Digital Divas 2024 - cum a fost

2024.09.13 Ieri am fost la Digital Divas, am stat putin: am ajuns pe la 11:11, am facut cateva poze, am stat la prima sesiune a conferintei, am mancat, am plecat pe la 14:45. Platisem 4h parcare, ma gandisem si sa platesc o zi, dar apoi am zis ca iau ulterior ore, am platit prin sms la nr. 7458.

CE A FOST DRAGUT:  

+ am cunoscut o fata simpatica @CatalinaZaiet (Zaiet= iepuras in rusa, erau niste desene cu un lup si un iepuras nazdravan in copilaria mea, Niet Zaiet pagadi! - O sa te prind iepurasule! ) Ea era prima data la eveniment si nu a stat mult, avea un avion de prins dupa-amiaza spre Germania.

+ am facut cateva poze unor doamne/domnisoare elegante, mai multe info mai jos

+ am descoperit dimineata melodia Beyonce - Formation mi s-a parut on point.

+ am mancat bao? parca asa ii zice, de la Chefs Restaurant Flavours -niste chifle foarte moi umplute cu diverse preparate vegetale(pasta de avocado, morcovi, ardei, ceapa) si carnuri pui (cu curry - am crezut ca e omleta la cum arata)/porc (pulled very pork). Si am gustat si din bufetul suedez, (orez cu curry si mersioare, cartofi cu curry si alte condimente, carne de pui in sos, pachetele de primavara cu branza? feliute de paine cu branza si dulceata) - preparate interesante la gust, nu mi-au placut pachetelele de primavara dar restul au fost ok.

+ am stat la prima parte a conferintei, dar nu am luat notite ca de obicei, a fost o discutie relaxata intre doamnele din panel. Ce am retinut: sa nu pui la suflet hate-ul din social media, vine de la persoane care nu te cunosc personal, dai delete/block. O idee buna, dar si eu mai dau cu mixed oppinions, good and bad, si sa dai delete la tot, cand era si ceva de bine pe acolo, e mai extrem, dar poate sunt si care dau doar cu hate. 

+ Au fost si cateva hot-spots: Avon cu parfumul Far Away, bomboanele Raffaello cu fantana gandurilor bune, inghetata Siviero Maria cu Coperta de Revista, cafeaua Delonghi cu coffee cornerul, salatele Oliveris.

CE NU A FOST DRAGUT:

- am ajuns la eveniment, am primit note-padul, programul si un pix si m-am dus in sala sa imi ocup un loc. Am pus aceste materiale si o carte de vizita pe un scaun liber si am plecat. Cand m-am intors ulterior, altcineva lasase geaca si o poseta pe acel scaun, lucrurile mele disparusera. Nu era nimeni acolo asa ca am abandonat acel loc si am stat in picioare, conferinta incepuse. Ca scuza, poate persoana respectiva a crezut ca erau cadouri puse pe scaune si de aceea le-a luat, la unele evenimente se mai procedeaza asa, sa pui cadourile pe scaune. Dar mie mi-a stricat feng-shuiului si nu am avut chef sa stau tot evenimentul in picioare si de aceea am plecat destul de devreme. Nu am avut chef nici sa pazesc scaunul pana venea persoana si sa ii reprosez ca era un loc ocupat. Solutii? nu stiu, poate organizatorii sa ofere niste cartonase cu rezervat pe care sa le poti pune pe scaune cand ajungi. Eu nu am vrut sa imi plas poseta/ sacosa pentru ca aveam lucruri importante in ele, dar e o solutie, sa lasi si o sacosa sau ceva, desi si aceea poate fi indepartata usor daca e mult tupeu. In fine, vibeul mi-a fost stricat. Voi ce ati fi facut?

- a fost o melodie I come / I slay / I leave pe care s-a facut o coreografie de dans, m-a facut sa ma simt putin aiurea, desi... asa si?

 dar, inapoi la poze si ce A FOST DRAGUT

Laura, mi-a placut silueta finuta si rochia bej lunga, 

din materiale naturale, posibil in, de pe Zalando> Mango,

cu niste cercei din rafie alb-negri? 

si cu niste pantofi fara toc albi cu bareta la glezna 

Alexandra Ungurean de la @spin_of_seasons

mi-a placut colierul din pere inegale, rochia lunga, neagra

 si intreaga tinuta f chic si relaxata

@Adriana.Maria15 venita de la Alba

mi-a placut tricoul cu nasturi stralucitori, colierul bling-bling si fusta roz din tulle

@CatalinaZaiet m-am intalnit cu ea dupa ce am parcat, cauta Palatul Bragadiru, 

si am mers impreuna la eveniment

Mi-a placut tinuta mai de toamna (si eu am avut o tinuta mai de toamna)

cu cizme din piele intoarsa gri, fusta cu motive geometrice si bluza satinata.

