Core tumble log

Accident Victim

Aug 31st

RT @_WordGirl: END.VACUUM by M.Einziger, a 9 Mvmt Symph http://bit.ly/2KN6qn Utterly breathtaking. I...

Aug 29th

Tired, yet sleepless.

Aug 29th

It’s autumn in Zurich. This Summer was a quickie. Without the heat.

Aug 29th

At Apple Store Zurich you can buy Snow Leopard today. Preordering actually gets me my copy later...

Aug 29th

Econsultancy

Aug 29th

Apple sent Snow Leopard on August 25. Four days later I still didn’t get it. In this time you...

Aug 29th

Switzerland has likely the slowest postal service on earth. #snow-leopard #swiss #postal-service...

Aug 29th

The 10 most common Brand Stream...

Aug 28th

Apparently the ad industry is so desperate, they are reaching out to fix their bad image with a...

Aug 28th

RT @_WordGirl: “Remember, that while transparency is key to building a trustworthy #brand,...

Aug 28th

RT @_WordGirl: “Font Wars: Ikea fans fume over the brand’s switch to Verdana....

Aug 28th

New blog post: “The 10 most common Brand Stream misconceptions” ^Core...

Aug 28th

The end of deception: 10 common branding misconceptions. http://bit.ly/24IOq #brand #branding...

Aug 28th

Comparing Health Care models: “T.R. Reid: Looking Overseas For ‘Healing Of...

Aug 28th

The Swiss Postal Service is slow. Although Apple confirmed my copy of Snow Leopard was sent on...

Aug 28th

I accidently found that bit.ly function to retrieve links that were shortened when I wasn’t...

Aug 28th

Kidnapped girl lived 18 years in captivity in San Francisco. A horrid, shocking story. So sad....

Aug 28th

Facebook 3.0 for iPhone is good. It’s what it should have been with version 1. Come on guys,...

Aug 27th

Augmented Reality are big words for tooltips on live video.

Aug 27th

Love “Californication”. Love California even more, but there’s nothing like a good...

Aug 27th

Knowing that most of my friends are spending the next eleven days in the desert doesn’t make...

Aug 27th

“There used to be a time when I seemed to write more than I ate.” First line of my...

Aug 27th

Spotify on iPhone is not “unlimited”, as Mashable’s headline suggests. It’s...

Aug 27th

Kontain Enterprise

Aug 27th

“The application Safari 4.0.3 crashed unexpectedly.” ^Mac OS. — I hope these...

Aug 27th

Sorry about the uncommented URL. I should only authorize third party apps to use Twitter if...

Aug 27th

http://icio.us/14iggb

Aug 27th

Corona And Gummi Bears would make a great movie title. In your mouth, not so good....

Aug 27th

Is there a way to reclaim a bit.ly URL, if you created it without being logged in?

Aug 27th

No worries. I just thought you felt like you owe me, and I would be surprised about that. I’m...

Aug 27th

I noticed an increase of bad #grammar, wrong #spelling and a missing care for good #language use on...

Aug 27th

Now I can lean back and try to wind down.

Aug 25th

New blog post: “Apple’s Safari 4 doesn’t care about your privacy” ^Core...

Aug 25th

Feel free to comment on Safari’s privacy issues: http://bit.ly/cObLR

Aug 25th

Apple's Safari 4 doesn't care about your...

Aug 25th

Foundphotos

Aug 25th

Direct messaging on Twitter is so much more efficient. The 140 signs limitation is forcing me to be...

Aug 24th

Hacking Google Reader 1: The list is logical (blue links...

Aug 24th

Hacking Google Reader 2: This is coming along nicely,...

Aug 24th

Hacking Google Reader 3: I still haven’t figured...

Aug 24th

Hacking Google Reader 4

Aug 24th

Wow, Twitter is down again? http://ff.im/75Rsa

Aug 24th

I replaced top-sites with a different page. Tried everything. And I am sorry to confirm,...

Aug 24th

Snow Leopard will cost $29 in the US. In Switzerland it will cost $36.77. I guess the 7.77 are for...

