Tom Schlenkhoff

"I’m no fan of XML either. It seems overused in many Java systems. I like to say that JSON is a..."

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:48:06 +0100

“I’m no fan of XML either. It seems overused in many Java systems. I like to say that JSON is a representation while XML is a career path.”

- http://blog.eisele.net/2012/02/heroes-of-java-ward-cunningham.html

Rebels, may the force be with you. Always.

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:51:36 +0100

Rebels, may the force be with you. Always.

Couldn’t we implement something to convey age, privacy,...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:48:47 +0100

Couldn’t we implement something to convey age, privacy, affiliation, and payment terms for a site or service? Privacy issues are already hard to track and it isn’t getting any easier.

Adventures in Design Thinking class

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:13:35 +0100

Adventures in Design Thinking class:

The Bootcamp Bootleg is more of a cook book than a text book, and more of a constant work-in-progress than a polished and permanent piece.

Clausewitz: Nebel des Krieges

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:54:17 +0100

I thought it might be interesting to talk about how the U.S. Marines are trained to make decisions in the fog of war. They call it the 70% solution.

If you have 70% of the information you’d like to have
If you’ve done 70% of the analysis that you think is required
And feel 70% confident that you are right, then get on with it

The Marine Corp teaches their young officers that a well-reasoned decision, that’s well executed, has a fair chance of success, but no action has no chance of success.

(Source)

Startup Marketing Lessons Learned by Leo

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:47:33 +0100

Startup Marketing Lessons Learned by Leo

"We will find a way. Or make one."

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:50:39 +0100

“We will find a way. Or make one.”

- Hannibal Barca, 247 BC – 182 BC

"SendGrid: Free or Bronze accounts are tiered IP groups based on reputation, so if you guys are not..."

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:43:49 +0200

“SendGrid: Free or Bronze accounts are tiered IP groups based on reputation, so if you guys are not bouncing a lot of emails and don’t have many complaints you will filter into the highest tier of IPs which will have better delivery rates than the lower tiers. I believe we have four tiers total, so that gives some better granularity to pair better customers with better customers rather than lumping you all together.”

- http://mechanicalbee.com/2011/sendgrid_heroku_addon.html

iPhone keynote tuesday - Front row, center. Reserved. Empty.

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:19:09 +0200

iPhone keynote tuesday - Front row, center. Reserved. Empty.

"Thank you, Steve!"

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:12:51 +0200

“Thank you, Steve!”

"Entrepreneurs: The End Is Near. Refinance."

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:58:35 +0200

“Entrepreneurs: The End Is Near. Refinance.”

- http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2011/09/28/entrepreneurs-the-end-is-near-refinance/

"Give someone a program, and you’ll frustrate them for a day. Teach someone to program, and you’ll..."

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:53:48 +0200

“Give someone a program, and you’ll frustrate them for a day. Teach someone to program, and you’ll frustrate them for a lifetime.”

"Aus dem Vorbeschleuniger (SPS) des Large Hadron Colliders werden über Kicker-Magnete 10,4-µs-lange..."

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:21:02 +0200

“Aus dem Vorbeschleuniger (SPS) des Large Hadron Colliders werden über Kicker-Magnete 10,4-µs-lange Protonenbündel mit 400 GeV ausgekoppelt. Ihnen aufmoduliert ist die Synchrotronfrequenz von 500 kHz und die Radiofrequenz von 200 MHz. Die Zeitstruktur der Bündel wird in einem Beam Current Transformer Detector (BCT) mit einem hochauflösenden Wave Form Digitizer (WFD) mit 1 Gigasamples/s bestimmt. Die Protonen knallen auf einen 2 m langen Graphitblock, wobei Mesonen (Pionen, Kaonen) produziert werden. Diese Mesonen zerfallen irgendwo im 1000 m langen Vakuumtunnel in Myonen, wobei Myon-Neutrinos entstehen.”

- http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/CERN-erlaeutert-das-Neutrino-Experiment-1349436.html

In unserer Reihe: Wir begrüssen den Papst

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:21:55 +0200

Ein FSM-Poster zum herunterladen, bestehend aus 24 DIN-A4 Seiten zum leichten selber ausdrucken (Ca. 1,30m x 70 cm). Mit Paketband auf der Rückseite verstärken und - zur Begrüßung aufhängen.

Church of the flying Spaghetti Monster Poster print-it-yourself.

Thanks to BlockPosters.com.

Private equity investors are financial engineers

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 11:44:37 +0200

A few quotes from this nice article: The tricks investors use against us

Private Equity investors are foremost rewarded for protecting their fund’s capital.

We are more interested in good low-risk businesses, than great high-risk businesses.

What we won’t mention is that very few of the people we deal with represent good, solid, low-risk businesses willing to sell equity at below market rates. Founders need to create this perceptionin order to gain the upper hand.

They are financial and legal engineers.

Anlässlich des Pabst Besuchs in Freiburg am...

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:40:00 +0200

Anlässlich des Pabst Besuchs in Freiburg am 24./25.9.2011.

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Logo

Eignet sich hervorragend für den Druck von Bannern, Flyern oder sonstigem Propagandamaterial.

It’s possible to switch your Google Mail Account from...

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:17:00 +0200

It’s possible to switch your Google Mail Account from @googlemail.com to @gmail.com (and back, as you can see above) now. It has been a while in the UK, just saw it in Germany.

Ein Wechsel/Abänderung einer deutschen Googlemail-Adresse zu einer ‘echten’ Gmail-Adresse (und zurück, s.o.) ist jetzt möglich.

Coworking Space in Freiburg

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:02:00 +0200

Gerade haben wir den ersten Coworking Space in Freiburg aus dem Boden gestampft: Bitte hier entlang: Coworking Freiburg

Egal ob längerfristige Bürogemeinschaft oder tageweise Miete. Für kleines Geld direkt in der Freiburger Altstadt arbeiten und leben - anschauen!

Discotel Smart with an iPhone/iPad

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:34:00 +0200

Just switched from T-Mobile to DiscoTel for my mobile communication needs. They are offering an interesting package:

Vodafone network
7,5 Cent per minute / short message
Great Data-Packages (200 MB or 1 GB full HSUPA speed)

and best of all:

Tethering on the iPhone works
Visual Voicemail works as well

"SQLite3::SQLException: cannot rollback - no transaction is active"

Wed, 11 May 2011 23:38:37 +0200

“SQLite3::SQLException: cannot rollback - no transaction is active”

- This nearly killed me. Check if you also have an attribute called ‘hash’ - if so rename it and you are golden.