Peter Bihr on Social Media, Web 2.0 & Digital Life
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Peter Bihr

About me

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. Read more...
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KeinGeschenk.de
berlinblase.de
I work for the Internets
A Swarm of Angels
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Barcamp Berlin 3
Web 2.0 Expo Europe

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Music 2.0 Dinner in Berlin

Posted by Peter Bihr
August 25, 2008

Last Friday, I was very happy to get the chance to attend the first Berlin Music 2.0 dinner. (Thanks a lot to David of Hobnox for organizing it!) Over yummy pasta & wine a fun crowd of people discussed where online music is going (and how sad it is to see the RIAA shooting down […]

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Berlin couple share their pregnancy: RealBirthTV

Posted by Peter Bihr
August 5, 2008

When I was pointed to RealBirthTV first a couple of days ago, I have to admit I didn’t know what to think. Over-sharing or a logical thing to do? RealBirthTV is Berlin-based couple Erik and Jodi, who share the journey of their pregnancy, starting a few days ago in their third month.
Today I met […]

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Social cooperation & music distribution

Posted by Peter Bihr
July 30, 2008

In the Commons Research wiki, I stumbled upon this Free Culture paper (PDF abstract). In the paper, Yochai Benkler (Harvard Law School, author of The Wealth of Networks and also seen in the video below), Leah Belsky and Byron Kahr (both of Yale Law School) analyze “social cooperation and the production and distribution of creative […]

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Forrester: Online Community Best Practices

Posted by Peter Bihr
March 14, 2008

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Forrester’s Jeremiah Owyang shares this great presentation about Online Community Best Practices. It’s 51 slides packed with useful advices for those of you who are planning to launch an online community of any kind. Note that this presentation won’t save you proper consulting and/or experimenting. But it contains excellent […]

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The LEGO Lesson: Embrace Your Fans

Posted by Peter Bihr
February 15, 2008

In Forrester’s Josh Bernoff / Charlene Li blog, Josh relates this story by Jake McKee (formerly Lego) of how Lego changed by engaging with AFOLs (Adult Fans Of Lego, sometimes referred to as ALE: Adult Lego Enthusiasts). There’s a lot to learn in this story - particularly for companies with a top-down corporate culture. Here’s […]

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Twitter vs Blogs, Revisited

Posted by Peter Bihr
November 8, 2007

After a week of Barcamp and Web2Expo Berlin, I have to take a look back to what I’ve been writing about the relation between Twitter and blogs. (If you like to read up on the discussion, you can find my posts on Twitter here, the most relevant posts here being probably on inattentive trust, my […]

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