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		<title>&#8220;It&#8217;s all changing so fast today!?&#8221; Bullshit!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[oh boy, i can hardly tell how much am i annoyed by this unknowing, uninspired, boring minds which walk around me sometimes and are thrillingly giving me their first hand reports of the insights they think they gather at the fast and vivid edge of the dazzling world of the internet and its hyperspeeded and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 340px; height: 396px;" src="http://www.sofasportler.de/dirk.blog/wp-content/the-answer-maschine.jpg" name="image280" alt="a1.jpg" id="image280" />oh boy, i can hardly tell how much am i annoyed by this unknowing, uninspired, boring minds which walk around me sometimes and are thrillingly giving me their first hand reports of the insights they think they gather at the fast and vivid edge of the dazzling world of the internet and its hyperspeeded and -connected&nbsp; communities. no links here! <span style="font-style: italic;">you</span> know, twitter and friends. <br /><br />and now, to the left(or above), you see, &#8220;The Answer Machine&#8221;, published in 1964(my birthyear by the while), on paper i guess. What is it? It is describing <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=who+invented+the+phonograph&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;client=firefox-a">Google</a>(link! try it!)<br /><br />pause&#8230;<br /><br />it took a fu&#8230;.g 40+ years to build it. that was fast man, yep, see me gasping. and now? what&#8217;s next? The original <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series">star trek aired in 1966</a>, which means there are a couple of things to come yet. <br /><br />please read <a href="Google%20as%20predicted%20in%201964">&#8220;Google as predicted in 1964&#8243;</a> for the full story where <a href="http://web-owls.com/2007/06/25/google-as-predicted-in-1964/">Web Owls</a> combined the <a href="http://paleo-future.blogspot.com/">sources</a> to match google with its vision.<br /><br />and then, please, go back keep going to build the stuff which is already there according to some.<br /><br />oh, and one more thing. What a relief <a href="http://prodev.idemdia.com/">to work with whom im working with</a> and that i could put an end to consulting with the clients which where so&#8230;, hmm, to harsh a word to say here, but you know.<br /><br />Technorati Tags: <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/internet" rel="tag">internet</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/history" rel="tag">history</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/startrek" rel="tag">startrek</a></p>
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		<title>LASER Tagging</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[military laser guidance technic in the hands of urban rebels makes for a super cool new way of tagging tall buildings with laser pointers. Graffitiresearch from rotterdam is putting high tech in the hands of &#8220;writers, protesters, artists and the citizens of Rotterdam&#8221;. go see the movie!Technorati Tags: laser, graffiti, tagging, media, art, guerilla, marketing]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>military laser guidance technic in the hands of urban rebels makes for a super cool new way of tagging tall buildings with laser pointers. <a href="http://graffitiresearchlab.com">Graffitiresearch</a> from rotterdam is putting high tech in the hands of <span style="font-style: italic;">&#8220;writers, protesters, artists and the citizens of Rotterdam&#8221;</span>. <br /><br /><a href="http://graffitiresearchlab.com/?p=68http://graffitiresearchlab.com/?page_id=76#video"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/401826396_e069effe5d.jpg?v=0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://graffitiresearchlab.com/?page_id=76#video">go see the movie</a>!<br /><br /><br />Technorati Tags: <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/laser" rel="tag">laser</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/graffiti" rel="tag">graffiti</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/tagging" rel="tag">tagging</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/media" rel="tag">media</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/art" rel="tag">art</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/guerilla" rel="tag">guerilla</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/marketing" rel="tag">marketing</a></p>
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		<title>Falsches Spiel mit echtem Geld im SecondLife</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ich mag Zahlen und es freut mich immer auf Leute zu stossen die vernünftig damit um gehen können. In &#8220;The Linden dollar Game&#8221; weist Randolph Harrison die unseriöse Grundlage der SecondLife Ökonomie nach. Mit der ganzen Kühle des anlytischen Arguments erklärt er warum SecondLife keine Ökonomie sondern ein HYIP Schema ist, in Deutschland besser bekannt [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ich mag Zahlen und es freut mich immer auf Leute zu stossen die vernünftig damit um gehen können. In <a href="http://randolfe.typepad.com/randolfe/2007/02/intersecting_tr.html">&#8220;The Linden dollar Game&#8221;</a> weist <a href="http://randolfe.typepad.com/about.html">Randolph Harrison</a> die unseriöse Grundlage der <a href="http://secondlife.com">SecondLife</a> Ökonomie nach. Mit der ganzen Kühle des anlytischen Arguments erklärt er warum SecondLife keine Ökonomie sondern ein <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyip">HYIP</a> Schema ist,  in Deutschland besser bekannt unter dem Namen <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_scheme">Piloten- oder Pyramidenspiel</a>. Solch provokanten Thesen verhallen natürlich <a href="http://valleywag.com/tech/second-life/virtual-worlds-supposed-economy-is-a-pyramid-scheme-230813.php">nicht</a> <a href="http://valleywag.com/tech/second-life/second-life-headed-for-currency-collapse-238391.php">ungehört</a> <a href="http://technorati.com/search/harrison+secondlife">in der</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogosphere">Blogsphere</a>.</p>

