cruel to be kind

Heiko pinged me shortly after posting and we are trying to find out, where in the system the posting got lost. If everything fails, I will make a printout ;)

The problem: you can’t see that from the outside and if you are on the inside you need external notice. With postings going through before and after from different people it is hard to determine. What was that saying again? Never assume malice but assume you need to blame on a computer.

(Heiko for example ran into something similar with my blog, running into a spam filter. Trying to fix that now. …

There has been quite some discussion around a German social bookmarking service called Mister Wong. The service is a nicely designed application and all that, but since some time some remarks are made about the icon of the company – a chinese guy hence the name Mister Wong.

The eruption came mostly from this I would say: 8 aisan:

Maybe people aren’t as sensitive to political correctness as they are here in North America. But seriously, one of their web badges has the slogan “ping pong, king kong, Mister Wong.” Which I, of course, interpret as “ching chong, Mister Wong” and get …

Another “i made this comment” post, but as I remember I do usually never read comments I think this is useful. ;) I am behind reading a lot of blogs, but I was just skimming some of Tara’s articles and found the nice “The Gift“.

It reflects a lot of what I am interested in as well as do, although you might think differently of me when you read my posts or meet me. But basically I am a nice person. Really. *g*.

But from the start. While I am a strong individual, I am really interested in making things work for …

I still haven’t read up on all the comments and posts about Kathy Sierra (here are Techmme links one and two from different time stamps with a lot of links to follow). This story, of course, is not just a black and white story.

It clashes additionally with Etech and Twitter, hyping it even faster. It tracks attention like a good fairy tale with a good princess and an ugly devil; as well as there are some simple followers throwing in support, there are also some more or less naive people, who go for the opposite. And some because it fetches attention – …

I know, the year is only some days old but if I would collect all the stuff which has happened over the last two weeks … *sigh*. It started with a broken gas thermea and ended last with me missing a stair step and now having a hurting, thick knee. At the moment I would be thankful for just a break from that streak … At least I am travelling with rail not with my car.

Oh and did I mention that my main german blog is broken because the provider decided to switch something on which will make the blog …

I stumbled across an ode for the nice guys: “There IS someone who understands!“.

Ode to the Nice Guys

(This rant was written for the Wharton Undergraduate Journal and revised for this facebook group.)

This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining about what jerks guys are, while disproving the very point.

This is dedicated to those guys who always provide a shoulder to lean on but restrain themselves to tentative hugs, those guys who hold open doors and give reassuring pats on the back …

On Marketing Shift there is an article about Podcasting saying it’s 15 minutes are up.

The multitude of independent podcasters will scratch and claw for the occasional hour when people want to hear about a niche of their interest, but podcasting will have about the same long term business impact as e-books.

Reading the article and the comments I have to agree and disagree at the same time.

First the usual complain: Given the fact that many people do not know what Podcast are it is always great to ask them if they have downloaded one.

Saying that the technology has been around for a …

Vowe reports about plans of TV producers Phillips to disable you to skip / fast forward on your TV and I agree on his comment

vowe says: Fcuking the customer is not good for your business. File under “stupid ideas”. If your business model does not work any more, invent a better one.

In his comments, Andrew Pollack is reluctant to agree:

Oddly, I’m not sure I’m against it. When I watch NBC at no specific cost to me, I’m agreeing to an implicit contract that allows them to show me commercial advertisements. The ads pay for the shows, and for 50 years or so …

The new blogher site has gone beta (and no, not the Google beta type, the real beta) and as one of the editors of the Blogging & Social Media node I would encourage you to add yourself to the list if you blog in this area.

Or any of the other areas listed on the left side over there of course! :) Not a her but a he? Well, then the usual applies: Get some links from people I read, write something good / funny and we may link to you as well. ;)

Short version: I told my boss before christmas that I will be leaving. I am available for hire full time oh let’s say from June 2006. :)

Longer version:
I just updated my openbc page a bit when it struck me that I have posted on my German blog about it, said something in my last podcast about it, but did never actually tell you, the reader of this blog, about it. :)

As most people have a problem in understanding how somebody can have a day job and be a consultant, I did separate those two parts of my life in the past …