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Friday, February 20th, 2009
Thou shalt not get sucked in by others to disclose too much private information
Thou shalt have at least one face to face and one phone conversation per week
Thou shalt not use performance enhancing drugs (alcohol, viagra, pot...) before engaging with others online
Thou shalt limit the number of their social ...
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
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Yesterday I lost an entire blog post that was finished and good to go. This one was entirely on me. No one else to blame. That option is pretty much gone since I switched to a Mac ;-)
Many times I just type in TextEdit, the ...
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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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