<p><a target="_new" href="http://randolfe.typepad.com/randolfe/WindowsLiveWriter/IntersectingTrilateralSidesonaPolyagonal_C001/LdollarDemandTrends9_5.jpg"><img width="240" height="194" border="0" style="border-width: 0px; padding: 0pt 0.5em 0.5em 0pt; float: left" src="http://randolfe.typepad.com/randolfe/WindowsLiveWriter/IntersectingTrilateralSidesonaPolyagonal_C001/LdollarDemandTrends_thumb7_5.jpg" /></a>Und dann hat er auch noch so schöne Charts. Die mag ich ja fast noch lieber als nackte Zahlen. Entscheidet selbst, schon ohne jedwede weitere Information zu dem Chart auf der linken Seite wird doch sofort ersichtlich, dass dort wohl irgentwas auseinander läuft. Anspruch und Realität, Traum und Wirklichkeit. Die <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartanalyse">technische Analyse der Börsenkurse</a> erscheint mir im allgemeinen nur wenig vertrauensbildender als das betrachten der <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanenz">Permanenzen</a> beim Roulette. In diesem Fall allerdings machen ein paar technische Betrachtungen durchaus Sinn.</p>

<p>Es gibt viele Dinge die man aktuell zu SL sagen könnte, aber das erscheint mir müssig. Das wird sich schon von alleine klären und mir gefiehlen eben die schönen Infographiken.</p>

<p>Bermerkenswert ist vieleicht noch die Tatsache, dass laut <a href="http://valleywag.com/tech/second-life/second-life-headed-for-currency-collapse-238391.php">Valleywag</a> erst die &#8220;<span style="font-style: italic">Herrison</span> <span style="font-style: italic">was apperently forced to abandon his research&#8221;</span> Aktvitäten die Grund dafür waren das er motiviert wurde die SL Ökonomie nach allen Regeln der Zunft ausseinanderzunehmen. Ist ja auch eine Menge Arbeit. Deswegen auch hier noch ein paar charts:</p>

<p><a href="http://randolfe.typepad.com/randolfe/WindowsLiveWriter/IntersectingTrilateralSidesonaPolyagonal_C001/changeinhoursperplayer_3.jpg"><img width="240" height="135" border="0" style="border: 0px none ; float: left" src="http://randolfe.typepad.com/randolfe/WindowsLiveWriter/IntersectingTrilateralSidesonaPolyagonal_C001/changeinhoursperplayer_thumb%5B1%5D_3.jpg" />Take note of the consistent decline in hours per total unique player, barely breaking even from mid 2005 until only last month (January 2007) in an amazing reversal.  Historical trends predict future months will return to hours per unique player declines.</a></p>

<p><a href="http://randolfe.typepad.com/randolfe/WindowsLiveWriter/IntersectingTrilateralSidesonaPolyagonal_C001/poplgrowthratepredict6_5.jpg"><img width="240" height="117" border="0" align="right" style="border-width: 0px" src="http://randolfe.typepad.com/randolfe/WindowsLiveWriter/IntersectingTrilateralSidesonaPolyagonal_C001/poplgrowthratepredict_thumb4_5.jpg" /></a><strong style="font-style: italic">Growth, Growth, Growth</strong><br style="font-style: italic" /><span style="font-style: italic">Linden has boasted unbelievable growth numbers, even proudly displaying them on their Second Life home page.  In fact, </span><a target="_blank" style="font-style: italic" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Shirky">Clay Shirky</a><span style="font-style: italic"> didn&#8217;t believe the numbers, and challenged them in myriad forums (earning him fierce sometimes slanderous attacks from the Second Life faithful).</span></p>

