Shop window in Basel. Note for non-German speakers: Erfolg is German for success.
Category: General
blogging to resume at chiperoni.ch
The editor is pleased to announce: After a forced pause due to a traffic accident, blogging will resume very soon at chiperoni.ch. A useful Basel address if you need help and advice with insurance, legal and other issues following an accident: Opferhilfe beider Basel Steinenring 53 4051 Basel Tel. 061 693 44 40 Fax 061… Continue reading blogging to resume at chiperoni.ch
Idi Amin film in production in Kampala
Saw this at BBC Africa: The Ugandan film industry has been given a great boost by the decision to make the film of Giles Foden’s book The Last King of Scotland in the country, its actors have said. The film, which centres on the life of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, is currently in production in… Continue reading Idi Amin film in production in Kampala
On Microfinancing
zapped into this TV report on microfinancing: Mikro-Kredite Basically, microfinance provides loans and insurance to entrepreneurs too poor to qualify for traditional bank loans. An alternative and maybe more effective way to fight poverty… These two institutions were mentioned in the report: OikoCredit Procredit Holding [update] Another similar institution is: Opportunity International Bank of Malawi… Continue reading On Microfinancing
Blogger BBQ
Mark your calendars. There’s a blogger BBQ planned for July 24 in Konolfingen near Bern. See Blogger-Bräteln 2005 for all relevant details.
Nutella Alternative from Israel
“What if someone offered you double your salary?”
CNET on the Indian IT Job Market: Turnover in the software services industry runs at about 15 percent a year on average, and can exceed 30 percent at some companies, according to various sources. Relative to their counterparts in the United States and other developed nations, workers at Indian companies are both plentiful and inexpensive… Continue reading “What if someone offered you double your salary?”
Kenyan Bloggers
On Kenya Unlimited: In response to the continued growth of the Kenyan Blog Webring (KBW) kenyaUnlimited set out to create an online meeting place for the diverse Kenyan visions, minds and voices that inhabit cyberspace. via Blogshop
How Java saved Africa
stumbled across this report from the JavaOne conf a couple of seconds ago: But did Nokia’s decision a decade ago to adopt Java technology just force Pres. Bush change his mind about the amount of U.S. aid to Africa? Here’s Gage’s tale, presented at Sun’s JavaOne developer conference Wednesday: Social cause fighter and rocker Bono,… Continue reading How Java saved Africa
The Terminal – Kenya Edition
Remember the movie “The Terminal” with Tom Hanks… BBC Africa has this report on a man that lived for 13 months in the duty free area of Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi: UK waves in Kenya airport dweller
per la merenda
Nutkao.com
Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus
found this tool to be helpful: Visual Thesaurus only drawback: it’s not free
On Corporate Blogging
Tipps für Corporate Blogging [in German]
BILDblog > Postkarten > ernsthafte
In celebration of its first anniversary, BILDblog.de asked its readers to design an advertisement in postcard size: Macht Reklame für BILDblog [in German] Mlle. A. received a special mention for her entry. Auguri from Basel!
via the Flickr Color Picker
at http://krazydad.com/colrpickr/
FAZ article on Howard Rheingold
The FAZ* recently published a page-long article on Howard Rheingold and his predictions. Es sei eine ganz andere Welt, in der jeder die Möglichkeit habe, auf seiner Website seine Meinung zu verbreiten: “Und es wird immer schwieriger diese Welt von einer zentralen Stellen zu kontrollieren.” In a nutshell: It’s not so much about what new… Continue reading FAZ article on Howard Rheingold
A Half-Geek’s Life…
Just wanted to check my email… and ended up upgrading Opera to 8.0, WordPress to 1.5.1.2, and trying out another new theme.
Links on Corporate Blogging
I’m kind of collecting advice on corporate blogging (with no particular goal in mind). A couple of background links I’ve found useful: The Corporate Weblog Manifesto by Scobleizer (update March 2018: removed link due to malware warning) Ten Tips For A Better Weblog Onlinejournalismus.de Ãœber-blogger Scoble also provides advice how to react to negative comments.… Continue reading Links on Corporate Blogging
The Writing Process
Found this article on writing at kottke.org: Poynter Online – Writing Tool #50: The Writing Process The article describes the steps required to produce great writing: Sniff around Explore ideas Collect evidence Find a focus Select the best stuff Recognize an order Write a draft Revise and clarify
Podcast with Meg Hourihan, Blogger Co-Founder
currently listening to Halley’s interview with Meg Hourihan: download the podcast here I’d forgotten about the Segway parody at 0sil8.com [update June 9] quote from her Tuft profile: Companies like Google advertise for employees with computer science degree, but as Hourihan herself points out, “On paper I don’t qualify for what their requirements are, and… Continue reading Podcast with Meg Hourihan, Blogger Co-Founder
Random Typography Blog
here’s a blog documenting the different fonts being used on signs and ads in the Zurich area: TYPE AND THE CITY
The BBC Asks…
What’s it like to live in Africa? here’s an interesting view from a Ghanaian living in the Netherlands: My view is that political independence is meaningless until it is linked with economic independence. I think the best place to grow up in this world is in Africa and the worse place too because of the… Continue reading The BBC Asks…
Ndeipi…
Learn Shona via the Shona Podcast source: BBC
Secret Code
People pay more attention to you when they think you’re up to something.
Beta Deserves Better
I was browsing thru the list of bloggers that attended yesterday’s meetup (me included). This entry at Starfrosch.ch had me laughing out loud: Beta forever (in German) Heh, I agree beta deserves better. And here’s my link to Nirgendwo.