Junior Water Price
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Sebastian
Update from the World Water Week. Yesterday, the Junior Water Price was awarded and for the second time in three years, a South African team won the award. In yesterday’s ceremony, HRH Crown Princess Victoria presented three high-school students with the award which includes $ 5.000 and a sculpture. I wonder why the exhibition of […]
autobild.de is podcasting
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Sebastian
Autobild, German automobile magazine is podcasting. Very nice production value, not just articles read to you like other papers are doing. It appears as if there are several categories which might be covered every week, the host has a good strong voice and they have spiced up the topics with interview partners. The first show […]
Google Talks – but not with Apple
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Sebastian
Google Talk was launched. I would love to try it out. I have become a proud geek and early adopter of communication tools, as are many Apple users. How come we are always very often left out when it comes to new products, esp. by Google? Google Earth is great? I wouldn’t know, doesn’t run […]
World Water Week in Stockholm
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Sebastian
I am accompanying my wife to World Water Week in Stockholm this week. Seven days of conferences and workshops for her, a week away from usual surroundings for me. Yesterday the City of Stockholm requested our presence for a reception in City Hall, an inspiring building until I learned it was built only in 1923. […]
Blog study by DB research
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Sebastian
From Deutsche Bank Research comes a study/white paper about blogs (via Haltungsturnen). Surprising source, and I agree with Wolfgang that it is mostly good. (apart from the annoying usage of the wrong article) In a concise way, blogs and especially corporate blogs are explained with pros and cons. I disagree though with this argument: Grundsätzlich […]
Flickr-based smartmobbing: The Ministry of Reshelving
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Sebastian
Via Howard Rheingold’s Smart Mobs site comes this very original flickr-based smart mob, ‘invented’ by Jane McGonigal. How to Serve the Ministry of Reshelving %u2013 dedicated to the proper classification of fiction and nonfiction texts 1. Select a local bookstore to carry out your reshelving activities. 2. Download and print “This book has been relocated […]