birgerking http://birgerking.net The King of Continuous Partial Attention Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:27:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Wave Goodbye http://birgerking.net/converse/wave-goodbye/ http://birgerking.net/converse/wave-goodbye/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:18:29 +0000 Birger http://birgerking.net/?p=562 It is time to say goodbye to Google Wave, now that Google officially announced to stop the development of Wave promising to maintain the unique web collaboration tool until the the end of the year 2010. To clarify this: Google Wave is not dead -- yet. As many of Googles efforts in social tools the service runs as long as Google wants it to. Other discontinued tools are Google Answers, Lively and Dogdeball.

In the last months a lot of people wrote about why Google Wave failed. I think the mayor failure was to promote Wave with a big bang on the Google I/O conference 2009, followed by personal invitations. As many others I subscribed to be invited, looking forward to test Wave. Weeks later the invitation code showed up in my mailbox. I was pretty pissed off by Googles product policy and so my first attempt was to find out what does not work on Wave. I found a lot of errors, unfulfilled promises and the user interface was difficult to understand and adjust.

Within the following weeks I gave some beginner webinars. I was able to concern with Wave intensively and started to love it. Wave is a great collaboration tool, especially when several teams work together on different topics. Using it I learned the real technical flaws of Google Wave:

  • Not very intuitive user interface for beginners
  • Lose track of waves when there are a lot of them
  • Use of Google Chrome to avoid browser crashes
  • Bots and Gadgets running roit within waves

I still believe that Google Wave is a great tool for collaboration. Unfortunately the goals Google set have been to enthusiastic, showing a lack of understanding peoples needs. For shure I am not the only witness. Maybe Googles effort to sell Wave as an business solutions failed beacuse of this. Anyway I am shure that a lot of techniques and tools will appear in continued tools like Google Docs and Orkut. Now it is time to Wave Goodbye:

We tried to make it work, you in a cocktail skirt and me in a suit but it just wasn’t me
You’re used to wearing less and now your life’s a mess so insecure you see
Well I put up with all the scenes and this is one scene that’s going to be played my way

Take your hands off me
I don’t belong to you, you see
And take a look in my face for the last time
I never knew you,you never knew me, say hello, goodbye
Say hello and wave goodbye

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbEOgfq3CNc

]]> http://birgerking.net/converse/wave-goodbye/feed/ 0 Bang Bang Bang (Tron Advantage) http://birgerking.net/noise/bang-bang-bang-tron-advantage/ http://birgerking.net/noise/bang-bang-bang-tron-advantage/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:44:17 +0000 Birger http://birgerking.net/?p=535 Yesterday I found this amazing video, music performed by Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. (watch it on Youtube). Visually it is a fresh cover of the Tron style mixed with 80′s and freestyle rap elements. The lyrics are also great, an abstract of todays mindset. Quote:

We’re never gonna, believe in, the stories, that you’re weavin’
We’re never gonna, believe in, the stories, that you’re weavin’
We’re never gonna, believe in, the stories, that you’re weavin’
We’re believin’ in the proof, we’re believin’ in the truth
We’re believin’ in each other, not you, you, you

Stories (you with the tall tales), how many stories (so many tall tales)
We climb the structure (you scale the ladder)
You build it higher (you make us madder)
We take our aim (so now we’re bearin’ off) You perch above your nest ( _ in your charms)
The stories in your head (it’s a crazy bald head)
That’s what got you dead

Bang Bang Bang!

Images taken from Youtube, all rights reserved by the respective owner

]]> http://birgerking.net/noise/bang-bang-bang-tron-advantage/feed/ 0 Why Slideshare Sucks – Fucking Short Version http://birgerking.net/noise/why-slideshare-sucks-fucking-short-version/ http://birgerking.net/noise/why-slideshare-sucks-fucking-short-version/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:52:22 +0000 Birger http://birgerking.net/?p=542 Slideshare makes it easy to upload and share presentations, documents, videos for free. I would like to thank the team for making this possible. But there are some things making me mad, I don’t know how many time I did like they do in The Big Lebowski:



The Big Lebowski Fucking Short Version

F**k the upload tool
It’s great approach to build an user interface with as few steps as possible. Kudos for that. The upload tool itself works pretty well, but every upload gets published automatically, without the permission of the user. I’m missing a final preview allowing me to publish the upload after hitting a “OK” button. Another way to solve this problem would be to add a “hide” option when the user selects a file for upload.

