Status Quo
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Sebastian
Wenn ich morgens die Mails von Abe lese, dann kann ich zurzeit nachleben, wie wir vor genau einem Jahr Schlüsselübergabe, IKEA-Einkäufe und Tripps zwischen der alten und der neuen Wohnung gemacht haben.1 Kommende Woche werden wir umgezogen sein 😉 Beim Lesen kann ich mir klar machen, wie sehr sich das private Leben verbessert hat, in […]
Are Apple TV-related iTunes Store sales growing?
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Sebastian
Josh Lowensohn has five things to look for in tomorrow’s Apple earnings report. The question that peeks my curiosity is whether the recent pricing change in the TV series section of Apple TV-related sales in the Store is noticeable or not. Well, I guess for starters they would have to report that particular piece of […]
Verrückte Welt
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Sebastian
Mein Frau und ich hatten heute Vormittag Einiges zu koordinieren. Ihr ist das vielleicht nicht aufgefallen, aber der Verlauf ist es Wert, darüber zu sprechenschreiben. Es begann mit zwei Emails, dann zwei Twitter-DMs, eine Email, Ordner-Freigabe für die Dropbox, eine Email und ein Austausch auf What’s App. Was haben wir nur früher gemacht?
Weighing chips
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Sebastian
I am sitting in the ruin that is Newark International Airport, waiting to return to Hamburg, my wife and kids, work, well my life. I just took a week off, reconnecting with my past but in some way also my present. There won’t follow a detailed account of what I did or what I might […]
This Week in Startups – 180: The History Lesson
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Sebastian
Like Ken Auletta’s Googled gave the backstory on Bill Campbell and the Google part of early 2000s, these 80 minutes with Jason and Travis Kalanick give you all the backstory of Scour (p2p music, even before Napster), Red Swoosh with Marc Cuban and other internet history stories. Seriously, if you can’t wait for the Encyclopedia […]
Bank Simple: I’ve been waiting for this
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Sebastian
I just watched the demo for Bank Simple, the start-up that aims to reinvent the way we do personal banking. It is backed by prominent VCs, closely watched and got even more attention when Alex Payne left Twitter to join the Bank Simple team. I am no economics major, but what I have seen in […]