Crying in the »Don't Worry Institute«

No, »Anti-Ärger-Institut« is not a new nickname for Halle University's English Department, but it's an idea one of my former bosses came up with. Ms. Wonneberger, CEO of the German software Internet company Nutzwerk — infamous for establishing an anti-whinging and anti-complaining clause in the contracts — will open her »institute« tonight at one of Leipzig's most exclusive locations. And we are invited. Not that there is any academic approach behind this institution, but it can be best described as a kind of menthal beauty farm. New Economy meets New Age.
1999 at its best. Actually, we consider bringing our three months old son to this party, although I'm not sure whether he will follow the strict be happy rules. At least, nobody will complain if he decides to express his feelings through crying.

German Netzeitung Goes »2.0«

Using the bold headline »20 million editors wanted!«, the German online-only newspaper Netzeitung launched their plans for a so-called »Reader's Edition.« There, readers-turned-into-writers will soon deliver their reports, views, stories and photos from all over the world — and might perfectly complement Netzeitung's hardly existing own network of news correspondents, as medienrauschen speculates somewhat smugly.

Findungen (1)

»Schwangere entscheiden meist aus dem Bauch heraus.«

Look However Times Purely!

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Kennst Du eine Sprache, kennst Du alle.
(gefunden an einer Fütterungsstation in der Nähe der Wittenberger Schlosskirche)

How to Become a Progressive Secretary

Melanie Grießer started her term project with some interesting findings, documented in her blog.

Revolution for Free

The first edition of Erik Möller's Die heimliche Medienrevolution. Wie Weblogs, Wikis und freie Software die Welt verändern. (published in 2005) can be downloaded now for free at http://medienrevolution.dpunkt.de/?q=node/6.

Back to the Future (III)

The Internet Archive's Web collection section provides access to selected historical Web sites, such as for the Presidential Elections 2000 or for some of the early settlers on the Internet. Surf to Amazon's 1996 Web shop!

The New York Times Proudly Presents a Prototype of a Digital Newspaper

Jeff Jarvis unimpressed:

"Oh, yeah, it was already invented. It’s the web."

via
http://www.newsdesigner.com/archives/002525.php