http://www.svirsk.org/blog writings about new media, blogculture, reputation, identity, tagclouds and what so more. Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:57:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just got this nice book Never eat alone which already in the beginning kicks off with a nice qoute "a goal is a dream with a deadline" reminded me to focus again on what I want (and to tell you about it, noting works as good as peer presure) So goal ... http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2008/06/new-york-new-york/ (this is an part of an essay, I liked the image of Foucault and the Lolcat, so I just had to put something online to support it) From the surface Facebook might look like just another toy for teens to waste their time on, but Facebook is much more than ... http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2008/05/facebook-foucault-and-the-cia/ finally a new update, and this time it's an essay about Supermodernity and non-places, it's based on a small book/ article written by Marc Auge (and lucky for us translated to English in 1995) Find Articles has a good review on it, and you can order it on Amazon Although ... http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2008/02/where-are-ideas-when-they-are-on-the-internet/ Before I went to London I was working as a designer on a great new web-project Zomoto. Last month the site finally came in public beta, for all of us to play with. The site has some great features, personally I'm most fan, of the a-synchrone click search system. Although ... http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2007/12/zomotonl-for-the-win/ Enormous media hype around the “jesusphopne” proved it once again, there is only one leading company in consumer technology, and that is Apple. In current time there is probably no other company that is more capable of selling a piece of the future than these Californian dream-weavers. Once bought, however, ... http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2007/11/apple-and-the-products-of-the-future/ Last Friday I was in Brighton for d.Construct a one dag conference about webdesign, development and project structures. Needles to say I was a great day to be (many thanks to MediaTemple and Yahoo/BBC for the free drinks on Thursday/Friday evening) Since many people blogged this event already, I'll just stick ... http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2007/09/dconstruct-2007/ For the first time this year I'm going to d.construct in Brighton next week. I'm really looking forward to see this little town at the sea. And right after my first d.Construct also my first Barcamp. Flying next Thursday (first flight too) and expecting to return on Sunday evening. ... http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2007/08/brighton-rocks-dconstruct-here-i-come/ through the years you save a lot on the Internet, just because its so easy.. But what is the use of saving when it becomes so much that you can't find it back anymore. The solution is to spent each day a few minutes in trowing away stuff. Delete those saved ... http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2007/08/fighting-information-overload-delete-is-the-solution/ I just read a comment by Peter on my European Silicon valley post, and he mentions once again one of the biggest reasons why Europe is having problems with keeping up with the Americans. There are just to many languages (that is more than one). The solution most European startups ... http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2007/07/open-idea-open-source-text-table-for-websites/ Sometimes I come across people who use Photoshop in a different way than me. So I decided to tell a bit more about the way I use it. Although Photoshop puts almost any shortcut in the action-menu, you might not have made it a common habit to use them all. ... http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2007/07/photoshopping-with-the-keyboard-for-webdesigners/ Some months ago I got an idea for a blog only about t-shirs. I took me some months to work it out (and weeks to find a .com name). But now it's online and I've filling it with shirts for the last couple of weeks. Now I think there is ... http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2007/06/shirtlogcom-searching-for-the-best-shirts/ In the morning session of the Next Web there where two more interesting presentations from the venture capitalists Jeff Clavier and Saul Klein. Their presentation gained a lot of sceptical criticism, nevertheless they got me thinking. So first a summary of their talks, and than I'll look a bit deeper ... http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2007/06/3-easy-steps-for-an-european-silicon-valley/ Last Friday I attended to the Next Web, (although i was very luck to been able to speak with some people on the night before) Because a lot of websites already did great coverages of the day, ill stick to the things i learned. So what is the next web? The next ... http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2007/06/what-is-the-next-web/ but expect some updates in the morning :) update: photos on flickr http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2007/06/totally-mashed-up/ For those who used to love the good old Bob Ross painting classes. I remember I did, coming home from a heavy night in Amsterdam, turning on AT5, and watch some easy going, laid back painting actions. Well for those people who miss Bob, there is a digital replacement. It ... http://www.svirsk.org/blog/2007/05/pixel-perfext-bob-ross-in-digital/