<p><span style="font-weight: bold">Don&#8217;t mess with the Blogosphere!</span> möchte man da doch raten (<a href="http://gapingvoid.com">learn more</a>).</p>

<p>SecondLife ist also ein Pilotenspiel, <span style="font-style: italic">&#8216;so what?&#8217; </span>Mich jedenfalls stört das nicht. Genausewenig wie ich Geld in Pyramidenspiele stecke werde ich meine Geld im SL verlieren. Virtuall Reality gibt es ja nun schon recht lange, aber nie hat es so richtig gezündet. Diesmal bin ich der Meinung, 3D ist gekommen ist um zu bleiben. Der Hype wird verschwinden, vieleicht auch LindenLabs und SL, aber das 3D Bewusstsein scheint mir endgültig angekommen zu sein.</p>

<p>more to come</p>

<p>Technorati Tags: <a rel="tag" class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/secondlife">secondlife</a>, <a rel="tag" class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/marketing">marketing</a>, <a rel="tag" class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/blogosphere">blogosphere</a>, <a rel="tag" class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/economy">economy</a></p>
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		<title>my (old) laptop got stolen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the one i used before this macbook. R51 IBM Thinkpad with 2GB Ram, gentoo installed and a &#8220;ususal suspect&#8221; 21C3 sticker on back of the screen. not nice. i would not mind a miracle to bring it back. It was up and running and connected to the network when it got stolen on friday, 16. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the one i used before this macbook. R51 IBM Thinkpad with 2GB Ram, gentoo installed and a <a href="http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/">&#8220;ususal suspect&#8221; 21C3</a> sticker on back of the screen. not nice. i would not mind a miracle to bring it back. It was up and running and connected to the network when it got stolen on friday, 16. feb 07. <br /></p>
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		<title>May the revolution begin: Joost Mac OSX beta released</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 16:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When i blogged last year about Joost the iptv project formerly know as &#8220;The Venice Project&#8221;, Falko rightfully commented the contradiction of a revolution not beeing started from a Mac. So, here they are: Joost Mac OSX Beta released. After a 30MBytes download you drop it on your disk and start right away. It just [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When <a href="http://www.sofasportler.de/dirk.blog/2006/12/19/welcome-to-the-venice-project/">i blogged last year about Joost the iptv project formerly know as &#8220;The Venice Project&#8221;</a>, Falko rightfully commented the contradiction of a revolution not beeing started from a Mac. <br /><br />So, here they are: <a href="http://www.joost.com/blog/2007/02/joost-beta-for-mac-intel-is-here%21.html">Joost Mac OSX Beta released</a>. After a 30MBytes download you drop it on your disk and start right away. It just plain f&#8230;ing works, &#8220;&#8230;behaving very much like a Mac application&#8221; like they promise with the release notes. <br /><br />You get full screen video with ok quality, transparent control overlays and widgets. It is beta&nbsp; a and you can see. The font rendering is not perfect and the app crashed on exit, but that is not something holding you back from using it and is honestly mentioned in the release notes. The content seems to be limited though and the widgets just cover the bare basics: video rating, chat, IM(jabber/gmail) and a clock(sounds like hours of fun). They must open up on the widgets(are they already? Don&#8217;t know) and improve contentwise, but that seems feasible to me. <br /><br />A cute little detail in the end. When switching off you got to see the video collapsing and see a dimishing white little spot like from the cathode ray tubes. Only a little gfx coder gimmick or might it be a little wink toward collapsing <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">Tubes</a>?<br /><br />Before you ask, while Joost seems to be open now, the Mac OSX still needs your beta registration, and i don&#8217;t have invitation codes left. <br /><br />have fun&nbsp; <br /><br />Technorati Tags: <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/iptv" rel="tag">iptv</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/joost" rel="tag">joost</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/the-venice-project" rel="tag">the-venice-project</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/mac" rel="tag">mac</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/osx" rel="tag">osx</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/beta" rel="tag">beta</a></p>
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		<title>The future is complex</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know, Prediction is very difficult, especially if it&#8217;s about the future.&#8211;Nils Bohr, Nobel laureate in Physics agreed, but one thing is certain: it becomes way more complex than it used to be.I recently just skimmed this 2007 Web Predictions and by quickly counting every major trend they identified in their post i figured out [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know, <br /></p>

