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” […]
Small recap
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Sebastian
Two nights ago I spent the night on the sofa again, courtesy of the almost one-year-old who is teething and needed company. We’ve been quite busy so I thought I’d give an update. Junior is now a fully established Kindergardener, proving it was high time he switched. These days he’s most often the mail man, […]
Speaking English Podcast #146 – if vs. whether
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Sebastian
Go to speakingenglishpodcast.com for the archive, here for the Facebook fan page, and/or sign up for the newsletter. On October 8th I will host a live episode, stay tuned.
Hintergrund: Wie es zu Angela Merkels Entscheidung pro Laufzeitenverlängerung kam…
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Sebastian
Jetzt erst aufgetaucht ist Videomaterial aus einer Überwachungskamera. Man sieht Frau Dr. Merkel bei den Vorbereitungen auf die Gespräche, bei denen der “Atomkompromiss” heraus kam. //Frau Merkel lässt sich inspirieren von Hermann Scheers Buch Energieautonomie, erschienen 2005, Seite 17/18. //Dies ist meine private Meinung und stellt nicht unbedingt die Meinung meiner Freunde, Verwandten, Arbeitgeber oder […]
Grumpy old bugger
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Sebastian
The last couple of weeks, ever since we got back from Scotland, have been of constant turmoil with birthdays, work, kids’ issues, work and trying to stay healthy. Most of that load wasn’t even shouldered by me to be honest. My self was rather busy trying to put resolutions, corrections and rebooting in line with […]
Vlog #24:Dyson DC29 test – wie funktioniert das eigentlich?
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Sebastian
(Bisher in dieser Reihe: Teil 1 – erster Eindruck, Teil 2 – kleine Kritikpunkte)