Open Design & Tinkering in Berlin
Lately so much has been going on in Berlin that has to do with the whole field of open design, tinkering, DIY – and last week was another highlight. I had the chance to drop in at the Open Design Workshop at Betahaus. (Sadly I could only pop in for a few minutes, but that [...]
Global Ignite Week 2010
I hinted at it already, but now it’s official: Berlin will be part of Global Ignite Week (GIW) during the first week of March 2010 (March 1-4):
Four Nights, >40 Cities, 500 Talks, 10,000 Igniters
Join us for the first Global Ignite Week, where Igniters around the world (we’re shooting for Ignites on all seven continents) [...]
TEDxKreuzberg wrap-up
Last Thursday we held TEDxKreuzberg over at Betahaus. Now after a couple of days of recovery and some more travel (I’m writing this while in Karlsruhe, where I’ll be based for the next few weeks), it’s time to share some impressions.
Short-short version: I loved it! The crowd was great as were the vibes, and I [...]
Mass customization vs DIY?
Today I quickly stopped by Holy Shit Shopping, a medium-sized design and crafts fair that has been held in Berlin annually in the Christmas time for the last three or four years. The stuff I saw made me think a little, so here’s a few thoughts. (disclaimer: unfiltered and straight from the train.)
First of [...]
Palomar5 (some impressions)
Even though a few friends of mine have been directly involved in the project, I had been watching Palomar5 from a distance. (Mostly because I was literally, physically far away.)
I spent most of the day there and came away with a lot of impressions, and also pretty impressed. Let me share a few things [...]
atoms&bits Festival: Thanks everyone!
So last weekend was the highlight of atoms&bits Festival that we had put together in hardly 10 weeks. While we’re recovering from the weekend and also putting together the documentation (i.e. all the blogposts, photos, videos etc), I’d like to briefly say THANK YOU to everybody involved.
THANKS to the participants, who were super active and [...]
atoms&bits: some highlights
Atoms&bits has officially kicked off on Friday and will be going strong until Sunday, 27 Sept. Whenever I have a look at the event list, more cool stuff pops up. On the last count (Sunday, 8pm) the list showed 55 events in 32 locations in 11 cities in 3 countries. (And I’m seriously thinking a [...]
atoms&bits Festival is coming to Berlin!
It’s official: atoms&bits Festival (a&b) is going to happen. It’s all confirmed and getting ready to go.
You may have read about it here, over at Nicole Ebber or on Hallenprojekt. You might have seen the pics on Flickr or read some tweets (see this link for a twitter search, @atomsandbits or @atomsandbits_de).
But all that doesn’t [...]
Likemind Berlin featured on taz.de
Kicking off Likemind Berlin at St Oberholz. Left: David Noël (featured in the taz.de article), right: Thomas Praus, Likemind Berlin co-organizer.
At the most recent Likemind Berlin, freelance journalist Johannes Gernert dropped in to talk to freelancers and startups about the state of affairs, what with the economic crisis and so forth. Today on taz.de his [...]
Save the date: 26/27 Sept Barcamp “Atoms & Bits”
Update (26.August): We’re getting there! Official announcements both on my blog and (so far in German only) on the atoms&bits website.
Note: We’re still in a very early planning stage, so please take this with some caution, it’s all very much in flow at this point.
Update (18. August):
Locations are confirmed: A&B Camp will be held [...]
