OnePager of Sören Nilsson
Running Eco Yuppie studying business informatics and working for OTTO. Loves #organic food, #vegetarianism, #sustainability, #ecommerce, #customer service, #online marketing, #books.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 für den Einsteigerbereich. Schick ist es: http://t.co/OpxxI7j9
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Apple: Verkaufsverbot für 3G iPads, iPhone 4, 3GS und 3G - Wie traurig... #Ironie http://t.co/F8Y49ltT2 weeks ago from web | Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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Video der #heveling Homepage, für alle die es verpasst haben. ;-) #hevelingfacts http://t.co/9fh9dQGc
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Da ist die gehackte Homepage des Herrn #heveling down. Dabei waren die Texte so schön. ;-) #hevelingfacts3 weeks ago from web | Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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I just discovered @wavii - auto-magical news feeds for any topic (seriously!). Join for early access, https://t.co/0oRE0R49
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Die Kombination aus Hamburger U-Bahn, o2-Netz und Simfy Android-App mit fehlerhaftem Offline-Modus ist vollkommen frustrierend. Unglaublich.
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Heute ist das @zappos Culture Book bei mir angekommen. :-) http://t.co/s65WVSfK
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I just signed up for Wunderkit! Use this link to get early access to the beta. - http://t.co/jwvlvPEN via @6Wunderkinder #Wunderkit
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Das o2-Netz ist trotz angeblicher Bemühungen kein Stück besser geworden. Echt traurig. Ich war mal Fanboy.
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I support #wikipediablackout! Show your support here http://t.co/ZpNsz07S
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Kundenservice 4: OTTO setzt auf Kundenorientierung in Social Media » pr-blogger.de http://t.co/jFj7ygcP In dem Bereich arbeite ich jetzt! :)
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RT: Hey @PapaJohns just FYI my name isn't "lady chinky eyes" http://t.co/dB5NBL7q via @twitpic 211.000 Views!!!
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Die Idee mit dem zentralen Profilmanagement hat sich nie durchgesetzt, stimmts? Merke gerade, dass da einiges an Arbeit vor mir liegt.7 weeks ago from web | Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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Mein Vorsatz fürs neue Jahr: Wieder mehr twittern.
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Yeah, I'm a little sad that I had no time to continue my blog series or create new blogposts.
However the good news is that I wasn't resting. In the last weeks I created a new blog for PrincessHoney.
It is called "Hamburg is[s]t vegan" and deals with vegan food and vegan lifestyle in Hamburg.
More or less it is a niche and local topic, but I think it will help me to learn a lot about creating a totally new project from the scratch. Furthermore it is a lot of fun!
You can follow the progress on Twitter, Facebook and the blog:
http://twitter.com/#!/HamburgIstVegan
http://www.facebook.com/HamburgIstVegan
I would be glad to read a comment or receive feedback from you!
Yeah, it's more or less an ad. But hey it's progress of a big company, too.
"I didn't use any vacation time while I was in Indiana [brother's
funeral, taking care of mother]. In fact, I didn't track any time off
at all. Now that I'm on ROWE, tracking any kind of time off seems
ludicrous. ... Heck, I even worked from the Philippines for a week and
took no time off. My job was completed over the internet and many
people even didn't know I was out of town."
“The language in the work environment that makes judgments about how people are spending their time.”
Sludge might sound like this: “10:00 and you’re just getting in? I wish I could come in late every day”, “Banker’s hours again? Must be nice”, or “There goes Jill to pick up her sick kid again at daycare – wish I had a kid and could get some time off”.
