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ToDo Lists with Clear

barbnerdy — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:02:10 +0000

ToDo Lists and Apps are a trending topic now. Everybody seems talking about the different methods, tools and gadgets for getting things done. Recently this app CLEAR crossed my path and what can I say, I love it. There is not much difference to write everything down on a piece of paper but here you do it with the gadget we love.

With some nice gestures you can just “write” down the tasks you have to do. It’s not a project management tool but for the daily things its lovely. And don’t forget at least YOU are responsible for getting things done, you can’t blame any app Clear is available for 0,79 Euro and its coming from REALM, an App company, based in the UK which has already some nice products for mac on the market like Little Snapper.

Clear for iPhone – Available Now! from Realmac Software on Vimeo.

Quantified Self – Die Vermessung des Selbst

barbnerdy — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:10:37 +0000

Du benutzt die Runkeeper App, kennst aber Deine Blutgruppe nicht?

Eine neue Bewegung macht gerade die Runde: Quantified Self. Und damit haben wir bereits viel mehr zu tun als wir annehmen, sagt Christian Grasse in seinem Artikel für Deutschlandradio Kultur:

—-> “Medizinische Informationen waren lange Zeit nur Ärzten und Experten vorbehalten. Die Quantified-Self-Bewegung will das Wissen über unseren Körper und unsere Gesundheit demokratisieren, mithilfe neuer Technologien.”

Hier geht es darum, sich selbst zu vermessen / tracken. Wo halte ich mich auf (Foursquare, Path), wie ist mein Laufverhalten (Runkeeper), was mache ich eigentlich so den lieben langen Tag, sitze ich zu lange am Rechner, was esse ich so den lieben langen Tag. Christian Grasse hat recherchiert und verrät, was es damit auf sich hat. Eine “Gratwanderung zwischen Selbstoptimierung und Kontrollverlust”?

Weiterlesen:
Quantified Self
bei Third Wave Berlin
Cory Doctorow: With a little help

A twitter day in wordle

barbnerdy — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:26:37 +0000

A very nice review of certain parts of the day

Instagram meets Statigram

barbnerdy — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:18:59 +0000

Instagram is one of the few services which I use already since:

And for a service this is a long time. Only Facebook, Twitter and Soundcloud stayed with me longer. Every other service was just fun for a moment. Interesting, he?
I love Instragram. Even if it’s still available only for iPhone its great and it stayed. The instagram team is constantly doing weekend hashtag competitions and give great tipps and tricks on their tumblr.

A nice addition to Instagram is Statigram, a website where you can find all statistics about your pics you’ve done with Instagram:

Who put interest in Pinterest?

barbnerdy — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:29:34 +0000

Since a few weeks a new service has launched as beta – invite only and created a lot of buzz here. It only took me half a day until i get an invite via the official site. Nice! Quickly many of my Twitter / Facebook friends arrived and started “pinning”. —> Overdosed (me)

How does it work:

Once you create your account, you can add people from Twitter and Facebook you start “pinning”. You can create “Boards” where you can put and comment your fave stuff. Also you can follow your friends “Boards” and comment on their pins. To add a pin, Pinterest is providing a bookmarklet which is very buggy. (they are still in Beta, not to forget) On some sites it doesn’t recognize pictures even the page is full of pictures.
Here are my Pinterest boards:

As you can see I created boxes which I would like to use as storage where I can find things easy again and of course, share it. I’m looking for a place like this since a long time, since I’m not using Delicious anymore, i tried to work with Springpad but it got really complicated in terms of sharing.

And here comes the downside (for me)

When I open my Pinboard its just a page with hundreds of pictures. All the same size (which is good and reminds me about my fave food site: Foodgawker) but with totally mixed content. Some people seem to pin everything from everywhere. Ok, I can unfollow them and try to find out who pins the most interesting things. But this makes not much sense to me. I prefer to follow people on google+, where the focus is more on content and not only on pictures. So I guess, I’m just not the target group. I would compare Pinterest with high glossy mags like Vogue, which I’m also not very interested in.

The other downside of it is, that you can only watch videos via YouTube directly in Pinterest. Every other link, like Soundcloud or Vimeo you will be redirected to the website.But this problem also occurs in google+.

