Category Archives: Blog

Planetary Environmental Surveillance or My Wish for the iPhone 5

As with every pending new iPhone release, rumors about new features are in full swing. What I am missing in those discussions is something I’ve been hoping for for a long time now, yet no smartphone vendor has released or announced any of the kind (as far as I am aware). Please note that the

On not having enough time to think strategically

I run two small teams (IT operations and customer support) at an in-house digital media agency of a larger corporation. We’re a cost center, i.e. we work within a budget and have (almost) no way of adding margins to our internal rates for product design and other strategic topics. And – theoretically – we need

2011 New Year’s Resolutions

I almost never do new year’s resolutions, because I usually end up ignoring them once the hangover on Jan 1st is behind me. But I’ll give it a try this year, and publicly. Maybe that’ll help. So let’s see what I manage to actually do from this list. Drink more water and tea. And while

Microsoft Research’s SearchTogether

Microsoft’s R&D has come up with an interesting concept of collaborative searching (research.microsoft.com/searchtogether). Even though I don’t see it as especially practical in my day-to-day searches, both private and professional, it could be very userful in an academic environment. During my studies I’ve often had to collaborate on case studies or presentations with fellow students,