(via book “Why work sucks and how to fix it” and co2partners.com)
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This is part two of my new blog series "Sustainable Lifestyle". If you haven't read the first post, click here. |
- Buy more
That's a good start, right? However my next sentences maybe disappoint you. By saying that you should buy more I don't invoke you to buy more stuff than you wanted to buy. Rather I want to encourage you to buy more at once. This will save you time, produce less packaging and pollution made of transport or travelling. - Buy less
Do you really need all the stuff you have collected in your appartment and basement? Yes? When have you recently used your juicer, sandwich maker or mini indoor helicopter? If it is a long time ago then you are not alone. We buy a lot of stuff that we throw to all the over unused stuff after a short while. The next time you plan to buy a new gadget, kitchen device or accessoire ask yourself "Will I still regularly use it in three months?". - Digitize your shopping list
I was one these "I write everything on paper to not forget anything"-shoppers. However I have made acquaintance with Google Tasks which helps me to write down everything I need to buy easily and save a paper. Here is why it's easy: Tap add, write, tap somewhere, repeat to add more, uncheck while it's flying into your shopping cart. - Prepare a packed lunch
A long shopping trip can be exhausting. After a while it is good to eat or drink something. Most people run to the next takeaway and buy something to eat it on the go. Most of the time I do the same. My problem is that I don't really like most of the food I find in the shopping center. Therefore I thought about how to get delicious food and don't be depend on the (more or less) sustainable mindset of the takeaway businesses. Here is the solution: Prepare a packed lunch with your beloved food and drink. With this you can be assured what's in the food, how it was prepared and it produces less waste if you use plastic boxes. Furthermore it will make you happier because it is exactly what you like. - Don't forget your shopping bags
Your handbag or backpack with your packed lunch is ready. However don't forget your shopping bags. Either you reuse the shopping bags from your last shopping trip or you have bought cotton shopping bags. Now you are prepared to refuse the shopping bags in the next store to pack your bought stuff in your own bags. Hint: I own cotton shopping bags that are fairtrade. Try to find "good" shopping bags, too. - Pass your car
Ride a (shared) bike, walk, take the bus. There is nothing more to write. I only use my car to go shopping if I buy water bottles and juice for the next 2-3 weeks. - Refuse the sales slip
Most of the time we buy things that have no guarentee or that we won't take back to the store. Everytime you refuse the associated sales slips it will save paper. However there is one precondition: The cash register shouldn't print the sales slips if you don't need it. In Germany more and more business already stopped printing the sales slips automatically. Maybe they found out that it's totally waste. - Produce less waste
So you really like apples but live alone and buy only two everytime you go shopping? That's okay. However it is not okay to put them in a plastic bag. In my opinion there is no extra effort to bring two loose apple to the cashier. Furthermore it will save you a little money because you don't weigh the plastic bag. - Recycle the packaging
After you have finished and return home to unpack your shopping bags try to separate plastic, paper and other waste to recycle it. This will make it easier to reuse the materials that are normally thrown away.
Do you have any further tips on shopping? Please let me know in the comments and I will add it with your name to the list.
Picture credits: "NO To Plastic" by Artotem (Flickr)
Constantly seek to learn and grow, but accept yourself exactly as you are.
Add Value to Others and Take Care of Yourself.
Focus Intensely and Renew Regularly.
Read more:
http://blogs.hbr.org/schwartz/2010/12/six-ingredients-of-a-good-life.html
"Collaboration and connecting with others is a beautiful thing, but in the end, creation is done in solitude. All great art is done in isolation. All creative work must be done by shutting out the outside world, sitting down, and creating."
Read the five steps how-to here:
http://the99percent.com/tips/6961/Creating-Perfect-Solitude-for-Creative-Focus
"Here's what makes it easy to get started with this: no one needs to know.
Start with just yourself. Sit at your desk in the morning, pause before booting up your computer, and mark the moment. Do this by taking a deep breath. Or by arranging your pens. Whatever it is, do it with the intention of creating respect for what you're about to begin. Do the same before you make a phone call. Or receive one. Or before you meet with a colleague or customer.
Each time we pause, notice, and offer respect for an activity, it reminds us to appreciate and focus on what we're about to do. And by elevating each activity, we'll take it more seriously. We'll get more pleasure from it. The people with whom we work will feel more respected. And we'll feel more self-respect.
Which means we'll work better with each other. And produce better results.
That focus will help us accomplish our tasks more carefully, more proficiently, and more productively, with fewer distracting under-the-table BlackBerry texts. And all the research shows that that kind of singular focus will make us far more efficient.
In other words, that time-indulgent ritual thing? It might just be the perfect antidote to a time-starved world."
Read more: http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2010/12/the-value-of-ritual-in-your-wo.html
I have just created a feed with Instapaperfeed to push the most popular links from my Twitter timeline to my Google Reader account.
That’s a very convenient way to extract interesting news from Twitter.
Here is the how-to:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/instapaperfeed_a_great_way_to_pull_good_reading_ou.php
After following the how-to you only have to subscribe to the rss feed of instapaper with Google Reader. Great!
Update: After a few days I had to determine that no posts appeared in the Google Reader. Therefore I tried a workaround and created a Feedburner feed from the Instapaper RSS feed and suscribed to it. It's a little extra effort but it works fine.
Thanks to Hacker News I found a slideshare presentation from Amir Khella which shows "how to prototype like a pro".
He build a product called "Keynotopia" for Keynote and Powerpoint. It consists of templates that will help you building iPad, iPhone, Android, Windows Phone 7, Web, Facebook and UX prototypes.