F**k the type recognition
The document type recognition automatically sets the type of uploaded files to presentation, document or video. While video files are easy to distinguish, the recognition fails at differing presentatios and documents. I admit: Every time the document was recognised as the opposite type — for example as presenation when I think it was a document — it was my foult, the file was created with wrong settings by me. Nevertheless the lack of commuincation between the service and the user is a big part of the problem. After uploading a document, my file shows up in the wrong section without telling me. Please communicate with me why the file is recognised as a document or presentation. Actually there is no way to control or change the type.

F**k this retarded interface
A least the interface of Slideshare is retarded. It’s not about the design, it’s all about the interface lag. When I’m uploading different documents and they are wrong, I have to delete them. In this case a lot of my actions are not recognized or displayed properly. Did I deleted a file? Did I changed a name? It still looks the same. After logging out of Slideshare misterious things happen: The wrong files are deleted, unwanted uploads still appear. That’s why I’ve started to log out and log in every time I’m changing something on Slideshare only to avoid this. Please Slideshare team, prevent this interference and keep the interface up to date!

]]> http://birgerking.net/noise/why-slideshare-sucks-fucking-short-version/feed/ 1 Checklist – Youtube Video Marketing For SMB http://birgerking.net/converse/checklist-youtube-video-marketing-for-small-and-medium-businesses/ http://birgerking.net/converse/checklist-youtube-video-marketing-for-small-and-medium-businesses/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:58:51 +0000 Birger http://birgerking.net/?p=549 Here is my checklist for Youtube video marketing, adressing the needs of small and medium sized businesses – plus a bonus fail list and PDF download at the end of this post.

Management:

Goals

- Constant activity

- Long run engagement

- A few often viewed videos

- A variety of videos

Channel planning

- Constant profile activity

- Constant video uploads

- Monitor comments

- Report metrics

Activity

- Add friends on Youtube

- Comment other videos

- Subscribe channels

- Join groups

- Start a group

- Use bulletin board

Report includes

- Video views

- Average viewing time

- Referals

- Click Through Rate

- In-Video clicks

- Conversion

Content:

Profile

- Convenient photo

- Website URL

- Contact information

- Complete „About you“

- Create playlists

Video Content

- Short and informative

- Authentic background

- Use your product or service

- Appeals to community

- Call to action

Video Data

- Link videos to profile

- Select proper thumbnail

- Title includes keywords

- Meaningful description

- Include link to website

- Tagged with keywords

Video Link Building

- E-Mail customers

- Link video on website

- Use video repsonses

- Social Bookmark Services

- Social Network Services

Bonus (not included in the PDF!)

Fail! So much the worse:

- Video title including “Imagetrailer” or “Promo video” - Are your customers searching for this?

- No Sound - What’s going on there?

- No Motion - Why should I view static text in a video? This is boring me.

- Scrolling text messages - A brilliant idea to get motion! This is annoying.

- Video title like “Pamela Anderson” with no relation to video or your channel - Fuck You, Spammer!

- Videos with pornolicious content to boost your channel - You are a genius! This way you are destroying your online reputation!

- Layers above the video with ads for competition / SPAM products - Be aware of channel providers!

The checklist is also available for download here: Download the PDF

]]> http://birgerking.net/converse/checklist-youtube-video-marketing-for-small-and-medium-businesses/feed/ 0 Whiteboard Animation – Individual Perspectives Of Time http://birgerking.net/attention/whiteboard-animation-individual-perspectives-of-time/ http://birgerking.net/attention/whiteboard-animation-individual-perspectives-of-time/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:55:53 +0000 Birger http://birgerking.net/?p=546 This Video is called “Secret Powers Of Time”. The words of Professor Philip Zimbardo are animated by whiteboard artists of RSA Animate. A both amusing and interesting adventure in which Mr. Zimbardo illustrates how our individual perspectives of time affect our social coexistence. At the end of the video Mr. Zimbardo describes why young people consume time from a totally different perspective. Thanks to derdoc for the link!



RSA Animate — The Secret Powers of Time

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Online Feedback Strategy Map 2010
Open Flickr to view the map

A whiteboard sketch about an integrated online feedback strategy including online channels, web site, analytics, crm, customer feedback and recommendations. This Map is made for printshops, the basic structure could be used for any other business with some changes.

The key element of the strategy is the “Electronic Line Of Visibility (eLOV)”. The “Line Of Visibility” is a strategy to describe the areas of contact with customers. eLOV does the same for online communication. The idea of the map is to close feedback loops between customers and employees as well as employees only.

