Today at the local tech-retail store a young boy (I say 12 years of age) said to his mother “No, Amazon is for books“. Do you see the problem? Somehow the “Amazon = Books” is inside of young people. And the marketing division of Amazon has a lot to do not to loose young people […]
Continue ReadingGoogle, You And Me In Front, Better Call Your Doctor
Somehow Google must hate me. In the past two days they have blocked around 10 to 15 sites of mine for “suspecious activity” and/or malware distribution. I got some emails like this one: Dear site owner or webmaster of gamesatfive.com, We recently discovered that some of your pages can cause users to be infected with […]
Continue ReadingDo undergraduates want a career in IT? (UK Study)
I love studies. Especially such from foreign countries. They always offer ways to see “over the edge”. A new study from CRAC (Career Development Organistation) about “the attitudes of current UK undergraduates in relation to careers and work in the IT sector”. They have researched in which fields undergraduates in the United Kingdom want to […]
Continue ReadingWeb 2.0 and Open Source in Startups – A Sun Event
As promised last week this is a short review of the Sun Microsystem’s Event about “Web 2.0 and Open Source in Startups”. First: This event was more for founders and managers than for developers. And you could clearly see this. Most came with a shirt or suite. Neither Mathias, Christian nor me had a t-shirt […]
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