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Working on a relaunch
As I’m looking into a bit of an optic overhaul for this blog, the site might look somewhat odd occasionally over the next few days.
Also, if you get too much traffic through my RSS feed, please just ignore it - chances are my site hasn’t been hacked by spammers but I just ran into […]
Why Small Organizations See The Internet As A Chance, Big Ones See It As A Challenge
There is a thing about the internet, a notion that has been around since the early days: That the internet offers a chance to anyone to do something big, to start their own projects, companies, or even movements.
While this is true, what’s easily forgotten is that anyone refers mostly to individuals, or small organizations: […]
How relevant is Facebook? Just like your phone contact list.
Trying to explain how relevant Facebook really is? I’ll try like this:
It’s like the contacts in your mobile phone compared to your email contacts: Everybody gets into your email contact list, but only so many people are so important to you that you save them in your mobile. That’s how relevant Facebook is.
Mashup Online Magazine That Writes Itself
That’s an art project I’d love to see one of these days: An online magazine that writes itself, based on a calendar, a pre-written set of tags connected to the calendar, and a bunch of RSS feeds.
Imagine, just for simplicity’s sake, a lifestyle magazine for women. (Of course, every other type of magazine would […]
Updating Wordpress (everything working?)
A few minutes ago I updated this blog’s software, Wordpress, to its most recent version 2.3 (download). In case you notice anything strange here, if anything isn’t working properly or if you find the odd loose end, please let me know in the comments.
But from a first glance everything seems to be fine, and […]
links for 2007-08-07
Web Strategy by Jeremiah
This post is a focus on the very front end of the adoption curve, long before the masses come, there’s many different groups inside of the “early adopter” persona. A study on the bleeding edge.
(tags: blogging earlyadopters trends web2.0 micromedia socialmedia socialrecommendation collaborativefiltering technology webstrategy resources)
Independents Hall
Philly’s take on co-working. Good stuff…
(tags: […]
links for 2007-08-06
[wired.com] Slap in the Facebook: It’s Time for Social Networks to Open Up
(tags: facebook socialmedia socialnetworking socialnetworks socialsoftware opensource openID)
Replace Facebook Using Open Social Tools / Wired How To’s
With a little savvy, anyone can create a page that hosts all of the essential stuff one would find on a Facebook profile that can be set […]
links for 2007-08-03
neunetz.com » Warum wir uns nicht in einer Blase befinden
A very good (German) analysis on why we’re not seeing a web 2.0 bubble these days. Apologies to the non-German speaking folks, but the article is quite good and deserves the link.
(tags: web2.0 analysis thisisnotabubble)
links for 2007-08-02
THE AD GENERATOR
The ad generator is a generative artwork that explores how advertising uses and manipulates language. Words and semantic structures from real corporate slogans are remixed and randomized to generate invented slogans. These slogans are then paired with rel
(tags: ads art subversion subversive media mediaart graphics academic design)
links for 2007-08-01
Second Life in Education » home
This space is designed to provide an overview of the educational possibilities of virtual worlds, in particular Second Life.
(tags: secondlife elearning education community tutorials virtualworlds teaching)
links for 2007-07-31
Danah Boyd: Research on Social Network Sites - Literature & Studies
Research on Social Network Sites, collected by Danah Boyd. (Thanks for collecting this, Danah!)
(tags: research resources socialnetworking socialnetworks socialmedia studies academic literature)
Bug Labs
Bug Labs is developing BUG, an open, modular, consumer electronics web services + hardware platform. Designed for the general audience, not just the […]
links for 2007-07-28
PublicSquare: Painless Publishing
PublicSquare makes publishing easy. Save time on the mechanics, and focus your resources on the stories, the people, and building your community. Your audience is your greatest asset. PublicSquare provides the platform to let them contribute and participa
(tags: collaboration onlinecollaboration publishing collaborative CMS socialmedia socialsoftware media editing web2.0 tool tools)
links for 2007-07-27
How to Create RSS / XML Feed for Podcasts
This tutorial will talk about how we put together our MP3 file for this podCast and then more importantly about how to create a proper RSS / XML file for a podCast. (Also features a section on how to prepare your RSS feed for iTunes.)
(tags: podcast podcasting […]
links for 2007-07-26
COLOURlovers :: About COLOURlovers
COLOURlovers™ is a resource that monitors and influences color trends. COLOURlovers gives the people who use color - whether for ad campaigns, product design, or even in architectural specification - a place to check out a world of color, compare color
(tags: blog color community design webdesign inspiration tool web2.0 trends)
Sony Style Store Service Sucks. (Big Time.)
I may have mentioned a few times before that I’ve been having some trouble with my Sony Vaio’s battery. No, strike that out: My Sony Vaio’s battery is dead, basically. I’ve bought it hardly a year ago and the battery life is down to about 10 minutes.
Sure, laptop batteries don’t last forever, but 10 […]
My name is Peter Bihr. I live in Berlin, Germany. As a freelancer, I consult on web strategies, communities, blogging and social media. In this weblog, I jot down random thoughts, ideas and news. Hopefully, you'll find some are interesting for you, too. 