Yep — ColPop — that new invention of South Korean FastFood Company BBQ Chicken — will ease your daily schedule by at least 5 minutes, which is roughly an hour in Web 2.0 calender. Eat and drink almost simultaneously. via seriouseats.com
Killer App 2008: Sched.org
So here it is — the killer application for 2008: sched.org. Twitterati will love that scheduling / planning application since it has everything a cool and slim application should have. It is easy to use, totally variable and extremely intuitive. Try it out!
The Powerbock
That looks fun — but…should I try it, too?
Medien im Wandel — aber wer bekommt ihn mit?
Heute durfte ich einer Tagung beiwohnen, die ex post betrachtet deutlich von ihrem Austragungsort, dem Alten Rathaus in München, beeinflusst zu sein schien. Aber dazu später mehr. Nach einführenden Worten von Frau Jordan, Gattin des erkrankten Peter Jordan, dem Geschäftsführer des Medien-Netzwerks München, sowie Dr. Reinhard Wieczorek, Leiter Referat Arbeit und Wirtschaft der Stadt München, der uns darüber aufklärte, warum im wunderschönen Rathaussaal Wandplaketten von Mittel-Indien hängen, hielt Bernard Weber
February 29, 2008
Germans — upholders of moral standards
Deutsche Post’s Ex-CEO Klaus Zumwinkel has been picked up early in the morning by tax investigators — staged live with TV cams. In the following days Mr Zumwinkel’s tax evasion was the No 1 content in German media. He wasn’t alone — the BND — the German spies — has bought a CD with thousands of addresses of German clients of the LGT Bank in Liechtenstein, a tax haven. A deer-hunt followed. Peer
February 25, 2008
UGC Day at Schloss Hohenkammer
Guess who invited to today’s User Generated Content day at the picturesque Schloss Hohenkammer near Munich? It was KPMG — yes this KPMG. They even sent a corporate bus with about ten employees who apparently were happy with half a day off. Seven hours packed with interesting panels and high-profile speakers were worth it! First, Sven Gabor Janszky described a typical day in 2017, when we all will consume media in a totally different way
February 21, 2008
Is Print dead? Brockhaus stops printed edition.
Gutenberg was a great guy. He enabled billions of people to read what others had written. That was in in the 1450s. Today, on 13th of February 2008, publishing house Brockhaus announces the stop of their printed edition “The Brockhaus”. The reason: the supremacy of wikipedia online encyclopaedias does not allow the production of a printed edition any longer. Is that the historical event as it will be seen by many or
February 12, 2008
YiGG cooperates with politik.de
It is a very good match: YiGG will coöperate with politik.de, the biggest political platform in Germany. Users of both sites will experience numerous benefits surfing either the user generated news site YiGG.de consuming daily long-tail news or looking for the newest political event, interview or analysis on politik.de edited by political journalists. We’ll try hard to offer a the best combination of Web 2.0 and editorial analysis of worldwide politics seen
February 11, 2008
Cool Science: Walkalong Glider
This Walkalong glider is controlled by the air your body moves — but at first it looks just like magic! It was invented by Tyler MacCready, who was 10 years old at the time.