Eu, Maria, m-am ingrasat mult, dar am gasit totusi o tinuta in care sa ma simt chic

rochita din catifea neagra La Femme (colectie veche), ciorapi grena, botine portocalii, 

poseta portocalie - achizitie recenta Tinimtext Pavilionul Expo Cta (mai e deschis pana duminica)

Urmatoarele poze sunt facute de Catalina Zaiet :-)

selfie

~ alte poze de la eveniment ~

ce am primit cadou: un notepad liniat, programul, un pix si un fluturas

era frumos decorat holul de la intrare cu lumanari si flori albe

o promoterita Raffaello

@CristinaCandea intr-o rochita lunga alb-crem

sala plina

primul panel de invitati la discutii

coffe corner by DeLonghi

bao cu diferite umpluturi

salate

si o poza inainte de a pleca

CONCLUZII

A fost frumos, desi nu am stat mult. Daca aveti vreodata curiozitatea, eu zic sa mergeti, cel putin o data la acest eveniment. Este ceva deosebit. pupici!

UPDATE 2024.07.11

2024.06.27 S-a deschis perioada de propuneri pentru Digital Digas 2024. Propunerile pentru Digital Divas Awards pot fi facute in perioada 21 iunie – 14 iulie 2024. Dacă vă place blogul urbnstyle mă puteți propune la categoria Lifestyle Blog de exemplu. Eu nu m-am mai înscris.

Sau, daca aveti vre-un alt blogger preferat puteti sa il propuneti, dar trebuie sa ii stiti toate link-urile de pe social media si sa scrieti o scurta motivatie pentru nominalizare. Orice persoana propusa poate fi inscrisa la doar o singura categorie. O persoana propusa nu este neaparat inscrisa printre nominalizati, se va face o selectie de catre un juriu.

Mult succes tuturor! Nu știu dacă voi mai participa la Digital Divas anul acesta, ma gândesc. Este un eveniment frumos, participă multe persoane importante din social media și discuțiile sunt interesante pentru marii creatori de conținut.

UPDATE 2024.07.11 Am aplicat azi pentru un loc gratuit la eveniment. Poate, sper sa reusesc sa ajung. Citeam un articol al DuduiaMagda si mi-am dat seama ca eu nu am nominalizat pe nimeni, chiar asa? de ce nu pana la urma. Asa ca anul acesta am nominalizat pe:

• Alexia Udriste la Best Lifestyle Blogger, 
• pe Sinziana Sooper la Digital Diva of the Year si pe 
• Dana Rogoz la Best Celebrity Account
• Andreea Illustration la Most Creative Content Creator

Acum cativa ani am facut o lista cu persoane pe care va recomand sa le urmariti, au ramas acele persoane aprox. dar nu stiu de ce nu mai imi apar in feed asa des toate. Asa ca am nominalizat dintre cele care imi apar des in feed, o sti algoritmul ceva.

Stiu ca nu am acoperit toata lista de premii, dar nu prea urmaresc pe youtube pe nimeni de la noi, pe zona fashion... rusinica (urmaresc podcastul Afacerea mea creativa uneori) in fine, nu am stiut pe cine la alte categorii. 

M-am gandit daca sa ma nominalziez si pe mine, dar neah, desi blogul este destul de "lifestyle", ii lipsesc multe (stiu eu ce zic) si deocamdata nu e cazul. Dar dupa ani si ani nu se stie... daca mai e. Oricum am in lista de prieteni pe facebook o batranica haioasa care posteaza zilnic de moda, deci se poate. lol

2024.08.23 Am votat preferatele mele la Digital Divas.

2024.08.30 Am primit confirmare de participare la Conferintele Digital Divas - in sala. Abia astept!

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Free courses @AFP - Digital Investigation Techniques

2022.08.21 Follow the steps of a modern Sherlock Holmes, take some free Digital Investigation Techniques classes.  

I found out from the Instagram account of the journalist Cristina Bazavan that AFP (Agence France-Presse) organizes free courses for journalists and students in journalism. (Cititi mai mult pe blogul ei.) I am neither but still I am interested and I need to be better in my searches so I enrolled. 

You can find the courses at https://digitalcourses.afp.com/collections/courses

The courses are short, about 45 min -1 hour to follow each. I studied so far these courses:

+ 1. Carry out searches efficiently to find the results you need, very useful, teaches you how to search for information on google and other search engines using operators and also searching by date

+ 2. Find when a photo or video was first published and who published it, also useful, teaches you how to reverse search for an image on google images or other image search engines, and also how to search information about a posted video, using keyframes. 

