Twitter, why u so US centric?
For my new company Brightfuture [NAME PENDING], I tried to register a Twitter account. Much to my surprise, @brightfuture didn’t seem actively used. No avatar, two tweets (one…
Category: How to work the internets (not)
Smart appliances & consumer priorities
The other day I ordered a new washing machine. Our old one had broken down, mid-wash, and the cost for the repair would have been out of proportion.…
ATT & Cargo Cults
Image by One Laptop Per Child (CC by) As BoingBoing reports, a leaked memo indicates that AT&T will introduce a creepy and stupid policy: If a user…
Antwort auf DER SPIEGEL: “Im Namen der Freiheit”
This post refers to an article in this week’s SPIEGEL print edition. Since the article is in German, my comment will be in German, too. tl;dr: It seems…
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…
Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea
In this recent TED talk, Clay Shirky makes a spot on, scary, fantastic argument why SOPA, PIPA and their brethren bills are so terribly damaging. Plus, he puts…
German startup Gigalocal screws privacy, tweets personal information
A few weeks ago, I tried out Gigalocal. It’s a platform that lets users announce jobs they would like to see done, and how much they’re willing to…