August 2009
5 posts
First round up of the 00-er decade. Funny, scary, nicely written and some good observations. Read to the end. http://bit.ly/akdkA
Just watched “District 9”. What a great movie with an original idea, good story, good actors and nice effects. Sci-Fi at its best!
For everyone who still hasn’t ordered D.F. Wallace’s “Unendlicher Spaß / Infinite Jest” here is the review from FAZ: http://bit.ly/sYS2V
Barrett Garese, Scarcity, Experience, And A New... →
Another must-read article on the changes going on in entertainment industry today, what that implies for media companies on all mediums and what to do to be successful as a content creator or distributor.
Prepare Yourselves: Augmented Reality Hype on the... →
There’s really interesting stuff going on with augmented reality right now. Seems like with the growing distribution of mobile connected phones the time for this technology has come. Will be interesting to observe.
June 2009
13 posts
Germans mark August 24th in your calendars, that day Infinite Jest/Unendlicher Spaß by D.F. Wallace will be released! http://bit.ly/FbXsy
“Everything is so amazing and nobody is happy.” Very funny and true Conan O’Brian clip. Be amazed by technology. http://bit.ly/20rvrW
Ever notice when you blow in a dog’s face he gets mad at you, but when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window?bit.ly/10rTLI
Prevoious post a RT by @colinmarshall http://twitter.com/colinmarshall/status/1840914136
I’m astounded by how far one can get in life with by just (a) getting stuff done, (b) having a sense of humor and (c) being a non-asshole.
World War Z was a fun read. Like the concept of an oral history and am keen on seeing how it works on the big screen http://bit.ly/1FCnGi
Download Decade - 5 part series on iPod, Napster, mobile and how it changed music. (The Globe and Mail) http://bit.ly/HSj9U
Spielberg/HBOs new WWII mini-series The Pacific shows great promise. If its any good as Band of Brothers I’ll like it. http://bit.ly/S43cT
John Hodgman (PC-Guy) on a Radio hosts dinner talking about nerds, geeks and the president. Dead funny! http://bit.ly/19Q7z1
What great reporting on such an important topic. Cohen reporting from Teheran: http://bit.ly/uNbur
Early Apple Business Plan pre IPO 1984: http://www.computerhistory.org/highlights/earlyapple/
5 incredible underdog stories: especially liked the autistic boy- and surfer dude-story. Be sure to watch the TED-video. http://bit.ly/6DMgd
Eastbound & Down is one hell of a show, The New Yorker thinks so too (http://bit.ly/x46Db) Take your time to enjoy this, it’s woth it!
May 2009
38 posts
Very different opinions about Google Wave on the net, here one very positive by Jarvis regarding Wave’s impact on news: http://bit.ly/1844IQ
Google Wave definitely has some potential. After initial doubts i took the time to watch the demo and liked what i saw. http://bit.ly/TNZ5R
Back on my way home from Basel. Nice trip, beautiful city with lots of friendly people. Recomended!
Stuck on my way to Basel even before it began. Not in the train yet and already 1 hour late. Anyway, have an nice weekend everyone!
Siri: A Powerful Virtual Assistant For The iPhone. Looking foward to this, def. need an assistant :) http://tcrn.ch/2fR
RT @tweetmeme Eyeborg - Video Enabled Prosthetic Eye Fuels Privacy Debate. Check out Singularity Hub. Great site! http://tinyurl.com/de557m
Malik on why bandwidth will become more important than computing power, at least in the ever-connected mobile world. http://bit.ly/wyatF
Reading The Variant by John August: http://johnaugust.com/variant. Good sci-fi short via interesting distribution model. Check it out!
Fabulous piece: The importance of stupidity in scientific research http://bit.ly/cK9Ke (via @timoreilly). makes you want to go study again.
Watched first ep of “Lie to me” and think i liked it. Will hang on to it, much to learn about body language.
Scrubs renewed? Sure ‘d like that, but the setting doesn’t sound that promising. ‘ll give it a chance, but no high hopes http://bit.ly/oHpLa
Cringely points out GPS is in no danger and criticizes non-critical journalism on this topics. www.cringely.com/2009/05/waas-up/
How people succeed and how people think people succeed. Simple, great, short and true analysis. http://blog.b3k.us/success.html
Just finished Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Great read, enjoyed it all the way through and am keen on reading more of him.
Heading off home for some days family vacation. Good weather for Barbecue :)
With growing popularity of GPS, the system nears its boundaries and could break as early as next year. Galileo anyone? http://bit.ly/oF7MO
1&1 on Techcrunch with new website creating tool. Nice Buzz in US :) http://bit.ly/UK7UY
Listening to the new Green Day “21st Century Breakdown”: Simply lovin it! Viva la Gloria is great, title song as well. http://bit.ly/WOX28
Great cover design for some classic sci-fi books for a new series by Gollancz Books. http://bit.ly/Xy6x7
Here’s to the crazy ones. Qvery now and then you just need to watch this. Probably best ad ever made. Think different! http://bit.ly/UtiDP
Chrome gets add-ons. bitterly needed, wouldn’t use a browser without add-on support. still no rel. date for Chrome Mac. http://bit.ly/10QsQ5
Enjoying the pre-final gameday of the german Bundesliga. Two great soccer weeks ahead with CL, uefa cup, DFB and BuLi finals.
WolframAlpha is online. Delivers some good redults. Will use it next to Google, not instead of. Try it: http://bit.ly/D84IG
Pirated (e)books are in increased demand as readers like Kindle become more popular. music, movies, books, what next? http://bit.ly/15qVHL
Tasks after GMail now in GCal too, with due dates and all. Nice, ‘been waiting for this. http://bit.ly/14Jukz
Tried Chromium for Mac, but still too buggy though extremely fast. Keenly waiting for the final rel. Get mac alpha here http://bit.ly/yvuIb
With the release of KindleDX I’m starting to digg the promise of ebook readers. Possibly my next gadget,when rel. in Ger.http://bit.ly/ohC4Y
RSS is dead. Great post on a slightly sad topic.RSS paved the way, but real-time won.Full ACK, get my links from Twitter http://bit.ly/XFVUh
Cringely with an interesting oppinion on where (web)TV is headed in the middle-run. Hint: not where you’d have guessed. http://bit.ly/mTLcr
the hunt for gollum: a 40-minute HD film by fans for fans. created for 3000$. just incredible, enjoy. http://bit.ly/17WhoW
Wanna know why text messages (european: SMS) have a 160 character limit? Guess why Twitter has 140 character limit ;) http://bit.ly/mOY6A
Tarantino and his new muse, german actress Diane Kruger from Troy-fame, in the NYT on Cannes and Inglourious Basterds http://bit.ly/vdu94