Inspired by the Contact 2.0 Strategy by Marc Keating, Chris Brogans Trust Agents and Thomas Scheuer’s Marketing für Dienstleister.

]]> http://birgerking.net/relation/online-feedback-strategy-map-2010/feed/ 0 WTF VUVUZELA http://birgerking.net/noise/wtf-vuvuzela/ http://birgerking.net/noise/wtf-vuvuzela/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:14:25 +0000 Birger http://birgerking.net/?p=450 B Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Z Are you watching the Soccer World Cup 2010 in South Africa? Than you have already listened to the sound of the vuvuzela. Vuvu-WHAT?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrYb9qtO8OQ

Youtube: The Vuvuzela -- Legendary Horn!


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www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGygEbhvOOU

Youtube: Raw Video: World Cup Crescendo From Vuvuzela

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-rKemC0QI0

Youtube: ESPN commentators hate the Vuvuzela’s at the Confederations Cup

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K7DY_L-P_0

Youtube: Tuning Out Vuvuzelas at the World Cup

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIGIAh2GTOA

Youtube: Hyundai Giant vuvuzela -- the sound test

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3xDWk9vbNw

Youtube: Vuvuzela 2010 for iPhone and iPad

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]]> http://birgerking.net/noise/wtf-vuvuzela/feed/ 0 Interstellar Technoverse Futurism http://birgerking.net/noise/interstellar_technoverse_futurism/ http://birgerking.net/noise/interstellar_technoverse_futurism/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:42:14 +0000 Birger http://birgerking.net/?p=420 A few days ago I saw the La Roux “Bulletproof” music video for the first time. I was surprised by the visual style, reminding me of the early Cindy Lauper (80′s pop rocker), the “Tron” movie (clean and simple) and design elements I have seen before in Daft Punk music videos (lens flare, colors). What really strucked me: This video has been published in May 2009 – a year ago!

Yesterday I saw the “On a mission” music video performed by Gabriella Cilmi. This track has been released in January 2010 and is much more a classic dance music video than La Roux. It is set into a space frontier plot and is a great reminiscence to the visual style from the late 80′s and the interstellar science fiction/fantasy art from the 50′s and 60′s.

While I was searching for videos which remind me to these styles, I stumbled upon the Tron 2 trailer. I think all these examples proof that our culture is heading into an new era of design: Post-Futurism. The “new thing” seems to be that technology which surrounds us today – like Smartphones, Tablets, Websites, Online Services, Mobile Internet – make visions from the past more tangible than ever. Which is great, because the imagery of classic futurism is shared with equal ideas across the world: Unity, freedom, new frontiers.

La Roux – Bulletproof (2009)

Image taken from Youtube, all rights reserved by the respective owner

Image taken from Youtube, all rights reserved by the respective owner

Gabriella Cilmi – On A Mission (2010)

Image taken from Youtube, all rights reserved by the respective owner

Image taken from Youtube, all rights reserved by the respective owner

Daft Punk – Robot Rock (2009)

Image taken from Youtube, all rights reserved by the respective owner

Tron 2 – Trailer (2010)

Image taken from Youtube, all rights reserved by the respective owner

]]> http://birgerking.net/noise/interstellar_technoverse_futurism/feed/ 0 Robert Babicz did it again http://birgerking.net/noise/robert-babicz-did-it-again/ http://birgerking.net/noise/robert-babicz-did-it-again/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 07:49:36 +0000 Birger http://birgerking.net/?p=401 One hour of amazing electro music introduced by the whispering voice of Robert Babicz himself:

Image from http://robertbabicz.de, all rights reserved by the respective owner

Robert Babicz – SYSTEMATIC SESSIONS MIX by robbabicz

47 comments and 55 favorites within five days – this mix is already famous!  If you want to have the track, subscribe to Roberts Website and he sends you the download link within a few days.

]]> http://birgerking.net/noise/robert-babicz-did-it-again/feed/ 0 Charts: Time Spent On The Internet – US http://birgerking.net/relation/infographics-time-spent-on-the-internet-us/ http://birgerking.net/relation/infographics-time-spent-on-the-internet-us/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:52:57 +0000 Birger http://birgerking.net/?p=381 The following charts are made with Google Docs and build using published poll data from Harris Interactive. The Harris Poll was conducted by telephone within the US July 7-12 and October 13-18, 2009 among 2,029 adults (ages 18+). Figures for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, region, number of adults in the household, number of phone lines in the household were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with their actual proportions in the population.

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