Check out the presentation about Keynotopia:
And here is a video that shows how to prototype an iPhone app in 13 minutes:
I have bought it and will test it in the coming days. Maybe my dreams come true...
The Seven Sins of Greenwashing
· Sin of the hidden trade-off
· Sin of no proof
· Sin of vagueness
· Sin of worshiping false labels
· Sin of irrelevance
· Sin of lesser of two evils
· Sin of fibbing
Read more: http://sinsofgreenwashing.org/findings/the-seven-sins/
Greenwashing Report 2010
Read more: http://sinsofgreenwashing.org/findings/greenwashing-report-2010/
(via KarmaKonsum)
I found two great blogposts on being an entrepreneur. I recommend subscribing to OnStartups.
The 11 Harsh Realities Of Being An Entrepreneur
The headlines:
- Your First Iteration of an Idea Will Be Wrong
- Your Friends And Family Won't Understand What You Do
- You Will Make Less Than Normal Wages For A While
- Everything Takes Twice As Long...If It Even Happens
- Titles Mean Nothing. You Will Be a Janitor
- There Is No Silver Bullet
- Customers Will Frustrate You
- You Can't Do It All Yourself
- There Is No Such Thing As An Overnight Success
- Building A Team Is Hard
- There Are Forces Outside Your Control
Read it here: http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/17741/The-11-Harsh-Realities-Of-Being-An...
14 Reasons Why You Need To Start A Startup
The headlines:
- You Will Have The Time Of Your Life
- You Have The Power To Create Something From Nothing
- A World Of Knowledge Is Available
- Cloud Computing And Web Apps Make It Cheap To Start
- Location Isn't Important At First
- You Can Get Press And Attention Overnight
- There Are More Customer Acquisition Channels Than Ever Before
- It's Possible To Make A Living From A Startup Fairly Fast
- The Capital To Grow Is Widely Available If You Need It
- You Will Make Friends And Connections That Will Last A Lifetime
- The Amount Of New Platforms And Technologies Is Staggering
- Finding Out Whether You Are Right Takes Far Less Risk
- A Traditional "Job" Isn't Much More Secure In The Long Run
- The Worst That Can Happen, Isn't Really That Bad
Read it here: http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/24525/14-Reasons-Why-You-Need-To-Start-A...
"Imagine a 1,500 kilometer underground FoodTubes ring circling the UK. The packet-switched-style network would connect all major food producers and retailers via 3,000 kilos of smart grid controlled air pressure pipe. The Foodtubes capsules, spaced one meter apart, will race about in gangs of 300 or so at 100kph. As many as 900,000 will be in circulation at any given moment, either zipping around beneath London and Liverpool or being loaded and unloaded at freight dockets."
"Add to that the traffic relieving removal of huge trucks from UK roads. 200,000 of them could be replaced by 17,000 kilos of pipelines and capsules, the group estimates, saving the country 40 million tons of CO2 each year, and the world perhaps as much as four billion if the idea was adopted globally."
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In the last two weeks I thought a lot about creating a more sustainable lifestyle. There a lot of things I have already done or I have started to do. A lot of these things can be improved of course. However instead of writing it down on my own I will share it with you. Maybe it will inspire you to emulate my deeds. |
What is sustainability?
Why is a sustainable lifestyle important?
Instead of writing a whole book about why a sustainable lifestyle is important, I recommend watching "The Story of Stuff". It is a really descriptive way of explaining what we are doing with our nature due to economic interests.
If you don't have the time for watching the video you can read about it here.
How to start your sustainable lifestyle?
Think about it as your private project. Give it a name like "Better Life". Start with small actions and as time goes by you will discover new ways to act more sustainable. This new life is more challenging because you will think about the impact of your actions and avoid actions that don't fit with your project. It is also more adventurous and fun because you live beyond the discounter mainstream that only focuses on availability and price. You will find alternatives and new products that you haven't heard of before. That's exciting!
Am I a bad guy if don't follow every step to a more sustainable lifestyle?
