Tags & Folksonomies

Tags & Folksonomies – What are they, and why should you care? Source: via Swamp Cottage

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Blogger’s Block

some disorganized thoughts of the top of my head: How personal should a blog be? What is the use of keeping a blog? It’s exciting to be part of something new. Where will it all end? One thing is sure: the blog backlash is coming. Simply cos the current hype is building up. With advertising… Continue reading Blogger’s Block

Saturday Blog Entry

Drinking coffee, reading blogs, and browsing thru my flickr contacts on a Saturday morning. A couple of links that caught my eye: BBC Backstage – Build what you want with BBC content – via Cyberwriter ISO 800, a blog about photography – seen at Stephan Bucher’s blog

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On Being A Thought Leader

Small companies have to work hard to get visibility, especially when the market is crowded with competitors all vying for the same business. In high tech they face the added dilemma that IT departments don’t want to buy from a small unknown vendor, and the vendor can’t become large and reputable unless it has major… Continue reading On Being A Thought Leader

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Reflective Moment

Where do I come from? Where am I going to? Who am I? Three central questions which surface every so often in literature, philosophy and personal lifestyles. worth a reflective moment… [update May 25] found this very interesting read via Innovation Wings on product development: Having a cup of coffee first thing in the morning… Continue reading Reflective Moment

Jax Session on Blogging

I attended the JAX session on using social software in companies. It was refreshing to hear a good description of what blogging is all about, other than the usual negative “Tagebücher” reports. Matthew provided a very balanced and informed presentation on weblogs and wikis and their use in a corporate context (I hope the JAX… Continue reading Jax Session on Blogging

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Resetting Cayman Netopia 3341

i’ve changed ADSL providers and had to reset my old ADSL router, Cayman Netopia 3341, to the new ISP. Here’s a short description of the steps involved (for my own future reference). To reset the router: Reset the router to the default factory settings. There’s a small round opening next to the power plug. This… Continue reading Resetting Cayman Netopia 3341

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Give Me Something For The Pain

i’m currently editing several Word 2000 docs, length varying between 20 to 200 pages. A couple of things are driving me crazy/mad/nuts/insane: adding 3 different types of headers and footers (title page, preface, and main) empty pages which don’t show online in the Print View, but which suddenly appear in the PDF automatic / manual… Continue reading Give Me Something For The Pain

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Ten Laws of the Modern World

Forbes on: Ten Laws of the Modern World Gilder’s Law: Winner’s Waste. The futurist George Gilder wrote about this a few years ago in a Forbes publication. The best business models, he said, waste the era’s cheapest resources in order to conserve the era’s most expensive resources. When steam became cheaper than horses, the smartest… Continue reading Ten Laws of the Modern World

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Experimenting with WP Themes

Over 6 months after my first feeble design attempts with WordPress 1.2, I’m having a closer look at the theme functionality WordPress 1.5 offers. If you have any issues regarding usability, fonts, colors, etc – please feel free to leave a comment. [update April 25] checked the new design on sm windows and it looks…… Continue reading Experimenting with WP Themes

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Blogs Will Change Your Business

Business Week has launched a blog at blogspotting.net and explains why business cannot afford to ignore the blogosphere: Blogs Will Change Your Business [update April 26] excerpts from Om Malik’s comments on Business Week cover: sell when Business Week’s cover says buy Now that blogs are in the cover of Business Week, you can safely… Continue reading Blogs Will Change Your Business

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Goodbye Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Freehand?

Today’s top news should prove interesting to follow: Adobe said the Macromedia purchase, Adobe’s biggest-ever takeover, brings together two “complementary” products. Adobe is paying 43.8 times operating profit and 7.5 times sales for Macromedia, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Source: Bloomberg What will happen to the Macromedia products where Adobe offers a similar product?… Continue reading Goodbye Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Freehand?

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RSS Calendar

Create events your subscribers can import into MS Outlook (VCal) or Mac (ICal) If this tool also offered some kind of an export/upload for outlook / mac / palm calendars… i could think of a number of useful ways to use it!

Java vs. PHP CMS/Portals

there’s a long but interesting discussion going on about content management systems at The Server Side. See: Ask TSS: Do any Java CMS/Portals match the PHP ones? There’s a lot of references to useful tools (both PHP and Java). Cos of the sheer number of different tools it’s all the more important to have a… Continue reading Java vs. PHP CMS/Portals

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copy writing tips

Five B2B Copy Myths by Jonathan Kranz, March 29, 2005 The next time you write, forget about trying to appear “businesslike” and really get down to business. Be direct, forceful and concrete. Write as if you were talking one-to-one with a good friend you respect. When you blow the dust off your prose, you’ll find… Continue reading copy writing tips

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Otitis Blues

I was grounded this week. No day job. No blogging. What felt like a bad cold was diagnosed as otitis media, a severe infection in the middle ear, which can lead to meningitis or can rapture the eardrum or cause hearing loss. It is – may I add – somewhat painful. But I’m back online.… Continue reading Otitis Blues

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Flower Myth

today’s cultural event: went to see the exhibition, Blumenmythos, at the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen (along with hundreds of other visitors). The show is a “must see”. Some of my favorites: David Hockney, Mount Fuji and Flowers, 1972 Andy Warhol, Flowers, series, 10 sheets, 1970 I’ll probably go back on a quieter day to see… Continue reading Flower Myth

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wordpress: how it all started…

it would be nice to have the flexibility of MovableType, the parsing of TextPattern, the hackability of b2, and the ease of setup of Blogger

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