Bike ride to the Gelateria and back

I cycled to the Glatscheria in Basel for 2 delicious flavors of ice cream. I had lemon and melon. Cost 7 CHF. Delicious and creamy. Summer in the city…

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If you’re in online marketing…

Do you know about digital sharecropping – (So this is what it’s called) G+, Etsy, FB, Twitter, eBay, Skype, Flickr…

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Data silo

BTW, if you’re starting a blog – cos it’s an easy way to increase visibility… Have fun. Those times are long past. Way back in 2002 and 2003. Ask the bloggers behind Chiperoni and Handmade2.0. And… even in 2003 it wasn’t as “easy” as some of the internet experts try to make it sound. Blogging… Continue reading Data silo

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It’s your data

Dave Winer: Have the courage to stake out your spot on the open web.

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F11

Some keyboard functions are ingrained. Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-S But some are not. E.g. by accident i hit the F11 key in Firefox and had to google to find out how to get back. Luckily I am not alone…. I made my firefox full-screen; how do I change it back? I was typing a message and… Continue reading F11

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Photo walk in Dreispitz, Basel

I went Flickr photo walking with 7 other Flickrites in the Dreispitz industrial zone of Basel. Here are 25 of my snapshots for your perusal:

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SEO ranking factors

2 resource links – for future reference Periodic table from a survey: keyword is the exact-match root domain keyword present in the title element/tag uniqueness of the content on the page uniqueness of content across the whole site search volume for the brand/domain authority of users tweeting links to a page quantity of unique domains… Continue reading SEO ranking factors

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SEO in the year 2011

I want to write a blog post on SEO. My primary motivation is to learn what the changes are and I learn best by writing my own notes. Here we go. Some notes on SEO off the top of my head and unsorted: Panda Following the Panda release and other algrithmic changes by Google, the… Continue reading SEO in the year 2011

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Khonde

Khonde is the Malawi word for verandah

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Eval base 64 scare

A Joomla 1.5 1.0 website that I take care of was hacked with an eval (gzinflate(base64_decode( By chance I had read this article on why you shouldn’t google for free WordPress themes – with a list of sites that help with decrypting. Scary.

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Cross-reference

The blogger behind Handmade2.0 has written an article about setting up a business and the various things you need to take care of (business licenses, taxes, copyright and license infringements, etc) for Feed-Magazin. Well done!

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We’ll quit tomorrow

a fave from my collection of snapshots: A comment on the outside of a construction fence at the Novartis campus in Basel We’ll quit tomorrow

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9 years and 7 months ago

Where were you on 9/11? On a day like this, I can’t help but remembering where I was 9 years and 7 months ago. I was in Lugano at work. All news web sites were down. I went in search of a TV together with my colleague Y. The TV in the pub downstairs wasn’t… Continue reading 9 years and 7 months ago

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A flower snapshot

Human life is as short-lived as grass. It blossoms like a flower in the field.

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Spring is here

Beautiful sunny Sunday. Today’s activities: I went to church, the fitness center, and sat in the park and drank a latte macchiato in the beautiful spring sun. And I took some snapshots. 20th March was my grandmother’s birthday. I always wanted to write her story: the little that I know from my mother and what… Continue reading Spring is here

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Crowdsourcing examples

One recurring buzzword that has entered the business world is “crowdsourcing” – it is used as a silver bullet in all sorts of contexts. Here are some notes and thoughts: Wikipedia has a good definition and describes how the term emerged. Famous examples are: Facebook’s use of the community to translate its interface. or Twitter… Continue reading Crowdsourcing examples

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