About Maarten

Maarten Brand is a 34-yo historian from Haarlem, the Netherlands. After finishing a bachelor in Human Resource Management and working in the Human Resources field for a few years, he has decided to follow his real passion: History. In October 2010 he became a master of Military History at the University of Amsterdam. His thesis emphasizes the importance of social media from soldiers in a warzone as a positive development for Defence Organisations.

Supported by positive responses he recieved from professionals in the field -amongst them wellknown historians such as Christ Klep and Herman Amersfoort-, he is now doing what he loves most in his spare time: analysing and commenting on the growing influence of social media on our daily lives. One of the outlets for this urge to share his ideas is starting this blog.

In his daily life Maarten works as a consultant for GOC, the most important knowledge centre for the dutch creative industry when it comes to human resource development.

The primary goal of this blog is simple and modest: To share my views, some well thought through, others just thinking by writing, on the influence of social media on the distribution of information. Since i work in the creative industry this blog is a mix of news from the trenches on developments in the field and more indepth pieces about the effects it has on both the civilian and the military world.

Next to that, be sure to follow Maartens Twitteraccount, all things interesting about social media and the effect social media has on traditional powerstructures i find on the net are shared here.

Want to know more about Maarten Brand and his dark past in schools, universities and companies? Check him out at Linkedin. Even better, add him to your network!  -Its in Dutch-

Postings will be both in Dutch and in English.

Note on comments:
If you agree with me,fantastic! Drop me a line! Iif you do’nt agree with me,not fantastic, but drop me a line as well, i’m very interested in your view on things.

One request: use arguments please, not the traditional ad-hominem rhetoric i find on a regular basis in comments all around the web.If you still feel the urgent need to empty your underbelly in my commentssection, than thats your choice. We are all free to do what we want. Just dont expect a response.