<blockquote>Prediction is very difficult, especially if it&#8217;s about the future.<br />&#8211;Nils Bohr, Nobel laureate in Physics</blockquote>

<p><br />agreed, but one thing is certain: it becomes way more complex than it used to be.<br /><br />I recently just skimmed this <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/2007_web_predictions.php">2007 Web Predictions</a> and by quickly counting every major trend they identified in their post i figured out that I can&#8217;t keep up with the progress any more. I can dive into any given topic deep enough to cope with it, but not more all of them at once. Personally I&#8217;m unable to&nbsp; accumulate information that fast anymore, and maybe it&nbsp; is also impossible for a company. You can always hire people, but besides the difficulty of getting the right ones, you start loosing focus. Beeing <span style="font-style: italic;">&#8220;a jack in all trades, master in none&#8221;</span> is no viable solution. <br /><br />I recognize the pattern though. In the beginning, when i got started with the messy world of computers, i could keep up to date with all and every topic. Heck, there was only one (offline) magazine! &#8220;Byte&#8221;, and much later than came, <a href="http://heise.de/">heise C&#8217;t</a> for the german market.<br /><br />After just&nbsp; a decade down the road, the web came and and funny enough, the <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/19961019152337/http://byte.com/">earliest online reference of Bye magazine covers 3D graphics for everyone</a>. That was in &#8217;96 and now 10 years later i come back doing stuff with SecondLife. History is repeating itself? Or is it just me running around in circles? <br /><br />have fun<br /><br /><br />Technorati Tags: <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/market" rel="tag">market</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/trends" rel="tag">trends</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/predictions" rel="tag">predictions</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/future" rel="tag">future</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/secondlife" rel="tag">secondlife</a></p>
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		<title>On top of (second) life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a kind of talking-to-myself action i dated my companies avatar in the romantic scenery setting of a sundown on Ideas Island(not yet open to the public). Its him(AyDee Kubrick) sitting on top me. My face is streamed live from my macbook, it is not a still image. It still surprises me actually when these [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixpack-shots/385389742/"><img style="margin: 0pt 1em 0.5em 0pt; float: left;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/169/385389742_1691f68c59_m.jpg" alt="" height="240" width="150" /></a>In a kind of talking-to-myself action i dated my companies avatar in the romantic scenery setting of a sundown on <span style="font-style: italic;">Ideas Island</span>(not yet open to the public). Its him(<span style="font-style: italic;">AyDee Kubrick</span>) sitting on top me. My face is streamed live from my macbook, it is not a still image. It still surprises me actually when these things do work like advertised. This is all about testing the live streaming setup which we want to apply on the island. And  i can tell you, there are lurking surprises all the way. With the real stream setup(streaming me is not the plan:-) i have a mysterious lag&nbsp; between voice and image for example. It is not about lip sync, it is something like 1-2 minutes! I have no idea yet where the image stream gets delayed for such long. A couple of seconds i could understand, but a whole minute? The other still unsolved mystery to me is how to setup the darwin streaming server for serving incoming RTSP request on port 80. The manuals say where and how to enable it, but the server fails to comply to my commands. A nice little catch22 you get: The&nbsp; server fails serving port 80 without root permissions but when you give it root permission it fails to run at all due to missing configurations. Googl&#8217;ing this you get tons of stupid forum post about rebooting your mac to make it work and similar smart proposals.  We got it working now with IP tables. <br /></p>

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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixpack-shots/385389691/"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.5em 1em; float: right;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/385389691_3983298a57_m.jpg" alt="" height="185" width="240" /></a>Now that our island emerged from the deep waters of californian virtuallity we are just a couple of days away from opening our space there. I hope for&nbsp; a&nbsp; lekker housewarming party next week. creating tomorrow and stay tuned!&nbsp; </p>

