Toni Schneider was in Zurich in August to give a talk about his past, his current job as CEO of Automattic and as a partner in the True-Ventures fund.
Continue ReadingDitching iPhoto’s integrated Flickr Uploader
Can you imagine how sad it is, to see your photos being deleted from your Flickr photo stream? This happened a few times to me lately. Why you ask? Well it seems that once a photo is no longer in your iPhoto Library, it will be deleted on Flickr. No matter if you just moved […]
Continue ReadingPoken Destruction – How to Make Friends
Poken is a technology that utilizes Near Field Communication technology to allow the exchange of online social networking data between two keychain accessories. They can be used to connect people with Internet profiles like Facebook, Xing or other social networks. All you need to do is let the hands touch each other. Later you connect […]
Continue ReadingThoughts on Twitter
Note: This article started completely different than it is now. I have just written down what just came out of my head! Remember the time when everybody was working hard to get a higher and higher Google Pagerank? Hours spent by marketers to get sites to link to your site. Paying good money to have […]
Continue ReadingGoogle StreetView now in Switzerland
Google will announce today that StreetView will be available for some parts of Switzerland. Check the overview below for a short overview: To use Streetview simply drag the yellow man-icon on the zoom levels to any blue street on the map. I have to admit, it is actually pretty funny to “drive” around in Google […]
Continue ReadingBreaking the Network: SSH Server as Proxy for Secure Browsing
Our university LAN is pretty restricted. You can only access the most basic ports like http (80), ftp (21), ssh (22), pop3, imap and so on. But what if you need another port like a port to manage a webserver? After some tuning and searching we came up with the almost perfect solution. And it […]
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