Aug 24th

Funny: Swiss Apple Store online has no sign of Snow Leopard. Apple Store Zurich Bahnhofstrasse...

Aug 24th

I’m hacking Google Reader in Fluid, using a modified Userscript.org script:...

Aug 24th

And one more, hacked Google Reader on Fluid. http://bit.ly/Zwtut

Aug 24th

Michael Jackson’s death officially declared homicide: http://bit.ly/ObOYV

Aug 24th

Sorting out some duplication, triplication and quadruplication issues of events in iCal (how else...

Aug 24th

“Frustrated Flyers Venting via Twitter” ^Switched http://bit.ly/13GS58 (#brand-streams...

Aug 24th

The only thing #evernote for #mac fixed was the font-resizing problem when saving a note. Everything...

Aug 24th

Blocking and referring spammers to @spam by the minute now.

Aug 24th

Whenever Firefox crashes, I can be 100% certain it was because of Flash. When will the world finally...

Aug 23rd

I just realized, this will be the first year since 2005 I wasn’t able to visit San Francisco....

Aug 23rd

#nyc, I miss you so much.

Aug 22nd

Seeing the movie “Australia”. I don’t think I will make it to its ending. Such an...

Aug 22nd

Even after a year, it didn’t lose relevance: “10 ways to get things done without the...

Aug 22nd

I saved a draft in #tweetie for #iphone. How do I get it back? #ux #user-experience #fail

Aug 22nd

RT @troubleww: “NYC is a ruthless melting pot.” — That’s why I love it so...

Aug 22nd

“Contrary to published reports, Apple has not rejected the Google Voice application, and...

Aug 21st

#FF today: @_WordGirl, @daynah, @mikearauz, @hotdogsladies, @stoweboyd, @darrylohrt, @kimbrater....

Aug 21st

“AT&T has expressed concerns regarding network efficiency and potential network...

Aug 21st

Finding errors in my own blog posts, days after posting them. Not that I don’t read these...

Aug 21st

#safari #bug: In preferences, set “new tab” to “empty” instead of “top...

Aug 21st

I really hope the frequency of crashing programs will be lower on Snow Leopard. #os-x

Aug 21st

Core: Brand

Aug 21st

The MacBook Helium

Aug 21st

I just learned that Jennifer Lopez is about the same age as me. I don’t know why this makes me...

Aug 21st

“The MacBook Helium” ^Core http://bit.ly/FSn5H

Aug 21st

Core is now listed by Alltop! Pretty cool. http://bit.ly/p98Mw

Aug 21st

“10 ways to make Twitter work for you” ^Core http://bit.ly/14gZgh

Aug 21st

Everything about brands and branding. Category Archive of the Core blog. http://icio.us/p5dgk2

Aug 21st

“Mad Men demonstrates how the best brands are built on authenticity” ^Brand Simple...

Aug 21st

Find Core on Alltop

Aug 21st

At least, #avatar will be released world wide simultaneously, not like #district9, which is...

Aug 20th

Just saw the #avatar trailer. #cgi can create great monsters, robots and dinosaurs. People? They...

Aug 20th

RT @mikearauz: Smart post from @congbo - Measuring the quality of a visitor rather then quantity...

Aug 20th

Love grows, every time it is fulfilled. Desire dies at the instant it is fulfilled.

Aug 20th

RT @jstuker: “Wenn Medien das Internet nicht verstehen wollen” ^Namics Blog...

Aug 20th

Comments on my Brand Streams diagram? http://bit.ly/1bxcB #brand-streams

Aug 20th

Restructuring the IA of my blog/corporate site, http://corebasis.com.

Aug 20th

By the way, I would still LOVE to get a Ffffound invite. #ffffound http://ffffound.com

Aug 20th

brand-streams_diagram: A Brand Stream emerges when there...

Aug 20th

Brand identities are not singular

Aug 20th

Funny, how people begin to talk about 2008 as if it was something like 1998.

Aug 19th

In case you missed it, here’s are some thoughts on Brand Streams: http://bit.ly/3W3xeX #brand...

Aug 19th

I really wanted to like TechCrunch’s Mac Chromium-updater. But it turned out to be a piece of...

