Old Vine in new bottles or the one that will stick?
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Sebastian
Somewhere the makers of 12seconds, Cinemagram and lightt are either saying “damn, that’s our idea” or “we should have less features and easier UI” or “that’s basically exactly what we did”. They are scratching their heads about what they could have done better to achieve the seemingly overnight success Twitter-owned app Vine is now experiencing, […]
Glaskugel 2013, die Meta-Ausgabe
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Sebastian
Noch schreiben wir Januar, noch ist man gespannt, was das Jahr so bringen wird. Von Mitte Dezember bis Mitte Januar gab es die üblichen Versuche, vorauszuahnen, welche Firmen Erfolg haben werden, welche Trends unser Leben erreichen oder welche Produkte in diesem Jahr heißbegehrt sein werden. Ich habe die Links gesammelt, gesichtet und sowohl die Schnittmenge […]
Stuffle das mal – mobiler Flohmarkt anders
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Sebastian
Stuffle ist eine iPhone App aus Hamburg (bald auch Android) die es im letzten Jahr geschafft hat, einen Markt aufzubauen und zu eroberen. Und das obwohl die Mutter aller privaten Onlineverkäufe eBay 2012 ebenfalls eine sehr gute neue App released hat. Nach mittlerweile 8 Verkäufen und 2 Käufen vielleicht mal Zeit für ein kleines Fazit. […]
2013 preview: 3 words and other thoughts
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Sebastian
Well, I don’t think I had words for 2012 but in hindsight the key topics were music, family and work – I’ll explain briefly below. 2013 looks great so far and my three words are as follows (other people’s words: Mitch Joel, C.C. Chapman, Chris Brogan, Chris Penn, and if you look in the comments […]
2013 preview: Reading
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Sebastian
So the primary reading list for the upcoming year is finished and you can view it here. Last year was much the one before in terms of output (25) although I was a bit more strict on not finishing books I didn’t want to read further. As you can see I am starting the year […]
2012 in Review: Top 10 albums
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Sebastian
Lots of music last year. Not enough time to listen to everything yet. But here it goes (see 2011 here): Flying Colors – Flying Colors Van Halen – A different kind of truth Black Country Communion – Afterglow Paul Gilbert – Vibrato Steve Vai – The Story of Light Alicia Keys – Girl on Fire […]