+ 3. Learn methods for dealing with online harassment and for staying safe online, teaches you to check your digital footprint, where you appear on searches, if your email has been compromised (https://haveibeenpwned.com/) 

+ 4. Refine searches on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other social media, a basic course on searching information on social media channels

+ 5. Identify clues in images, use online maps and travel through space and time with them, an intermediary course about identifying the place when a photo was taken.

If you are interested in being able to find interesting things on google, faster and more efficient, for example, I suggest you to enroll.

You receive a certificate after each course, this is how a certificate looks.

2024.09.08 because I am overweight, to the point that it trheatens my health, a medic has shown me a diet based on a lot of pineapple and chicken meat, I trust her opinion in general, but with diets I am not so sure, for one, it's not this doctor's specialization. I researched the diet on the internet and found it on some big sites like doc.ro or elle.ro (so far) I could try it, or parts of it but I am still thinking. And I remembered these classes on digital investigation and revisited the link. I found a class on "How Identify trustworthy sources on health topics and evaluate studies" and I am on it. I will let you know my progress. Did you follow any of these classes?

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Book: Lessons from from Madame Chic by Jennifer L. Scott

I bought this book, Lessons from from Madame Chic, 20 Stylish Secrets I learned while living in Paris by Jennifer L. Scott, as a present for a friend who's in need of a stylist for her wardrobe. I love fashion but I am not very good at giving fashion advice from the phone, my friend lives in another city, so I thought a book might help her, as a first step. I bought it from amazon.de second hand, as it was in good condition and at a better price. I have made a rule for myself to not give book presents (anymore) that I haven't read and liked, so I read this book too. I think I am going to buy another copy for myself. I ended up buying the Romanian translated version for my friend, I didn't like the cover though, so I replicated the English cover for my friend's book.

How I found it? Googled "fashion books" and I found this article on Fine Society about books in fashion and style and out of the list, this book(and others) looked interesting and so I decided to buy it/ them.

I absolutely loved this book, it is filled with good advices and written in a lovely manner. It is very easy to read and catches your attention so that you won't let it out of your hands until it's finished. I even started to follow the author, Jennifer L. Scott on YouTube. I find her to be an elegant lady with style, grace and giving sound advice on many subjects. I recently bought from amazon.de (the price was comparable with elefant.ro but I bought other English books so the price was better on amazon) her third book from the series, At home with Madame Chic + the book for children Connoisseur kids. I think I will have her complete collection. Can't wait to read them.

The author went to live for a summer with a French family as a foreign exchange student. She found herself fascinated by the woman of the house, who she calls Madame Chic, her style, her way of life, the way she took care of her family. 

PART 1: Diet and Exercise / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /   

Chapter 1: Snacking is so not chic. Accustomed to snacking Jennifer discovered it was not usual practice in Madame Chic house, the kitchen was closed except for the 3 main meals. The meals were consistent and needed no snacks but because she was used to it, she had a hard time at first getting used to this new rule. For her present life she recommends rare healthy snacks like fruits or yogurt. I have snacks too, I get a bit of hunger between meals and I eat some fruits, nuts or such, trying not to exceed 150 Kcal/ snack. She also recommends not eating on the go, to take your time and place for eating a peaceful meal. She considers how Madame Chic would look while doing that thing she wanted to do and then she doesn't proceed with it. Mindless snacking is not chic. 

Chapter 2: Deprive yourself not. Eating what you want but with moderation, not skipping meals and enjoying them in a beautiful presentation, delicious taste, quality time spent with family, choosing healthy homemade food and by giving full attention to your meals. 

Chapter 3: Exercise is a part of life, not a chore. Including exercises by walking daily to the local neighborhood grocery store and not driving there on a weekly basis. Walk up the stairs don't take the elevator. If you do sufficient exercises with chores and shopping trips it's no need to go to the gym. Don't be lazy, laziness is not chic. Develop a positive body image, focus on the good things about your body. 

PART 2: Style and Beauty / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /  

Chapter 4: Liberate Yourself with the Ten-Item Wardrobe The title is self-explanatory, the author, being in France had at disposition a smaller wardrobe and understood that she could manage using a smaller number of clothes. She recommends selecting your clothes, asking yourself for each item, "Do I still like this? Do I wear it? Does it still fit and flatter me? Does this article of clothing still reflect who I am?" She tried this 10 item wardrobe for a month to see how she liked it and then adapted this idea to her style.

Chapter 5: Find Your True Style Only wear those clothes that you love, that fit you well, flatter you, which have good effect on your mood and which reflect who you are. Define you style to help guide you when shopping.

Chapter 6: Perfect Le No-Makeup Look  Wear subtle make-up, for a natural look. Try something easy to put on and to maintain. Consult professionals whenever possible to pick the most flattering cosmetics for your skin.