Aug 19th

Call me naive. I joined the No IE6 campaign before I learned that not even IE8 would fully support...

Aug 19th

As a long time Science Fiction time, you simply have to love the http://spacecollective.org/....

Aug 19th

“ambient intelligence paradigm … ubiquitous computing, profiling … human-centric...

Aug 19th

“How To Finance Your Startup” ^Silicon Alley Insider’s view on making startups...

Aug 19th

Has anyone made experiences using http://elgg.org/ to build a social networking platform?...

Aug 19th

I still have to chuckle when I hear companies saying they think they alone can “build a...

Aug 19th

How come that nine out of 10 branding blogs I just looked at (courtesy to Alltop) are just horrible?...

Aug 19th

I would rather think of a Brand Stream as a river that adds contributions, than “an ongoing...

Aug 19th

So, when will #internet-explorer-8 actually become compatible with the Web? #standards #ignorant

Aug 19th

According to Technorati “Blog Authority”, Core used to be a measly 5. I’ve been...

Aug 19th

How do I permanently get rid of the #evernote icon in the Safari toolbar? It ignores my...

Aug 19th

Core joins the anti Internet Explorer...

Aug 19th

RT @evernote: “Evernote for Mac fixes lots of text handling issues—font sizes,...

Aug 19th

I just discovered my love for Google Books. “Wind In The Willows”, by Kenneth Grahame. A...

Aug 19th

Core joins the anti Internet Explorer 6-movement: http://bit.ly/Y9zbD

Aug 19th

Is there a way to teach #safari for #mac to keep the preference setting to start new tabs as empty...

Aug 19th

Another #iphone #bug: Sending e-mail from any application ignores your default address, it’ll...

Aug 19th

Does anyone know if the “ban commenters” function in Movable Type really works with...

Aug 18th

#evernote for #safari cannot be removed. Try removing the icon or move it to a different spot, it...

Aug 18th

I don’t know what makes #spammers believe I’m such a cheap bastard. Cheap car insurance,...

Aug 18th

“Five Ways Movie Governments Could Respond More Effectively To Alien Invasions” ^Monkey...

Aug 18th

Still working on the user experience update of http://corebasis.com. But it’s coming along...

Aug 18th

Hacked the #twitter #widget to make it fit with my website, http://corebasis.com. It took a full...

Aug 17th

There must be something with those money pictures of spammers like @casinobands. A social minority...

Aug 17th

Slight user interface changes

Aug 17th

On the long run, Brand Streams will replace #branding. Join the discussion: http://bit.ly/3W3xeX...

Aug 17th

I know! I’ve just listened to an unfinished track from May. It’s frustrating. I have...

Aug 16th

I really, really wish that “District 9” was opening here in Europe. But it isn’t...

Aug 16th

Did I miss something? I thought #tr.im was dead?

Aug 16th

Obama’s White House is no newbie to Social Media. According to NPR, not all government...

Aug 16th

Busy weeding out the 80% spammers among followers.

Aug 16th

Martin Scorsese’s “King Of Comedy” (1983), with Jerry Lewis and Robert De Niro is...

Aug 16th

“Crossing Over” is a movie every born American should see. It should be made part of...

Aug 16th

TechCrunch built an automated updater for the nightly builds of #chromium on #mac OS:...

Aug 16th

RT @ValeskaUX: “Looking for alternatives to Comcast. Not flexible. Too much crap. Too...

Aug 15th

Shirky isn’t a charismatic speaker, but his arguments are convincing. Supports my Brand...

Aug 15th

Going to the city. This is one of the moments when I’m missing my MacBook Air a lot.

Aug 15th

Ok, it’s come to the point that I really hate #topsites in #safari. After updating, it changed...

Aug 15th

I tried to like #top-sites in #safari, but after two weeks of trying hard, I still can’t get...

Aug 14th

Hey @twitter, when are you going to fix the #hash-tag #hyphen #bug? Any plans on that?

Aug 14th

RT @om: How “elevator music” conditions, distracts, and influences the retail consumer...

Aug 14th

What are Brand Streams?

Aug 14th

Working on a translation (and revision) of a first complete article about #brand-streams.

