Year: 2009

Where are the business models for content?

News of dying newspapers and print magazines have been making the rounds. But also some well-established and respected blogs are closing, or struggling. Mlle A. of Handmade2.0 recently commented on a design blog’s call for donations: It’s not just print mags that face hardship. Meaning, blogs that started out with an unpaid version and that… Continue reading Where are the business models for content?

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Pirates and Poverty

Like in a Hollywood movie, a U.S. captain was freed from Somali pirates. I’ve been browsing the web, reading articles. Some observations: For one, I’m wondering how the navy seals managed to target the pirates. I thought the life boat was an enclosed boat, similar to the one shown here. Secondly, it seems that the… Continue reading Pirates and Poverty

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Calling Malawi from Switzerland

Online bookmark: Check Teltarif.ch for the cheapest telephone rate to Malawi. Yesterday I couldn’t remember the name of the cheapest Swiss “callthrough” provider… and googling for something like “Billiger telefonieren Malawi” just lists tonnes of German “call-by-call” sites. BTW, Swisscom costs CHF 1.40 per minute.

In the queue

At the supermarket: A man gets in line behind me at the supermarket check-out, dumps his groceries with a big thud on the conveyor belt, leans over to get the divider (don’t know what to call it in English, but you need them in Switzerland ‘cos without them the cashier will carry on scanning even… Continue reading In the queue

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Mac OS X Reminders

For future reference: To view a folder of jpegs, select a photo within Finder and hit the space bar. Use the arrow keys to navigate up and down thru the folder. Or select the files you would like to view, and right-click Open. Preview displays the photos. Use the arrow keys to navigate from one… Continue reading Mac OS X Reminders

FAILing

For future reference: It’s not stupid to have a stated goal of starting several ventures that will fail, or asking three stupid questions a week, or posting a blog post that the world disagrees with. If you don’t have goals like this, how exactly are you going to luck into being remarkable?

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Missing Lift 09

The top 3 ways to follow Lift 09, if you’re not in Geneva: Twitter Flickr Video See for example @afromusing’s talk:

Biker’s Rant

An intense heading for a small observation, while cycling home from work: I noticed that many drivers and other cyclists make a lot of assumptions. A sincere road traffic faith that everything will work out in the end. For instance, I signaled that I was planning to turn left, and pulled across the road to… Continue reading Biker’s Rant

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About northern France

Finally got round to seeing “Chez les Ch’tis” Funny. I was laughing out loud. Other links of the day: 1 2

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It’s the Small Gestures

In a world full of advertising and sales pitches, it’s the little things that count. Like a handwritten note on the bottom of the fitness center’s invoice: Bisch fleissig The owner of the fitness center is a tough business woman. No discount. No rebate. No nothing. But she does build relationships. Which is the right… Continue reading It’s the Small Gestures

Hiding in Full Public View

In January my stats dropped to an all time low. There are a number of reasons, I guess. One reason is that I haven’t been writing much lately. Just an occasional link. Short cross-references to my Flickr stream. That’s it. Another reason is my retro-style homepage, which points to my other life stream options (Twitter,… Continue reading Hiding in Full Public View

Building a profitable company

I’d like to share this video on building a profitable internet business. The presenter’s voice sounds kind of high strung, but he does address a couple of good points. (via Twitter)

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