Chapter 7: Take Care of Your Skin Drink plenty of water. Consult professionals.  Find the best products for your budget. Have a skin care routine. 

Chapter 8: Look Presentable Always Dress well on a daily basis, first impressions count even when you go to the grocery store. Don't save your best clothes for best occasions, wear them today. Choose a hairstyle that you can maintain easily and fits your style. 

Chapter 9: Practice the art of feminity Cultivate good posture, constantly check yourself. Explore the world of perfumes. Have well groomed and healthy nails and hair. 

PART 3: How to live well / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /  

Chapter 10: Always use the best things you have Use the best you have every day. Buy flowers and cook a special meal for special occasions. Maintain a clean and well organized home. Practice good habits even when alone. Buy the best you can afford, avoiding to live beyond your means.

Chapter 11: Live life as a formal affair. Better overdressed than underdressed. Listen to classical music. Write letters by hand. Create formal rituals and traditions for your family.

Chapter 12: Clutter is so not chic. Declutter step by step, area by area. Address each new item arrived in your home and place it at the appropriate place. Buy only what you need.

Chapter 13: Seek out the arts. Live a cultural fulfilling life. Play music as the soundtrack to your life. Go to local theater plays, movies, concerts. Bring the arts into your home along with your friends. Create art, play an instrument, paint, draw, write. 

Chapter 14: Cultivate an air of mistery. Never overshare. Speak when necessary. Silence is a good option. Have a few friends to share your life with, don't share it with strangers. Learn to receive compliments, don't downgrade your achievements out of modesty. 

Chapter 15: Practice the art of entertaining. Keep a sense of humor no matter how things go. Don't stress. Choose a nice music playlist. Simpler and recipes that worked well in the past are better than complicated new recipes. Put an effort into your and your house appearance.

Chapter 16: Reject de new materialism. Keep a list of things to buy and stick to it, no matter how convincing the sales persons are. Appreciate what you have. Wait a few days before a major purchase, do you still want it?

Chapter 17: Cultivate your mind. Read, listen to music and audiobooks, travel, take courses.

Chapter 18: Find Simple Pleasures

Chapter 19: Value quality above all

Chapter 20: Live a passionate life

[Course] [MasterClass] Karla Welch - Building and Owning Your Personal Style

 

drawing by me

Masterclass.com had a yearly Labour Day 50% percent promotion on 2 September, and I enrolled, I paid 300 RON for a year of access to all classes, quite a deal. The first class I followed is Wellness - Gut Health, which was interesting, I learned all about the microbiom living in our bodies and a few healthy recepies. The courses are not interactive and they don't impose homework.

The second was this class by Karla Welch - Building and Owning Your Personal Style.  8 classes - 1h 20 min total. 

She is a star stylist, for stars like Justin Beiber so the course includes styling experiences from working with stars.

What I fount relatable/ useful / interesting: 

Class #2 The power of what you wear - suitable clothes make you feel better about yourself so choose those wisely.

Class #3 Celebrity Styling Process - when finding the best dress for a client - usualy a well known celebrity - for a big event, she speaks with the major fashion houses and sees what clothes they propose (I don't know "speaking with the houses" sounded interesting)  then she sets up a "trying on" appointment and the client tries on the selected clothes. The best looks are called "the heros"(they are there to save the day lol) She likes that the looks she styles to create an emotion, to be on the extremes, or totally loved or totally missunderstood/ hated, the "fine looks" get the kiss of death from her. (that's a bit extreme, I am on the "fine" area, or "hopefully almost fine :P" because it is so hard to reach the "totally love zone")

Class #4 Becoming a Fashion Stylist - She cand come up with a styling solution in 20 minutes but that's because she has 20 years of experience. She had the help of very good assistants over the years in her fashion styling work, so she has some tips.

Class #6 How to find your personal style - get inspiration from everywhere, keep your antennas up and be on the lookout for inspiration, create moodboards, digital or real from cutouts from magazines. Take inspiration from your favourite stars, the street-fashion trends, magazines, fashion stores, wherever. Copy the styles that you like, experiment, take risks.

- go thrifting for clothes, follow promotions and buy clothes at the best prices

- make a capsule wardrobe of 8-10 pieces  

If I rewatch the course, and there are chances, maybe I will add more info. Anyway, it was a good watch, if you don't have time, watch only classes 2,3,4,6, maybe 7 too, if you are into celebrity styling the rest too. 

Ah, there is a file to download and this pdf has more precious info. I am reading it now.

Till 8th September 2024 I have a 14 days free access pass for masterclass.com, if you are interested write me at urbnstyle@gmail.com. All the best! Kisses!

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