Aug 14th

Strange. For some reason, www.pheedo.info does not allow commenting and the contact link leads to an...

Aug 14th

#people-i-admire: Jeff Raskin, Abraham Maslow, Andy Kaufmann, Larry David. (The end of...

Aug 14th

A good example of a #brand-stream in action: “The Case Against Apple Is Just As Much A Case...

Aug 14th

“What are Brand Streams?” ^core http://bit.ly/3W3xeX #brand-streams #brandstreams

Aug 14th

The origins of the term Brand Streams: http://bit.ly/g9t37 #brand #branding #brand-streams...

Aug 13th

Everyone interested in #brand, #branding and #brand-streams, feel free to join the new FriendFeed...

Aug 13th

Nice to see a term I created taking off now: http://friendfeed.com/brandstreaming #brand-streams

Aug 13th

A basic definition of Brand Streams: bit.ly/16ypvg http://ff.im/6y7Hj

Aug 13th

The birth of Brand Streams

Aug 13th

I need a vacation. ✈ to SF, listen to some ♬ find ☯ and load ☀shine. ☮ and ♥ to all my Bay Area...

Aug 13th

So, Yahoo! and Microsoft are in bed, and I have all my bookmarks on Delicious. And now FriendFeed...

Aug 12th

Chromium for Mac asks after starting if it should import bookmarks and become the main browser....

Aug 12th

Mashable, the Paris Hilton of Social Media.

Aug 12th

Sometimes I can’t escape the impression, Mashable tweets just about anything that will pull...

Aug 12th

I propose the term #twifters (Twitter drifters) for those individuals who aren’t really...

Aug 12th

Tapping contacts on AIM for iPhone crashes the application. #aim #aol #fail

Aug 12th

Cufón Generator

Aug 12th

Github: About Cufón

Aug 12th

The recent Facebook/FriendFeed purchase made clear to me: Social Media is not owned by the people,...

Aug 11th

“Using Twitter as a Collective Mood Ring” *Bits Blog, NYTimes http://bit.ly/X3lWx – I...

Aug 11th

Embark

Aug 11th

“FriendFeed co-founder Bret Taylor said the two services will eventually merge,”...

Aug 11th

“A logical fit for Facebook, which has slowly been shifting its focus to becoming more of a...

Aug 11th

I admit it. I genuinely dislike Facebook.

Aug 11th

Facebook and FriendFeed is not going to be a Twitter killer. It’s going to be a non-starter....

Aug 10th

So the company who doesn’t make any money bought the company that actually is going somewhere....

Aug 10th

Honestly, I always liked FriendFeed better than Facebook. Just like I liked Yahoo! Better than...

Aug 10th

How often will I have to teach Safari 4 that I am not interested in the Disney-Website? It keeps...

Aug 10th

#tr.im closes and renders all generated user data inaccessible. Brings up the question: in which...

Aug 10th

I liked reading “How Fail Went From Verb to Interjection” *New York Times...

Aug 10th

Why do #hash-tag #links break after a #hyphen, #point or other sign but a letter or number? Is it...

Aug 10th

Battery slot opening hatch of my MB Pro was standing out. Apple Store Zurich replaced entire back...

Aug 9th

Interaction points, the interface to brands, a blog post in German. http://bit.ly/1Off3 (I am going...

Aug 9th

Melody

Aug 9th

iPhone Human Interface Guidelines for Web...

Aug 9th

Lost all energy.

Aug 9th

Suggestion church-goers in Zurich: Get beepers. I can’t think with all that bells-noise.

Aug 9th

It seems that http://daringfireball.net is down. I’m sure @gruber is aware of it.

Aug 8th

Instead of logging me in, http://brightkite.com/ downloads a file called objects.rss. Is that a...

Aug 8th

#sf2 (Swiss television) is showing Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, in German, with second...

Aug 8th

RT @strausser: Distance and space make things much clearer.

Aug 8th

This is one of the rare moments when I’m regretting living next to one of the city’s...

Aug 7th

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

Aug 7th

Somehow, the perception of people of my skills and my actual skills do not match.

