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Road Trippin’ for Research
April 29, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Stephen Rouse over at IGLOO gave me a heads up on a new blog that tries to explore the "differences and similarities between US and European startup success stories". Created by three German PhD students who currently travel through the United States, Ventureroadtrip.com profiles entrepreneurs and investors in short video clips. Ralf Schmelter, Carsten Ruebsaamen and René Mauer use the blog to capture some of the impressions from their research trip. For now they mostly seem to focus on short video... [Read the full story]
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Schnee im Maerz
March 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment
So langsam koennte der Fruehling dann mal kommen. Gestern gab es noch mal einen Schneesturm in Toronto. Jetzt liegen schon wieder 30 cm Schnee. Noch so einen Sturm und wir brechen den regionalen Schneerekord, der seit ueber 70 Jahren existiert. Read More →
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PR Toolbar: Making room for more feeds
April 14, 2007 · 1 Comment
The list of blogs in the RSS reader has grown quite long. After talking to Michael O’Connor Clarke and Gary Schlee at the last Third Tuesday, I’ve decided to split up the RSS reader in the Canuck PR Toolbar into two sections: one for PR blogs (red) and one for marcom and social media blogs (blue). This has nothing to do with ”separating church and state”. It is simply a functional improvement because a couple toolbar users told me that some RSS feeds... [Read the full story]
Public Relations
Email overload through the ages
March 31, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Here are two quotes from newspaper articles about email overload in the workplace. It seems that people are so busy wading through the overload and responding that they don’t have time for real work. […] A few companies are taking corrective action. Computer Associates, based in Islandia, L.I., shuts down its E-mail system for four hours a day, between 10 A.M. and noon and again between 2 P.M. and 4 P.M. “People were spending too much time on E-mail,” said Marc Sokol, vice president of advanced technology.... [Read the full story]
Technology
Founders and Funders
May 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment
When he’s not busy educating Toronto geeks on fashion style, David Crow dedicates a lot of his time to organizing and participating in tech community events. Now I just came across the Founders and Funders event, which he and Jevon MacDonald of StartupNorth are bringing to Toronto on June 4 - for the second time. Started in Montreal last November, Founders & Funders is about “helping to connect the founders of early-stage, venture fundable web and technology companies with the funding community in Canada.” Sounds... [Read the full story]
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Facebook in Reality
I only read about last week’s CaseCamp kerfuffle online in the ensuing blog debate. But next time, let’s maybe... [Read more]
May 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Founders and Funders
When he’s not busy educating Toronto geeks on fashion style, David Crow dedicates a lot of his time to organizing and... [Read more]
May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Road Trippin’ for Research
Stephen Rouse over at IGLOO gave me a heads up on a new blog that tries to explore the "differences and similarities... [Read more]
April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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Ohne Titel
Bin beim letzten Deutschlandbesuch an dieser beindruckenden Schaufensterdekoration vorbeigekommen. Read More →
April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Schnee im Maerz
So langsam koennte der Fruehling dann mal kommen. Gestern gab es noch mal einen Schneesturm in Toronto. Jetzt liegen schon... [Read more]
March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Sapphische Ode in der U-Bahn
Ein Glueck, dass ich heute mit der U-Bahn nach Hause gefahren bin. Beinahe haette ich ein Taxi genommen. So bin ich dann... [Read more]
February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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