Kategorie: Allgemein
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The Medium Is Everything
McLuhan, Marshall, and Quentin Fiore (1996/1967). The Medium Is the Massage. Story behind the Passage Sometimes I am really slow at comprehending the world. As a reader, you might have noticed this already but as a simple-minded human being that writes, I can only look at the world from my own limited perspective. And even my…
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Perspectives
American Heritage Dictionary Entry: perspective (ahdictionary.com) Story behind the Passage Yes, I admit it, I am really in love with dictionaries. Today, I simply have to write about a word that has gained importance, I think. Look at what Ngram says below. Of course, that does not tell you much — it all depends on your perspective.…
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Book Of The Week The Music Business And Digital Impacts
Nordgård, Daniel (2018). The Music Business and Digital Impacts: Innovations and Disruptions in the Music Industries. Story behind the Book Choice This morning someone whom I greatly admire for his visionary thinking and his ability to also implement visionary ideas sent me an article about the disruption of the music business and the latter’s inability…
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The Wave
“Surfin’ U.S.A.” The Beach Boys. Story behind the Passage On some days — only poetry can do. My Learnings You want to surf, Desperately. You go to the beach, Every day. You wait for the wave, The big one. It does not come. You go again, You wait. You pray. You hope. You research the perfect place. It…
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Flippant Learning
Gallo, Carmine (2014). Talk Like TED: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds, 111. Story behind the Passage We all talk but talking in public makes a difference. And by “public” I do not just mean big audiences. I also mean group meetings with only a handful of people. If you personally believe…
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No Goals No Drive
Pink, Daniel H. (2009). Drive: The Surprising Truth about what Motivates Us, 143. Story behind the Passage Today I picked a book about motivation because that is actually what I am lacking today. I do not mean the motivation to write. That hardly ever happens. And if it does, it comes back while writing. But I…
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Challenges And Women Gamers
Taylor, T. L. (2009). Play between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture, 111. Story behind the Passage It is so funny how you sometimes plan on writing about something and then you have a conversation and that shifts your mind completely away from the previous topic. It happens to me almost every day. So, today, I had…
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Book Of The Week Factfulness
Rosling, Hans, Rosling, Ola, Rosling Rönnlund, Anna (2019): Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About The World — And Why Things Are Better Than You Think. Story behind the Book Choice As I mentioned last week, I decided to improve my reading habits again by reading (at least) one new book per week. “New” means: new in my list…
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Only The Bright Ones Are Full Of Doubt
Lorenzo, Giovanni di, and Helmut Schmidt (2013). „Eigentlich musst Du mal den Koran lesen.“ Interview with Matthias Nass. In: Auf eine Zigarette mit Helmut Schmidt, 138. English translation “It is commonly said that politicians do not find the time to read.” “I have always read at night, also during my time as a minister and as…
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Thinking Class In University And Business
Kadi, Jo(anna) (1996). Thinking Class: Sketches from a Cultural Worker, 146–147. Story behind the Passage Hardly ever before have so many of my contacts in businesses talked about larger social, political, and education issues. There is something wrong with this. I mean, not with the talk but with the reasons. The fragmentation of the social spheres…