Aug 7th

Who are you admiring? Four #people-i-admire: Stanley Kubrik, Paul Giamatti, Craig Armstrong, Philip...

Aug 7th

Interesting. Biz Stone said Twitter and Facebook were target of a “single, massively coordinated...

Aug 7th

This is indeed amazing. Thanks @eld0rado for pointing it out. Shows the magnitude of a...

Aug 6th

Really interesting to see my followers number always lingering around a few above 300, because a...

Aug 6th

I don’t know what they put in those #frappuccinos to make my body longing for one right now.

Aug 6th

You can’t do that. You listen, Twitter? You can’t let me hang there ever again. (joking)...

Aug 6th

Today is a slow day. Productive, but slow.

Aug 6th

Wow, that was scary. Seriously. #twitter #attack #denial-of-service

Aug 6th

“The maximize button is my friend. Toolbars are my enemies.” http://bit.ly/2ZNy3O

Aug 6th

After It worked correctly for a week, #google #latitude now positions me beneath Burkina Faso, in...

Aug 6th

#facebook for #iphone is too stupid to mark the last five messages I just read as read. #bug

Aug 5th

Font Unstack

Aug 5th

In the recent release of #skype 2.8 for #mac, birthday notifications still can’t be turned...

Aug 4th

#genius #reservation at the #apple #retail #store #bahnhofstrasse #zurich is a #disaster. Impossible...

Aug 4th

I wonder how much of the #interface of #mac-os #snow-leopard will be using the resolution...

Aug 4th

Trying to plan on visiting Web 2.0 Expo in New York this November. http://bit.ly/ebbo4

Aug 4th

Sorting out the #apple #addressbook #sync triplication-effect, which was caused by the glorious...

Aug 4th

Princeton LET, Playbill – I keep uninstalling these fonts, but #office keeps installing them on my...

Aug 4th

You know those days when you’re swimming against the tide? This is one of them.

Aug 3rd

#itunes must have introduced a new bug. Out of the blue, it shows me 58 app updates, and none of...

Aug 3rd

Experience Fields, A new blog post on the Namics Blog (in German): http://bit.ly/Jpf2j

Aug 2nd

Another Sunday with too few hours in it.

Aug 2nd

Gigya

Aug 2nd

CitySounds

Aug 2nd

Watching a brilliant Paul Giamatti in HBO’s first show of the series John Adams.

Aug 1st

The MacBook Helium - comments are wecome. http://bit.ly/lwmjg

Aug 1st

RT @timoreilly: George Dyson’s Theory of Games and Economic Misbehavior http://bit.ly/47wBi...

Aug 1st

It is a simple fact. What does not make me think is not entertaining me.

Aug 1st

What are your experiences with #self-publishing services, such as Lulu, BookSurge/CreateSpace,...

Aug 1st

Apparently, the FCC sent letters to Apple, AT&T and Google, regarding Apple’s recent...

Aug 1st

Listening to Kate Bush, Running Up That Hill (12” Mix).

Aug 1st

My views on recent Apple Tablet and Netbook rumors: The MacBook Helium http://bit.ly/lwmjg

Aug 1st

Hoping that #twitter will fix the #hashtag #hyphen-bug soon.

Aug 1st

Feel free to comment on my view of the Apple Tablet and Netbook rumors: The MacBook Helium...

Aug 1st

I’m at a Zurich Starbucks, enjoying a Frappuccino. Would be great, if they turned off that...

Aug 1st

The MacBook Helium

So the talk has been up again, coming back like a boomerang: Apple is expected to release a Mac...

Aug 1st

Enjoying a self-made latte macchiato. My next apartment needs a balcony that is actually usable.

Aug 1st

Right now, my system (Mac OS Leopard) has a click-latency of about 0.5 seconds to 1 second....

Aug 1st

In terms of durability and quality, by far the crappiest part that comes with an #iphone-3GS is its...

Jul 31st

There ought to be a better way to automate the closure of a month. #work #project #hours

Jul 31st

To Do this weekend: Cloudleaves, brand streams, invoices.

Jul 31st

Is there a way to block people from mentioning you, if they keep doing it in an annoying, unrelated...

Jul 31st