A Glimpse into the Future: Insights, Expectations & Hopes
Over at Third Wave, I just posted a report that started out as a pet project, and that I was pretty excited about. A little forecasting project, a…
Category: digital life
Quantified Self on dradio – now in CC
A little while ago, Christian Grasse did a radio feature for dradio on the Quantified Self. There, he included interviews with Johannes Kleske and me. That was really…
Apple’s responsibility – aka what can we demand from our gadget dealers?
“Apple is committed to ensuring that working conditions in our supply chain are safe, workers are treated with respect and dignity, and manufacturing processes are environmentally responsible.” –…
4% of my Twitter is fictional
On Twitter I follow some 2.000 accounts. Or rather, about 2.000 people can, in theory, send me direct messages. Because it seems pretty much impossible to me to…
Regional licensing is still a bitch
Today I tried to buy an ebook. I’m a big fan of the Kindle and buy ebooks all the time. So I wanted to buy a digital copy…
The Robustness Principle for inter-personal communication
The technologists among you will remember Postel’s law, also known as the Robustness Principle: TCP implementations should follow a general principle of robustness: be conservative in what you…
The Multitasking Tribe Out on the Town
Over at the New York Times, there was an article the other day: Out on the Town, Always Online. While curiously sparing out most attempts at digging for…