Category Archives: ChangingMedia
Kanban, Project Management for the Next Decade?
One of the main aims of Kanban is to make the process more visible and therefor measurable. Kanban can be “bolted onto” many project methodologies and make them more visible from the outside.
Part 1 introduces Kanban, which is a little too vague in my opinion. But part 2 is where it gets really interesting and [...]
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Herman Millers Desk Companion for Your Chair
Herman Miller releases a new desk that fits your body like a glove. Just make sure you also buy the chair. Based on your bodies anatomy, Herman Miller has been producing chairs that support you in just the right places. One of the main selling points of this rather expensive chair, is that it also [...]
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No More Tragedies of the Commons
I first was introduced to the tragedy of the commons in Lawrence Lessig’s book “The Future of Ideas”. It deals with the problems that exist when one tries to apply “real life” economic models to digital content. Bits are virtually free, you pay a pittance per bit to your Internet provider. In return you get [...]
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State of the Net 2009
This post aggregates some general thoughts I’ve been having on the state of the Internet. I’ve been missing the authentic personal page. Are those gone, or have they simply become impossible to find? Remember Geocities, Fortunecity, where there other cities?
It appears most of those free web hosts have either disappeared or have adopted a paying [...]
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Become a Wealthy Millionaire, Find Riches on the Sidewalk
In today’s get-rich-quick world, you can’t open your browser without some one trying to sell you an e-book on getting filthy rich in just hours. In all honesty, I have to admit, I never did buy such a book, so I can’t be sure, but if it is too good to be true, it usually [...]
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Increase Your Visitor Count with Blog Analytics by PostRank
Any news site or blog needs at least some readers. If not, it wouldn’t be very interesting for the author. To improve your blog and increase your reader count, there’s one golden rule: Know your visitors. Know what makes them tick, what they like to read, to what they react. This post describes a few [...]
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Looking Back in Time With the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
The large hadron collider (LHC), currently being built has stirred a lot of controversy and has had numerous setbacks. Yet the goal of this incredibly expensive piece of machinery remains unknown to many. It isn’t easy to explain how research into the fundamental building blocks of our world and universe will immediately influence our lives, [...]
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3 Ways to Experience the Industrial Landscape
Whether you like it or not, our lifestyle is based on a massive industrial complex. From the enormous mines in Africa to the endless factory floors in China. They are the cogs in the giant machine that we call the economy. It might be sputtering right now, but clearly, governments are putting up a lot [...]
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How to Make Your Website Recession Proof
The blogosphere is buzzing with the bad news of the economic downturn. It’s all going down and certainly your site is. Or isn’t it?
Via Guy Kawasaki’s Tweet I found this article. It’s a bit of a mixed bag. Most actual publishers that were interviewed reported their income wasn’t really affected. Media watchers however reported a [...]
Analysis of the New Streamhead Design