Conclusion: —-> Input overload

But I will keep an eye on it, maybe other use cases will bring back the sense and fun. And I’m really looking for a place where I can store all the recommendations about, apps, movies, books etc…

Maybe Pinterest will become the place for me where I go first, when I want to watch a movie and don’t know which one. Cause in movies I’m so lost like anyone else in music….

UPDATE:
What I didn’t mention in this article is the complete copyright infringement which is happening here. And I mean this in a way that we need urgently changes in the copyright law. Otherwise things like this and other aggregated platforms will not have any possibilities for a long lifetime in Germany. And in my opinion, they are the future, that’s how we will “consume” and get information.

New Mix

barbnerdy — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:47:31 +0000

Recently I had a nice job as “Musical Director” for the award ceremony: “Megaphon Award” organised from “Jahrbuch der Werbung” where I compiled 2 hours of music, which was played in the background while the people arrive. Here you can listen to the 1st hour:

Part 2 right now is at Mixcloud, gonna edit it slightly and move it over aswell to Soundcloud. Meanwhile you can enjoy it –> here.

For the #ironblogger: Yes this post is pretty lame…hehe… Recently I had a lot of fun to do some changes on my Streetart + Music Tumblr: Support Your Local Ghetto. No excuse so.

Press Pause Play

barbnerdy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:30:22 +0000

This video is one of the most important documentaries of this time. It is a film about hope and fear in our digital culture. So many questions, so many ways. What is right? What is wrong? Where does it go? We are still at the beginning of this new era and we should not forget about this fact. Trial and Error is still the option.

“The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities.

But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world’s most influential creators of the digital era.”

You can download the standard version or buy an extended version on iTunes or Amazon. Please visit presspauseplay.com

PressPausePlay from House of Radon on Vimeo.

Ironblogger LOGO

barbnerdy — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:16:59 +0000

You have an idea?

Ironblogger Berlin zu Gast bei Fritz – Trackback

barbnerdy — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:50:29 +0000

Last saturday Nicole and I where at the Berlin Radio “Fritz” for the show Trackback to give some insights about the Ironblogger Berlin thing. Check it out on the Ironblogger Berlin Site. (German Language). There you will also find a great overview about all the posts and slackers in the previews weeks and… hurray some pics.

Kaufen – Lesen – Verschenken

barbnerdy — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:31:07 +0000

This post is a review about a book, I’m recently reading on my brand new Kindle. Unfortunately it is available only in German language, so I’ll switch the language.

Irgendwie ist die C64 Geschichte dort wo ich aufgewachsen bin, spurlos an mir vorüber gezogen. Erst viel später habe ich die Zusammenhänge erkannt. Ich saß in der Zeit zwar mehrmals am Rechner – das war bestimmt ein C64 – aber dass man damit auch noch andere Dinge tun kann als Skripts von Professoren abtippen, das hat sich zu der Zeit für mich leider nicht erschlossen.
So war ich froh als das Buch in der Bestenliste von Markus (Netzpolitik) entdeckte. Zuvor hatte ich bereits ein bisschen Einblick in die Historie der Hacker durch das Buch “Underground” von Suelette Dreyfus und Julian Assange und natürlich der Steve Jobs Biographie bekommen, doch der Kreis schliesst sich für mich nun erst mit diesem Buch.

Sehr kurzweilig geschrieben erzählt hier Christian Stöcker (Spiegel Ressortleiter Netzwelt) die Geschichte der Revolution, die in den Kinderzimmern begann und bis heute nicht aufgehört hat. Es geht um Hacker und deren Ethik, um das Knacken des Kopierschutzes das oft, unbehelligt von den Verkäufern im Laden, stattfand; den Einfluss von William Gibson auf die Spiele Entwicklung, bis zum heutigen Phänomen von Facebook und Twitter. Ich bin erst bei der Hälfte aber ich bin mir sicher, es geht genauso interessant, spannend und unterhaltsam weiter.

Auf jeden Fall ist es ein Buch, dass man auch seinen Eltern zum lesen geben sollte oder den Freunden, die neben einem Facebook Account eher weniger digital unterwegs sind. Es gibt so viele AAAH Momente, dass ich hier gar nicht viel weiter verraten möchte.

Es gibt es als Buch (14,99) und natürlich auch als Kindle eBook (11,99) – Amazon Link. Im Buchhandel findet Ihr es es in der EDV (sick!) Abteilung…