No. The "Sustainable Lifestyle" project has to fit with your needs and goals in life. I won't doubt that they can change to become more sustainable during the progress of your new project. However if you want to drive a car, I'm fine with it as long as you are aware of the negative environmental impacts and actively work on reducing them. And don't worry I'm not a radical eco hippie. I would describe myself more as an eco yuppie:
Earth-friendly. Young urban professional. Sustainability-minded. Humanitarian. 'Herban.' Conservation-conscious. Recycles. Organic consumer. Fair trade supporter. Local produce purchaser. Reuses. Reduces personal waste. Encourages a healthy lifestyle. Knowledgeable. Seeks to succeed in life, while maintaining a view of the bigger picture. Supports wildlife conservation efforts. Informed. Reduces carbon footprint. Knows what 'carbon footprint' means. Evolves. Creative problem-solver. Values a good quality of life. (source)
Blog Series "Sustainable Lifestyle" - Upcoming topics
I will write on about half a dozen areas where you can easily make changes to live more sustainable. The Blog Series will deal with shopping, car driving, living, washing, food, work and fitness. Maybe I will find more areas during writing. If you want me to write about another area, let me know in the comments.
Stay tuned for part #2 of the Blog Series!
Update:
Blog Series 'Sustainable Lifestyle': #2 - 9 Tips on Shopping
Picture credits: "Earth Day art contest 2008" by Fairfax County Public Library (Flickr)
"Getting Creative Things Done: The System
At the beginning of each week, decide on the one (or, at most, two) big creative projects that will receive your attention over the next five days. Ignore the temptation to make a small amount of progress on a large amount of projects. Creative work is hard. If you want high-quality output, you have to focus your energy.
Block out time for these projects on your calendar. The increments should at least 1 hour long, and preferably 2 to 3. When you block these hours out depends on your schedule for the week. What’s important, however, is that you treat these blocks like you would any other important appointment: the time is inviolable, and you must work around these blocks when scheduling meetings or other work.
Set rules for your creative blocks. The rules should describe what is NOT allowed during creative work. For example, I have a strict ban on email during creative blocks.
Focus on process, not goals. The final piece is arguably the most important: don't set goals for your creative blocks. Creative work is not a task to be checked off a next actions list. If you decide that you need to complete a particular project by the end of a block, for example, you're likely to either be frustrated by your lack of progress or rush out something mediocre. Instead, focus on process. Decide how, exactly, you are going to approach the work. This focuses your energy. High-quality results will follow naturally from this focused work."
Momentan feiere ich mehrmals die Woche innerlich ein Fest!
Ständig kommen coole neue Sachen raus oder spannende News oder inspirierende Bücher…
Und hier ist der nächste Festanlass: http://www.tamyca.de/
Ich habe die Seiten zu (P2P-)Carsharing im Buch The Mesh geradezu verschlungen und war begeistert von der Idee sein eigenes Auto als P2P-Car mehr auszulasten bzw. sein eigenes Auto abzuschaffen und nur noch, wenn nötig, schnell irgendwo einzusteigen.
Carsharing gibt es schon länger in Deutschland. Anbieter sind z.B.:
· http://www.cambio-carsharing.de/
· http://www.dbcarsharing-buchung.de/
· http://www.car2go.com/hamburg/de/ (Ab Frühjahr in Hamburg!)
Und mit Tamyca also auch endlich P2P-Carsharing. Super!
12 Autos habe ich bereits im Umkreis von 20km (PLZ 22172) gefunden. Hier ein Auszug (mit einem Spaßangebot fürchte ich):
Sobald mein eigenes Auto endlich repariert ist, melde ich es bestimmt auch an. Es steht sowieso meistens vor der Tür.
Hier geht es noch zu einem Interview mit dem Gründer:
http://www.foerderland.de/419+M5a6bf3fd166.0.html
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Also mal kurz vorab. Ich hatte fast zwei Jahre ein Iphone 3GS, hab mich vorher aber nicht besonders für Apple interessiert. Es war damals einfach das beste Smartphone. Heute habe ich Android und bin zufriedener. Wenn ich allerdings von einem Normaluser gefragt werde, der nur Apple oder "den Rest" kennt, dann sage ich ihm/ihr: "Wenn du Normaluser bist, wird du mit nem iPhone glücklich, nimms." Man kann mir also nicht vorwerfen ich würde nur über Apple herziehen.
Die Smart Cover Verschwörung
Was jetzt aber rund um das Sleeve/Cover a.k.a. Smart Cover des iPad 2 passiert, ist lächerlich.
Wer das Smart Cover nicht kennt, hier ein Video:
Apple-Fanboy-Blogs behaupten, Samsung hätte ein Smart Cover ähnliches Produkt zertifiziert:
"Samsung’s officially certified the copycat Smart Cover to be used with their copycat iPad." (Quelle)
...was definitiv nicht stimmt:
"Samsung says they generally review and then certify accessories with the “Designed for Samsung Mobile” mark but Samsung didn’t certify this Anymode case." (Quelle)
Hat Apple das Smart Cover erfunden?
