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I work for teh Internets
During the last couple of days, particularly at next08, I’ve had a few very funny discussions about the nature of our jobs, and how you can’t explain any of our internet-related jobs to our parents or non-web friends. (Yes, there are some of those out there!)
As M.T. pointed out, one way to go is […]
Where do they find the time? Clay Shirky on the Cognitive Surplus
In this rare gem of a video, Clay Shirky talks about the time, energy and potentials that used to be lost to dumbly watching TV. How many Wikipedia entries could we get out of these brain cycles now that we can free up that TV time for more productive and satisfying activities again?
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Video wrap-up from re:publica 08
Just noticed that kosmar has cut a neat time warp video from re:publica 08, featuring the whole crowd. Thanks, Kosmar!
Twitter In Plain English
Lee LeFever has struck again: This time, he explains Twitter In Plain English:
If you’re not familiar with the format, make sure to check out the other installments of The CommonCraft Show - so far, they’ve failed to disappoint, ever. It’s just great stuff.
(If you speak German, there’s also a quite funny take on Twitter on […]
Social Network Use By Country
(Click the image or this text to jump to the original map.)
French newspaper Le Monde has this great chart showing which region prefers which social network. (Funny: Friendster is even bigger in Asia-Pacific than I thought, and Germany doesn’t seem to have any social network preference. I guess StudiVZ should be listed here, no matter […]
Video: Don’t Feed The Troll
The basics of online etiquette, explained in a neat 8bit video.
How To Behave On An Internet Forum
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Avoid Clichés: Destroy The Web 2.0 Look
What happens if an aesthetic gets over-used? It becomes a cliché. (That’s bad.) This is what happened to rounded corners, reflecting logos, diagonal stripes, also known as: The Web 2.0 look.
Elliot Jay Stocks gives good advice: Destroy the Web 2.0 look - and thereby avoid clichés.
Here’s how, and why:
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Local Girl’s Doodles: More Fun Than Text Posts
What really made my day (except for it also being Xmas and all, that is), is Local Girl’s Day in Pictures, as recommended by boingboing.
Caroline Clifford’s take on blogging is to draw doodles instead of the usual text or video posts, creating a really compelling (and very fun) blog style. Great stuff, and […]
The Long Tail, explained in a brief video
This video is admittedly somewhat old. On the other hand, a great idea well visualized is always worth noting, and so I’ll do: This super brief video (less than 1:30!) explains Chris Anderson’s idea of the Long Tail. It’s actually a promo video for just that book. Why aren’t more promo videos as good and […]
US Writer’s Guild still on strike…
… and I don’t quite know what to make of the fact that I care more about the strike of entertainers a few thousand kilometers away than about a strike of the whole train system in this country here. Oh well, so be it.
(It will not come as a surprise that I support the […]
A Vision of Students Today
Michael Wesch created this video in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University. A tad too much on the melodramatic side for my personal taste, but it’s a pretty neat video still, with some good points about the education environment students face today.
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Tim O’Reilly tells his parents: What’s Web 2.0?
Link: sevenload.com
At Web 2.0 Expo Berlin, Tim O’Reilly kindly agreed to try solving the one issue all of us are sharing: How to tell our parents what we do? So here’s Tim, explaining to his parents: What’s Web 2.0?
“So Web 2.0: First off, it’s the idea that the Web, rather than the personal computer is […]
Digital Information: Everything Is Miscellaneous, summarized in 5:28min
Embedded above, “Information R/evolution” is a great 5:28 video by Kansas State University’s Michael Wesch. It’s a very neat visualization of how information changes and behaves differently when it’s digital: No way will information ever again be restricted to individual categories, but instead tagged and thereby be connected to different topics, ideas and contexts. The […]
What’s Your Job as a Web Strategy Consultant? You’re a Floating Device
What do I do for a living? Well, what you see above - at least according to my friend and partner in crime, illustrator Matthias Pflügner. This sketch is what he came up with after I tried to explain to him what my job as a web strategy consultant is.
In case it’s not obvious: […]
Great presentation: Designing for Hackability
The podcasts aren’t up yet (but will be here), but judging from his slideshow, Brian Oberkirch’s presentation at the webmaster jam session 2007 rocked: Brian Oberkirch: Designing for hackability.
He nails it when he says: “It’s ok if you’re not the Master of Your Domain. (…) Let them play.” Openness is key for successful & […]
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. 