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		<title>Sofameilen!!!???</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>crux</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Belohn´ Dich beim Fernsehen&#8230; mit Sofameilen, dem ersten TV-Bonussystem das laufend während des Fernsehens gesammelt werden kann. Beantworten sie Fragen während sie fernsehen auf dem Display der Betty-Fernbedienung und erhöhen sie ständig ihren Kontostand. arerrgh, das kann ich aus verstaendlichen gruenden natuerlich nicht unerwaehnt lassen. Ich habe schon lange aufgehoert mich ueber diese leute vom [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><a href="http://www.betty-tv.de/de/betty/miles/miles.php"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Belohn´ Dich beim Fernsehen</span></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>&#8230; mit <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sofameilen</span>, dem ersten TV-Bonussystem das laufend während des Fernsehens gesammelt werden kann. Beantworten sie Fragen während sie fernsehen auf dem Display der Betty-Fernbedienung und erhöhen sie ständig ihren Kontostand.</blockquote>

<p><br />arerrgh, das kann ich aus verstaendlichen gruenden natuerlich nicht unerwaehnt lassen. Ich habe schon lange aufgehoert mich ueber diese leute vom fernsehn zu wundern.&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Die Welt ist eine Labyrinth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>crux</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[und kann die Kunst uns retten? Wie hohl und leer das ordinäre marketing treiben im weinberg der brand builder manchmal ist zeigt uns Alexis Lloyd mit seinem AD GENERATOR. Generativ verknüpft er unsere geflickrte welt mit der Prosa der WErbetreibenden um in einem endlosen strom neue konsumbotschaften fuer uns zuerzeugen. Gentlemen(and ladies likewise), please start [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.cogandsprocket.com/adgen/adgen.html"><img style="float: right;" src="http://www.theadgenerator.org/images/adgen_sm.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />und kann die Kunst uns retten? Wie hohl und leer das ordinäre marketing treiben im weinberg der <span style="font-style: italic;">brand builder</span> manchmal ist zeigt uns <a href="http://www.alexislloyd.com/">Alexis Lloyd</a> mit seinem <a href="http://www.theadgenerator.org/">AD GENERATOR.</a> Generativ verknüpft er unsere <a href="http://www.flickr.com/">geflickrte</a> welt mit der Prosa der WErbetreibenden um in einem endlosen strom neue konsumbotschaften fuer uns zu<br />erzeugen. Gentlemen(and ladies likewise), please <a href="http://www.cogandsprocket.com/adgen/adgen.html">start you very personal ad generator</a>. <br /><br /><br />Technorati Tags: <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/art" rel="tag">art</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/generator" rel="tag">generator</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/marketing" rel="tag">marketing</a></p>
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		<title>Stupid devices: The Blackberry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>crux</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh yeah, i also became one of those blackberry users. It is a really good on-the-go traveling email device. When last year i was wasting days and days on airports while traveling back and forth to lots of meetings the blackberry gave me back some productivity. Because of the blackberry i could spend the precious [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh yeah, i also became one of those blackberry users. It is a really good on-the-go traveling email device. When last year i was wasting days and days on airports while traveling back and forth to lots of meetings the blackberry gave me back some productivity. Because of the blackberry i could spend the precious time at my desk with getting real things done instead of wading through dozens of mails. <br /><br />But, the blackberry is a phone, and an organizer, and therefore contains all kinds of smartphone application. And there is an alarm-clock wake-up application you might think. No, it is not. It is an annoyance. First, the meeting calendar can&#8217;t be used for wake up because it only pops up a little reminder windows and makes a mellow &#8216;ping&#8217;. Not for me to wake up from. And then there is the Alarm clock. Easily to define your wake up time with the thumbweel and you set you daily alarm. Yep, thats right, a daily alarm, every day. There is no option of only setting up a single alarm for the next morning but only a daily alarm for all days to come. This works perfect for getting you out of the bed the next day. I am kind of sleepy then and normally don&#8217;t like to bother to unconfigure the alarm clock.&nbsp; And&nbsp; usually i forget that also for the rest of the day. And this it what kicks me out of bed the day after. The forgotten alarm clock remembers its daily duties and kicks in on 6:45 saturday morning. I don&#8217;t like having electronics next to my bed and so i can&#8217;t even switch it off from there. stupid device, great email road warrior though.<br /><br />good morning<br /><br /><br />Technorati Tags: <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/stupid" rel="tag">stupid</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/blackberry" rel="tag">blackberry</a>, <a class="performancingtags" href="http://technorati.com/tag/usecase" rel="tag">usecase</a></p>
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