Wo wir gerade bei "most shameless" sind... hat Apple eigentlich das Smart Cover erfunden? Apple und die Fanboys würden da nie einen Zweifel dran lassen. Der objektive Normalsterbliche würde jedoch dieses Produkt betrachten und hätte eine klare Antwort:
Es handelt sich dabei um das "Convertible Magazine Jacket for iPad" 1 von Incase und wurde im November 2010 vorgestellt. Das Smart Cover von Apple erblickte das Licht der Welt im März 2011. Wie lautet also die Antwort? (Tipp: Engadget bezeichnete es freundlich als Erbe.)
Vorgehen mit Zukunft?
Ich hoffe, dass sich die Industrie irgendwann nicht mehr vom Börsenwert Apples beeindrucken lässt und mit den gleichen Waffen zurückschlägt wie Apple (sprich Anwälte). Noch fahren sie abgefahrene Rekorde ein und werden die Spielebranche übernehmen, doch die Konkurrenz ist auf dem Weg und hält dagegen. Wir können gespannt sein!
Gestern habe ich zwischen meinen uralten Tunderbird-Backups auch ein Konto meiner alten T-Online E-Mail-Adresse gefunden. Ich kann noch per bereits eingerichtetem POP3 in Thunderbird darauf zugreifen und ich bekomme Newsletter zu meinem aktuellen Entertain-Paket.
Doch jetzt wird es spannend: Die E-Mail-Adresse gehörte zu einem alten Vertrag (ISDN), den ich vor Jahren gekündigt habe. Es steht in keine Verbindung zu meinem neuen Vertrag (außer vielleicht über meinen Namen). Ich habe natürlich versucht zu testen, was noch alles möglich ist. Ich kann nicht mehr auf das E-Mail-Konto per Login zugreifen. Er kennt die Daten nicht, akzeptiert sie aber über diese eine genannte Thunderbird-Konfiguration. Ich kann das Konto nicht mehr bei Google Mail als POP3 einrichten. Er akzeptiert meine Daten ebenfalls nicht.
Doch warum bekomme ich Newsletter zu Entertain? Und warum kann ich darauf zugreifen und dann doch wieder nicht?
Wie der Titel schon sagt, das ist wohl nur bei T-Online möglich. :-)
Foto per Flickr von CWA Union.
Great news for all digital bookworms:
http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/07/amazon-debuts-kindle-for-web-on-heels-of-google-ebooks/
Ich bin fertig mit den Nerven. Ich mache nie mehr ne Telefonbestellung, und schon gar nicht bei Dell. Alle Mitarbeiter waren unfreundlich oder haben mich direkt weitergeleitet, AUSSER der letzte Mitarbeiter, der meine Bestellung aufgenommen hat. Ich bin so platt wie mein neues Gadget:
Außerdem gestaltete sich die Aktion ziemlich schwierig, weil ich natürlich noch einige, spezielle Fragen hatte und wir die Konfiguration einige Male ändern mussten. Es gibt die UMTS-Version nämlich nicht in rot!!! :-( Naja, jetzt wird es silber und wenn ich damit nicht zufrieden bin, bekommt es halt ein edles Skin.
Wurde irgendwie teurer als gedacht, aber naja. Absolute Mobilität kostet halt was. Dafür bekomme ich jetzt bis auf die Farbe, genau was ich will. Sollte es zu wenig RAM (2GB) sein, kann ich ihn tauschen. Außerdem wird das V130 als mein erstes Gerät Begegnung mit einer SSD machen, denn auch die Festplatte kann ich tauschen. Das wird ein Fest! :-)
Die Verbesserungen:
* mehr Geschwindigkeit
* ein überarbeitetes, besser bedienbares Interface
* NFC-Unterstützung
* eine neue Tastatur
* Wortselektion
* verbesserte Copy & Paste-Funktionalität
* unterstützt Internet-Telefonie (VoIP/SIP)
* unterstützt Lagesensoren
Los geht's ab 16.12. mit dem neuen Nexus S. Danach kommen alle weiteren Geräte in den Genuß, etwa mein Galaxy Tab! :-)
(via http://www.netbooknews.de/28622/google-veroffentlicht-android-2-3-aka-gingerb...
Seems like the apps aren't available in Germany. Furthermore I can't find books like The Long Tail, The Mesh, What would Google do etc.
Argh, early adopter needs help!
Freaky! :D
Mehr gibt es hier: http://www.youtube.com/user/cutewinfail
