Archive for the ‘Out of Focus’ Category
Friday, February 20th, 2009
1. Thou shalt not get sucked in by others to disclose too much private information.
2. Thou shalt have at least one face-to-face and one phone conversation per week.
3. Thou shalt not use performance-enhancing drugs (alcohol, Viagra, pot, etc.) before engaging with others online.
4. Thou shalt limit the number of social ...
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
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Yesterday, I lost an entire blog post that was finished and ready to go. The fault was mine completely. No one else is to blame. Blaming someone else is rarely an option since I switched to a Mac ;-)
I usually type in TextEdit, the basic ...
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
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Blogs and micro-blogs have greatly enhanced my communication: I can reach out, I can share, comment, learn etc.
Here is what they can't do:
They will not replace papers and magazines as my #1 resource of information.
Why?
Comparing a leading paper and news blog might ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
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Twitter could use a little makeover. The objective of this post is to initiate a discussion and come up with a list of suggestions for Twitter on how to improve. I met Twitter co-founder Biz Stone personally. He appeared to be very humble and is ...
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
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President Obama called on Americans to confront “our collective failure to make hard choices.”
How does this apply to us?
This country could change quite fundamentally with the new administration. The President called the Americans to action. Many people that enthusiastically supported his ...
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
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Tomorrow we won't see those private jets landing in Washington again. No guys in expensive suits wearing beggar hats will get off. Instead the car manufacturers are driving their Hybrids into Washington to set a signal.
Banks screwed up over the last 15-20 ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
I made a shortlist of some international leaders that won’t be allowed to vote. But I have their endorsements for you;-)
Nicolas Sarkozy – President, France
McCain – Sarkozy would be terrified to bring his wife Carla Bruni to the states when the President looks way better and is way more charming ...
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
I like when people get it right. So did Tim O'Reilly at the WEB 2.0 EXPO BERLIN today (surprise, surprise;-)
He stated that all the web-clones are unnecessary - How many Twitter copies do we have now? He also told everyone to stop looking for the quick buck - these days ...
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
I had the great pleasure to meet Biz Stone, Co-founder of Twitter at the Aloha Summit in Boulder earlier this week.
He spoke a bit about the reasons for Twitter:
In 2006 phone companies would allow SMS to go from one network to another. That's when the idea of Twitter become something ...
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Friday, September 26th, 2008
Ooops, we really didn't see that one coming.
Well, kind of:
This is just a little note to let you know that all our board members are fine. They sold enough stock before our entire little shack vanished.
As for our 50,000 employees:
We are glad to announce that the weekend is coming. ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
I won't go over all the great speeches and podium discussion at Blogworld 2008. 100's if not 1000's of other bloggers have covered this already via Twitter or in depth on their blogs.
I just want to sum up the things that stood out for me to make this a very ...
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Saturday, September 20th, 2008
Imagine a conference center that usually holds 100k + visitors - filled with nothing else but ~ 300 bloggers - many of them leading thinkers and influencers. That's what #1 of the Blogworld Expo 2008 looked like.
Of course bloggers are interested in growing their "tribe" or following and so a ...
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Today marks a special day on my calendar as I turned into an American Citizen.
I have arrived;-)
I visited this country the first time in 1983 and figured that this is where I will eventually end up. I don't want to bore you with the details and all the different Visa ...
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Guest Olympic Post From Rohit Bhargava
When I boarded my flight to Beijing, I didn't have a single ticket for any Olympic events and I wasn't worried. To understand why, I need to tell you about my best day during the Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000. I was living there ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
My name is Jacques Rogge. I just woke up from a long and bad nightmare. I just spent 7 years being totally delusional.
Wishful thinking ruled
We had an idea that awarding the games to Beijing would make a difference in the lives of one of the wonderful people of China. ...
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