Aggressive Marketing
This is what I call aggressive marketing:
Reads: “WHAT? You haven’t been in our shop yet!”
Sorry, I apologize, etc. Stupid me. Erm, what do you sell?
Mobile who?
A friend of mine ordered a new SIM card, since the one he was using was from dinosaur days. Somehow, the telco screwed up and my friend ended up without a mobile for at least a week. What a horrible thought.
Ubuntu (2)
Tested files with open Office today. Word and Excel files no prob, PowerPoint-Formatting slighty changed. No big deal, and it is not common to shift this format from one computer to the other, anyway. 3GP and JPG were also no problem, at least for the viewers.
I do wish my test laptop had a wireless card. For an old 800Mhz, it’s stunningly fast though.
Read this encouraging bit of news, where FON is switching to Ubuntu.
[tags]ubuntu, switch, fon[/tags]
Ubuntu (1)
Since so many internet celebs are switching to Ubuntu, thought I’d give it a shot. Got hold of an old laptop, downloaded the image and burned it to CD. Successful installation. Not too sure about the brown theme, but installation was slick and entirely without problems.
Next: first steps.
Bubble 2.0?
Looking through old digital pictures of mine, I came across this shot of the wall of a place called “e-camp” at my previous employer. I can’t help but see some sort of symbolism here.
In those days, this DAX player installed an incubator, which, of course, was in need of a creative culture of its own. The superficial solution was to install a table soccer game in a corner, as well as plaster the walls with “cool”, nerdy and internet-y expressions, and, presto! there’s your buzz-hub.
This being the last days of the New Economy, not much came out of this place; perhaps not as much a criticism of the employees, but more of a clash of cultures.
Anyway, in my mind, today’s world is quite different from then: there are more onliners, they are more familiar with the medium, and they are using broadband.
On the other hand, there are a few developments which are somewhat reminiscent of then: the race to become the first, maybe second and perhaps third player in any market. Adding “social” to your offering might enhance your valuation many times over.
Nonetheless, I really would be surprised if we were heading for a valuation bubble. This time, the writing isn’t on the wall :)
[tags]New Economy, web2.0, valuation, bubble[/tags]
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Welcome to Irakli West's personal pages on the Web. I am Danish, live close to Munich in Germany, and run FWnetz, an online magazine and training resource for firefighters. In real life, I am Regional Manager Northern Europe for Paratech, teach Heavy Rescue (it's fun, challenging and serves a good purpose) and try to learn more about USAR. I am a member of the Munich Volunteer Fire Department as well as @fire, a USAR and Wildfire NGO outfit.
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