Archive for June, 2006



Halftime Note

Published on June 29, 2006

Almost halftime of the year and you bet, I’m pretty busy these days. However not posting on a daily/weekly basis (I wish I could … ;-) doesn’t mean that I’ve forgotten you, dear readers! I simply have to set priorities for a couple of weeks.
In any case for similar situations in the future I’m currently re-thinking the […]


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Design and the Art of Playing Soccer

Published on June 19, 2006

… I finally gave up ignoring that it’s soccer world cup time here in Germany. I even start to like it … While it has been asked here and there recently: “What is “Design’s” real contribution?” I’ve stumbled across this video below today:

Even though it’s the most intangible variable which can hardly be measured I must […]


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Skills of a (Design) Manager

Published on June 6, 2006

I think nobody is surprised to hear that understanding, talking and (sometimes) writing in English belongs to the basic skills of (design) managers these days. And based on my own experiences I can confirm that no native speaker expects you to talk or write almost perfect.
Interestingly in the course of my recent efforts to push […]


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Need some Cheer up?

Published on June 3, 2006

If blogging is too much of a pain for you in order to get famous, rich (?) and have groupies cheering at you then visit this site ->http://www.madin.jp/ouen/index-e.html
The site is also a perfect mental balm if:
– you’ve missed this year’s soccer worldcup qualification
– you’ve delivered a bad lecture, project, …
– your Google rank has dropped […]


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It’s time to reboot …

Published on June 2, 2006

Did I really forget to mention reboot8.0 happening yesterday and today in Copenhagen? Shame on me!
Kudos to Thomas Madsen-Mygdal (with whom I’ve had lots of fun at last fall’s WorldBlu forum in Washington D.C.) for creatively organizing such a great event where 400 people from across the globe meet for two days at a […]


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