Great Book Website: No one belongs here more than you
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Sebastian
Miranda July has a new book out, No One Belongs Here More Than You. And she has two great websites to go along with it. Check out the first one. Visually compelling and easy navigation. What more can you ask for. Technorati Tags: mirandajuly
Reading David Weinberger is fun
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Sebastian
(Listening/watching is too, by the way) After Cluetrain and Small pieces I tried My 100 Million Dollar Secret. And I recommend it, in my video podcast – just in case you didn’t know that. Technorati Tags: davidweinberger, my100milliondollarsecret, reading, book, review, podcast
emoticons and blink
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Sebastian
I finally finished blink last week and can’t help but look at the Skype emoticons with awe. A long section of blink deals with research in facial expressions lead by Silvan Tomkins and Paul Ekman. Turns out there are 43 different facial muscle movements, if you combine up to five you come up with a […]
People's History of the United States finally available in German
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Sebastian
Anybody who has seen Good Will Hunting has heard of this book (or, you live in the US and have heard about it hopefully in your histor classes). Well, it is a great history book and finally available in German language through Schwarzerfreitag publishing. Check it out, it is a great book. (Will there be […]
Small pieces and a big picture
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Sebastian
I finished reading David Weinberger’s small pieces loosely joined and can only recommend it. In times where the Web seems to be heralded as everything or done away with as nothing, depending on the weather, I found it highly focussing in a healthy way. On the one hand there is so much information to be […]
Recommended Reading
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Sebastian
Proudly I recommend this book to you: "Zum Verhältnis von Religion und Politik im Nahostkonflikt" It is concerned with the relationship between religion and politics in the Middle East conflict and – drum roll – has been co-edited by my wife. You can download abstracts in English here. A more detailed account of her recent […]