Ok guys. Since most of you know that I’m kinda volleyball addict, I decided to integrate this topic more into my blog. If this frustrates the tech-freaks among you, sorry for that. I hope you won’t blame me completely ;-) First lesson is a basic defense tactic and actually shouldn’t be much of a concern if you play on a higher level. But since I just received some questions about [...]

I guess most of you guys know twitter. right? For those who don’t: Twitter is a microblogging service which allows you to send messages no longer than 140 characters. If it’s useful or not, is not our business today. Just wanted to make sure you know what i’m talking about. There’s one thing within the twitter community, that is quite nice (at least when looking at it’s origin). It’s called “follow [...]

Alright. Here we go. My 2 cents. So yesterday Apple announced the iPad . Their first tablet computer. Exactly what everyone expected. Steve (Jobs) called it his lifetime achievement. Actually I wouldn’t go this far… To first cover the basics: The device has a 9.7 inch display, weighs 1.5 pounds, and is half-an-inch thick. It is powered by new chip made by Apple itself, a 1 GHz A4 and will [...]

On any given Sunday you’re gonna win or you’re gonna lose. The point is – can you win or lose like a man? (Tony D’Amato - Any given sunday) But man. Have you seen that? What a conference finals night. That’s sports, that’s entertainment, that’s life. First match New York Jets (underdog) vs. Indianapolis Colts (THE team of the season) with star QB Peyton Manning. Basically pretty obvious who would win. [...]

Intro: Blip.fm is a web service that allows you to listen to music you search for or to listen to music other “blip” (post). You can follow cool “DJs” and post the songs you’re listen to your social media networks. Actually, most of you web 2.0 freaks should already know blip.fm ;-) Today I realized that blip.fm launched some new features on it’s homepage. Not quite sure whether they’ve been [...]

Help, I need somebody, help not just anybody, help… …so oder so ähnlich komme ich mir manchmal vor seitdem ich im wundervollen Kaiserreich Österreich tätig bin. Wien rockt, die Leute eh ;-) und auch sonst kann ich mich nicht beklagen. Nur die SEO / OM Szene ist mir hier ein wenig zu müde. Es gibt zwar einige, die mit Sicherheit viel drauf haben, doch Communitytechnisch ist eher tote Hose. So ist es [...]

For all of those who keep asking me “you’re into this mobile thing, right? What about this Google Phone?”. Here are the facts. Nothing more, nothing less. Bottom line so far: Looks like it rocks! Manufactured by HTC 3.7″ OLED display (iPhone: 3.5″), 800 x 480 pixels Thin (59.8 mm thick) and Light (130 g w/ battery) Runs Android 2.1 Voice-enabled keyboard lets you speak into any text field 5 mp [...]

Mal kurz off-topic werden hier. Volleyball ist das Thema. Also alle die nix darüber lesen wollen, feel free to skip ;-) Seit geraumer Zeit gelten 2 neue Volleyballregeln und nachdem ich jetzt wieder aktiver ins Geschehen eingreife, muss ich mich doch mal genauer damit beschäftigen. Regeländerung 1: Netzberührung ist nur noch ein Fehler, wenn man das Netz am oberen Band berührt, den oberen Teil der Antenne berührt, den Gegner behindert [...]

Another short and simple post. Just to give a brief example of well done eCommerce. Even though the website itself is not that much of a usability revelation. The cool thing about the guys from tennistown.de was their tracking and how they behave. I came to this shop when looking for a squash racket. Found a nice one, put it into my shopping cart and went to the checkout. 2 [...]

Alright folks. Let’s keep this one short and simple. I’m a fan of emails. Yes. Fan. Emails. In one sentence. Even nowadays in the era of instant messaging and google waving still prefer emails in order to communicate with clients or colleagues. Why? Well…here you go: People usually think before the send emails (well, does not apply to all clients, for sure…). Usually sending an email is a “bigger” act [...]