Cellcast: Ruf an und sag´s allem

Crossmediale Gegenwart: Cellcast ermöglicht das Aufnehmen von Podcasts via Telefon.

Der elektrische Reporter

Neuigkeiten, Innovationen, erhöhte Schlagzahl: Diesmal mit Mario Sixtus vom Handelsblatt, mit dem “elektrischen Reporter” neue Wege geht.

Assoziatives Wiki: Pathway

Ein interessanter, neuer Ansatz für ein Wiki: pathway, das mit einer intuitiven Navigation daherkommt …

Gartner: Goldene Zeiten für Open-Source-Datenbanken

Heise: “Den Marktforschern von Gartner zufolge stehen Open-Source-Datenbanken goldene Zeiten bevor. In seinem Vortrag Enterprise Databases in an Open Source World auf dem diesjährigen Gartner Open Source Summit in Phoenix (Arizona) schilderte Analyst Donald Feiberg ein durchweg positives Zukunftsbild für MySQL, PostgreSQL und Konsorten.
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Den weltweiten Markt für Datenbank-Managementsysteme (DBMS) schätzt Gartner derzeit auf 14 Milliarden US-Dollar. Obwohl die Rolle von quelloffenen DBMS darin mit etwa 8 Prozent noch relativ gering ist, sieht das Marktforschungsunternehmen jedoch gute Chancen für Open-Source-Alternativen zu den proprietären Angeboten von Oracle, IBM, Microsoft und Sybase.Zu den wichtigsten Prognosen von Gartner gehören: Bis 2008 werden über 70 Prozent der IT-Unternehmen Open-Source-Datenbanken einsetzen …”

A Brief History of Online Video

Klasse Artikel mit eindrucksvoller Infografik, welche die rasante Entwicklung und Verbreitung von Webvideos zwischen Mai 2005 und August 2006 darstellt: Still going strong!

Genial: Airplane Tpy - Feel like a pilot

Made by a Canadian inventor this toy is the coolest airplane toy I have ever seen. Thanks to a camera installed, the plane transmits the video signal directly to the virtual reality goggles. As the operator tilts his head the camera moves accordingly because it is equipped with a gyroscope sensor. Giving the operator the impression of being the pilot. Too bad it is just a DIY toy. Tip von Moritz R, sollten Sie übrigens unbedingt kennenlernen, einer der unterschätztesten deutschen Künstler, hier seine Webseite!

The Audience is Up to Something

For the past year or so, I’ve been ending many of my speeches with this brilliant video by Peter Hirshberg of Technorati, and Michel Markman. They showed it first at at the D conference last year and a few times since then, such as the EG conference earlier this year. Now Michel’s uploaded it to YouTube for everyone to enjoy. Some of the lines, such as “There are a lot more of them than there are of us” and title of this post, are now permanently lodged in my brain. Thanks Peter and Michel!

From The Big Mo - 15 gute Tipps

15 gute Tipps!

1. Real security comes from growth ( Page xiv ) - To me this is the best statement in the book and it’s right there in the preface.

2. Wanting growth and attaining growth are two different things ( Preface xv ) - Companies usually end up paralyzed by trying to focus on how they’ll grow instead of actually growing.

3. Those who fit in now won’t stand out later ( Page 5 ) - It’s difficult to change once you get into a rhythm of mediocrity.

4. If you name something, you get power over it ( Page 18 ) - Ever try to change a bad nickname ? When a name catches on, it becomes very powerful.

5. Don’t concentrate on making a standard. Once you create the standard, you’ve created a commodity and your customers will seek something like it, but cheaper ( Page 23 ) - *cough* Netscape *cough*

6. Being efficient is not as good as being robust ( Page 52 ) - There’s such a thing as “good enough”. Being flexible is better than trying to squeeze out a few extra performance cycles.

7. You can’t predict the future (Page 55) - I already talked about this.

8. Everything is version .9, waiting for just one more upgrade before it’s done ( Page 86 ) - Releasing something stable, but not complete is better than waiting it’s “perfect”. It will never be perfect.

9. Betting on change is always the safest bet ( Page 91 ) - You can’t constrain change. People have scars from trying to.

10. Creativity is made up of iteration and juxtaposition ( Page 95 ) - Mash things together enough times, and something interesting will happen.

11. Compromise kills. Doing something half-ass is worse than doing nothing ( Page 97 ) - If you don’t have enough information to implement something, ignore it and move on. It’s better than trying to guess. Remember #7.

12. Novelty for the sake of novelty is risky and a recipe for irrelevance ( Page 100 ) - Solve a problem. I’ve written about this again and again

13. The energy isn’t in the idea, it’s in the execution ( Page 101 ) - Everyone wants to sit around and think up cool stuff. Sooner or later, you’re going to have to actually build something.

14. A product is what the customer thinks it is ( Page 131 ) - How many times have you gotten pissed at a user of your software for “using it wrong” ?

15. Don’t let the seeds stop you from enjoying the watermelon ( Page 134 ) - The world is grey. Every solution, product, feature is the result of several trade-offs.

The Social Bookmarking Faceoff

Interessanter Vergleich der verschiedenen social bookmark Anbieter (auch unter re-blog Gesichtspunkten): “The social bookmarking market is in a steady state with two dominant players - del.icio.us and StumbleUpon. The rest of the pack, including Yahoo MyWeb, appears to be substantially behind. Will they catch up? In this post we attempt to answer that question.

We also take a look at how social bookmarking has evolved since del.icio.us. (even del.icio.us itself has evolved a lot!). We compare the features and approaches of the different companies, to see which has gained popularity and what has become the norm in this space …”

Regensburg wird europäische Modellregion für Handy-TV

eise mobil: “Im Raum Regensburg wird in den nächsten beiden Jahren bei einem internationalen Forschungsprojekt Handy-TV getestet. Bei dem Modellvorhaben soll geprüft werden, wie regionale Fernseh- und Radioangebote von den Besitzern der speziellen Mobilfunkgeräte angenommen werden. Am Donnerstag, 28. September, soll das mobile TV im Hosentaschenformat in der Oberpfalz an den Start geben.

Nutzungsversuch wird von dem europäischen Digital- Multimedia- Broadcasting- (DMB-)Projekt “Mi Friends” organisiert, das auf Initiative der Bayerischen Landeszentrale für neue Medien gestartet wurde. Insgesamt 75 Partner aus neuen Ländern sind an dem Modellvorhaben beteiligt, darunter auch das Kommunikations- und Informationsministerium der Republik Korea. Regensburg wurde für das Projekt ausgewählt, weil die Forschungsergebnisse nach Ansicht der Initiatoren gut auf andere europäische Gebiete übertragen werden können …”