I’m at a great workshop today and yesterday, “Social Software @ Work” at HHU’s Schloss Mickeln in Duesseldorf. I didn’t have much opportunity to take part in such conferences – something that has to change! Dozens of like-minded people, from companies like BASF, Daimler and Siemens as well as Frauenhof researchers talking about web 2.0. Check out the speakers list and their publications.
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The other day, I was looking for add-ons for Thunderbird and found an article about Rapleaf. In short, if you write me an email, the addon shows me which social networks you belong to. Comes in handy, but the database is not big enough.
Google Chrome arrived – the second browser war, if it hadn’t already started with the emergence and success of Firefox, has now officially begun. I think Google Chrome is rather a huge social experiment than a browser – what’s more important, your privacy or the (second) best browser?
Reading CNET’s 10 Things we’d like to see in Google Chrome, I already know what I’d like to see in it but won’t ever be part of the software… a decent Adblocker.
People (in South Korea) who want to watch TV programs online or to shop on Internet shopping malls must enter their resident registration number, not given to “foreigners”. Sounds familiar to Japanese issues.
(0)An academic newsletter about a wide range of topics, the Social Science Japan Newsletter. The current issue is about hope.
(0)This is a sobering number: only 5% of all prisoners are female. Only 4100 of the 76600 prisoners in Germany are women, not just because women tend to be more law abiding, but also because their criminal offenses are lighter than those of men. Furthermore, women are less prone to repeat their mistakes after they leave prison.
Taking passwords to the grave – what happens with your online accounts after you die
(1)Here’s a short list on display with rather particular first names in Zimbabwe, definitely worth a look on Antonia’s weblog.
…about the future human condition. Check out the list:
50 books list from the Rand corporation.
A telling 11 days after CA, Spiegel Online reports about the prejudice map.
Kushibo, a regular reader and commentator at CA who said that national pride would be the #1 stereotype mentioned about Koreans, made me curious enough to find it out myself… this is the top ten I got, using the same modus operandi (results can differ since the web changes every second):
- “The Koreans are known for solving for low cost, and the Americans? Nah, they’re petrol heads.”
- “Avi, the North Koreans are known for playing hard and nasty on the soccer field.”
- “Koreans are known for liking their food very very very hot and spicy..yuMm!”
- “North Koreans are known for bluffing and running there mouths off to get attention.”
- “The Koreans are known for wanting everything yesterday!”
- “Typically, the Koreans are known for churning out low-cost cars from basic platforms and exporting them globally.”
- “Koreans are known for hiding their age well.”
- “Koreans are known for their boat-shaped shoes.”
- “Koreans are known for separating their family members, such as separating the sexes and the young from the old.”
- “Koreans are known for their negotiating skills, and they often do not look for absolutes, as most things are subject to change.”
Surprisingly, nothing about national pride, but cars, food and soccer.