April 2012
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Forget the filters, it's about the vision.
Facebook just acquired Instagram for one billion dollar in cash and stock shortly before the big Facebook IPO expected in the next months. Another app start-up that Facebook bought not long ago was Gowalla which is one of the two check-in pioneers but the clear number two since foursquare took off all over the world. It was a talent-acquisition, yet in my opinion extremely skilled people like Tim...
March 2012
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Change A Running System. (Bye, Bye Google Search)
When I was 11 or 12 I had a great time experimenting with Linux distros that came on CD-R (!?) with way too expensive computer magazines. I had no internet access at home and nobody told me what open source actually means… However, it was fun to experience something different, to tackle one or the other challenge and of course I just wanted to do stuff in a different way than how everybody else...