Missed opportunities
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Sebastian
I remember writing about walking barefeet in April, and being hungry. Six months later I am looking back, and wondering why I have not cooked more myself… We as a family and as induviduals had a lot on our plates, but with the freshness of moving in OUR new home six days ago, it suddenly […]
How to do business in today’s times
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Sebastian
Focus on product and customer service. Focus on customer service and product. IKEA makes easy to set-up, take-away furniture. And improves constantly, up to the point where they now have small black thingies that help you put in the nails so that you don’t hit your fingers. Shopping at IKEA last night I spotted a […]
Vaters Sohn
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Sebastian
Ich weiß, ich weiß. Was nimmt der Idiot ein Video davon auf, wie er eine Schublade zusammenbaut. Dabei ist das ganze eine Ode an den Verpackungsdesigner genauso wie den Ingenieur, der das Konzept entworfen hat. Nach der zweiten Schublade war klar, hier passt die Verpackung zum Aufbau, auch wenn ich dabei die Reihenfolge aus der […]
Concert review: Pain of Salvation, Support Beardfish, 10/15/10 Hamburg
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Sebastian
This was a concert I had been looking for a lot, since Pain of Salvation (PoS) is one of my favorite bands. Summary: Beardfish started on time, with a couple of great tunes amd bass player was the unsong hero. As soon as he bandleader switched from keyboards to guitar, the songs suffered. PoS played […]
Protest aus gutem Grund
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Sebastian
Nico schrub heute morgen, dass sich Protest in der Art und Weise sowie in den Gründen (das wogegen protestiert wird) geändert hat. Auch die Kommentare lesen! Ich finde, die gefühlten Veränderungen sind absolut nachvollziehbar, wenn ich mir die Arbeit in Berlin (aka der Politiker) so angucke.
Gladwell, Weinberger, Sorkin, Lessig, Social Network: A critique of two critiques
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Sebastian
Phew, here we go. I know both articles I am going to talk about are a week old, but I’ll take Josh Lyman’s advice and try to reignite the news cycle. Well, last week I found myself disagreeing with two of my “heroes”, Malcolm Gladwell and Lawrence Lessig. Here’s why: First, Gladwell’s article “Small Change” […]