[digg-me] It is over. The event everybody has waited to attend is over. 150 people gathered at the Bluewin tower in Zurich West to see some Switzerland based startups. Introduction by Peter Hogenkamp and the inverview with Mike Butcher Video on Viddler A list of all startups that presented can be downloaded here. To watch […]
Continue ReadingOpenExpo 2008 Zurich – Program Announced
The OpenExpo team just informed the mailing list about the final program of this years OpenExpo in Zurich. And again, it looks very interesting and keeps growing and offering great keynotes and presentation. I have put together my favorites. But due to other obligations (= studying) I won’t be able to see them all. Wednesday, […]
Continue ReadingFirefox Ubiquity – A Comand Line Interface for your Browser
I have just discovered ubiquity for Firefox. It is something like a command line interface for your favorite browser. After installation you can hit CTRL+X and a small window shows up in which you can type in some commands. Commands google Performs a Google search. The google command allows you to search Google. Just select […]
Continue ReadingWhy the Linux World is Geeky
CC BY-NC-SA occ4m I am sitting in a class room on my holiday and getting taught about LPI1. Most of the time we read man pages. And there you see how crazy software engineers are. Little example? man date %p – locale’s equivalent of either AM or PM; blank if not known %P – like […]
Continue ReadingWebtuesday July 2008 – Lightning Talks
This month’s Webtuesday was a little special. Instead of one hour long presentation, Tristan Woerth organized “lightning talks“. I’ve managed to “edit” and upload the videos to Viddler (recommended by Hugo Schotman) and they look okay. Maybe I need a HD camera ?? Patrice Neff: Service Oriented Architecture Hugo’s video Harry Fuecks: RESTful Thumbnailing Technique […]
Continue ReadingTechCrunch Meet Up Zurich 2008
Update July 18th: My videos are live! Mike is coming! Yes, the TechCrunch Mike. No, not that Mike, but Mike Butcher from TechCrunch UK. Dominik Grolimund from the Swiss Startup wuala (news) has organized the first TechCrunch meetup in Zurich. I am sorry to say that this event is by invitation only, but you can […]
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