe museum. The website, by graphic designer Liza Snook, exhibits almost all the shoes that were ever designed. The site contains hundereds of shoes collected by Liza over the past 20 years. The museum dates back to 2004 when Liza started to exchange ideas with designers, publishers, photographers and other people connected to the shoe business. The result has been a vast collection of beautiful and extravagant shoes. The sites contains pictures of both real and virtual shoes and a vast amount of shoes that woul be virtually impossible to walk in.
So its probably for the better that none of the shoes are for sale…because we would probably try.
thenextwomen linkedin group
Thenextwomen has its own linkedin group! The group is open to CxO’s, Managers, Directors, Founders and Investors of Companies (from startups to multinationals), that have some relation with Internet. All are invited to network, to seek advice, to get introduced to events and swap services. Come join us there!
thenextwomen group on linkedin
Women’s magazine 2.0
Everyone knows the very web 2.0 sites such as delicious, digg and stumbleupon. There are however also female versions of these bookmark sites. One of them is PrettySocial.com
The site started at the beginning of 2008 in New York City, but who the team behind it is unclear. The site describes itself as “a social news site for young women” and the stories on it focus on fashion, beauty, health and relationships. And sex. It is, in short, a lifestyle women’s magazine 2.0.
SOS by certainshops.com
Block off Saturday the 11th of October 2008 if you are thinking about a divorce. As on that day the United Kingdom’s first ever divorce fair called Starting Over Show will be held. The event, dubbed “All the things you need to know about breaking up and starting over in one Starting Over Show” is to be held at Brighton’s racecourse in East-Sussex.
At the SOS-fair couples and soon-to-be divorcees can obtain advice from lawyers, health experts, financial and business advisors. On a lighter note, visitors will be able to enjoy themselves in a chill-out room and see pole dancers.
The event is the brainchild of female internet hero Suzy Miller. As co-founder and director of certainshops.com, an online business that lists and recommends quality-checked professionals in legal, financial and creative industries, she was able to retain sufficient advisors for the event.
Multi-tasker Suzy is also author of bloggingforblondes.com, a humourous blog for non-techy women who want to know about web 2.0. Read more
The Outlet of Net-a-Porter will indeed be The outNet?
According to a small news item in the Financial Times, (update March 2009: A big article in the Sunday Times Magazine) Natalie Massanet, founder and CEO of Net-a-porter, is planning an outlet version of the chic clothing retail site. Such a spin-off would be a smart move by Massanet as, despite a sale at the much visited website, which seem to thrill fashionistas, the business suits and weekend outfits that net-a-porter has on offer have steep designer prices. The planned sale or – outlet site will reportedly be named Outnet. (update March 2009) it will be The Outnet.
Natalie Massanet is one of the Female Internet Heroes who made headlines in 2008.
At this time, you can only put your name on the email list at the website: THE OUTNET. The website will launch in April 2009.
It’s a pretty good move of the Net-a-Porter empire, other companies that have gone this designer-vintage online route earlier are in The Netherlands: Designer-Vintage, and in the UK, The Closet Bureau, which sells on e-bay.
Fashion blogs are pretty happy about it.
Designer Vintage: Big New Business
So they were a bit expensive and one size too small, but you bought them anyway, those Chanel heels. Now they sit in your cupboard, waiting to be worn. Sounds familiar? It did indeed to female internet heroes Annemarie van Gaal and Karin Barnhoorn and so they set up internet marketplace Designer-Vintage.com, a website allowing you to buy and sell vintage designer clothing. On the site you can search and offer vintage clothes, bags, accessories and shoes by size, colour, designer, and prize.
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