Preview 2010: The Reading
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Sebastian
I just updated my Twitter background image to this years shelf. In other words from one pile (list) to a new pile. Sir Richard Branson – Business Stripped Bare (Kindle for iPhone) David Foster Wallace – Infinite Jest Paul Auster – Invisible PLI/Abby Marks Beale – 10 Days to faster Reading David Baldacci – Simple Genius […]
Review 2009, Part 3: Unanswered Questions
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Sebastian
Why can’t our 1000$ coffee maker at work not say “I’m gonna need more water” before starting the attempt with not enough water? Why is the number of apps to update on the iPhone always higher than in iTunes on my desktop, shouldn’t both devices get the same info? Why does Amazon Partnernet still send […]
About asking
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Sebastian
Listening to This Week in Startups #26 with Matt Mullenweg Jason explained a small idea culturally, with the insight coming from observations in Asia. One could always search Google for the answer to a question. But it is much more social to ask friends/the community, sometimes even when you the answer sort of. I would […]
3 big news items: Amazon emails, Twitter firehose, Amazon On Demand
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Sebastian
1: Amazon Germany is now connected to DHL. When DHL transmits the information that a parcel couldn’t be delivered and is back at the station, the recipient is informed per email as well. 2: Twitter opens the ‘firehose’ to everybody (at some point early 2010). This will be huge in a way I can’t predict […]
Hacking yourself with music
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Sebastian
(This could also be in my posterous blog, mmh. Maybe I’ll cross-post…) Listening to music as a pick-me-upper is nothing new. I can remember doing this for example prior to taking my driver’s license exam, blasting “Feeling Alright” from the Heights soundtrack and certainly some Lynch Mob which I was into big back then. So […]
A day to remember: SixthSense and Square
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Sebastian
I don’t know but the little boy in me feels pretty psyched today thanks to two most innovative videos I saw today: Pranav Mistry’s presentation at TED India paints a picture of today that I thought was years away from a “consumer-friendly pricing”. Apparently not. And mind-blowing applications. I urge you, watch this and take […]