Bye Bye German 1&1! Thanks to modern controlling mechanisms it's become a pleasure now to control my Internet service provider 1&1 and the results were disastrous. Instead of the expected DSL 6000 (download: 6016 kbit/s, upload: 572 kbit/s) I experienced a result even below DSL 2000 (
download: 1.978 kbit/s, upload:184 kbit/s).

To be sure it's recommended to run this test several times at several days at several times. I checked 1&1 with their own tools and with independent tools, but every time I run the test the results are similar. Several complaints at their customer service led to nothing.

So I'm saying: Bye Bye German 1&1!

Make your mind:

Labels: dsl, lifestyle, product

  ¶ 'Bye Bye German 1&1!' posted by eA : 1:48 PM  2 comments links to this post

  A Razor Blade for Stormy Conditions High quality products make the difference: Being prepared and well equipped it's a pleasure to experience a heavy storm's energy.

Labels: photos, product, tnt

  ¶ 'A Razor Blade for Stormy Conditions' posted by eA : 4:03 PM  0 comments links to this post

  Design and YoUser-centric Innovation The ability to anticipate YoUser needs and to think outside the box are key factors to focus on YoUser-centric innovation with a core competence in creativity and new forms of innovation driving it forward based on an intimate understanding of YoUser culture.

Design and innovation can actually reshape an entire brand or the marketplace in which it exists and create an experience that YoUsers remember. During the early stage of a product or service I'm often creating designs and mockups to visualize and communicate in an effective way, to define the use-case, to deliver functional specifications or to code with the purpose to

• create new opportunities for self-expression and collaboration
• complement and compete in products and services
• leverage network effects and monetization

Labels: collaboration, lifestyle, product, trend

  ¶ 'Design and YoUser-centric Innovation' posted by eA : 4:20 PM  0 comments links to this post

  Wayback Machine, a Look into 2004 Although I'm more a person that looks ahead sometimes I'm looking back into time and this time I looked into the Internet Archive via the Wayback Machine and found a great project I did in 2004, nearly three years ago and very advanced for that time when nobody talked about Web-OS, AJAX and CO.

That time I just needed a flexible CMS for my personal needs, international presentation and collaboration and launched an international platform containing the LAMP based Typo3 CMS including blog, press center, eCards, eShop, cross format search, account area with subscriptions, multimedia center, banner management, downloads, contact management, business intelligence, multisite, multilanguage, automatic language detection: german/english and many more useful features.

With a focus on content and community that platform provided a starting point and gateway to other resources on the Internet or intranet. Visitors and customers could communicate, share interests and process their business in an efficient way. Internet technology layed the foundations therefor: The high dynamic of digital economy requires a continuous evolution and adjustment of the business concept.

Here some Screenshots:



Today the OpenSource based Typo3 is among the Top 100 most influencial IT companies that innovate and deliver products and services that further the evolution of digital content. Other members are Adobe, Apple, 37Signals...

Wikipedia about the Internet Archive:

'The Internet Archive (IA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining an archive of Web and multimedia resources. Located at the Presidio in San Francisco, California, this archive includes "snapshots of the World Wide Web" (archived copies of pages, taken at various points in time)'.

Labels: opensource, product

  ¶ 'Wayback Machine, a Look into 2004' posted by eA : 2:58 PM  0 comments links to this post

  Yahoo Insights in Public Discussion I don't need Yahoo at all, but new technologies, disciplines and the hyper speed of today's platforms require new ways of thinking and skills, including strategy, creative and technology helping customers, users, audiences and participants effectively use or experience these solutions. It would be a pitty to abandon services like Flickr or Delicious.

I just discovered the 'Peanut Butter Manifesto' on WSJ quoting 'Brad Garlinghouse', a Yahoo senior vice president about products and services.

'We lack decisiveness. Combine a lack of focus with unclear ownership, and the result is that decisions are either not made or are made when it is already too late. Without a clear and focused vision, and without complete clarity of ownership, we lack a macro perspective to guide our decisions and visibility into who should make those decisions. We are repeatedly stymied by challenging and hairy decisions. We are held hostage by our analysis paralysis.

We end up with competing (or redundant) initiatives and synergistic opportunities living in the different silos of our company.

• YME vs. Musicmatch
• Flickr vs. Photos
• YMG video vs. Search video
• Deli.cio.us vs. myweb
• Messenger and plug-ins vs. Sidebar and widgets
• Social media vs. 360 and Groups
• Front page vs. YMG
• Global strategy from BU'vs. Global strategy from Int'l

We have lost our passion to win. Far too many employees are "phoning" it in, lacking the passion and commitment to be a part of the solution. We sit idly by while -- at all levels -- employees are enabled to "hang around". Where is the accountability? Moreover, our compensation systems don't align to our overall success. Weak performers that have been around for years are rewarded. And many of our top performers aren't adequately recognized for their efforts.
As a result, the employees that we really need to stay (leaders, risk-takers, innovators, passionate) become discouraged and leave. Unfortunately many who opt to stay are not the ones who will lead us through the dramatic change that is needed'.

• Hourly Work Activity in New Product Development
• Trendy: Mobility and Cross-Platform Capabilities in 2007
• Trendy: More Online Video Entertainment in 2007
• Strategic Program Outline 2007

Labels: product, strategy, yahoo

  ¶ 'Yahoo Insights in Public Discussion' posted by eA : 7:15 PM  0 comments links to this post

  Hourly Work Activity in New Product Development Planning and leading comprehensive marketing and technology strategies in support of business goals and objectives requires expertise in directing the creation of marketing tools and steering the execution of technology programs on the one hand, on the other it requires constantly to acquire information and to carry out and to participate in technology research and analysis on an international level across the globe.

Using Google Search as research tool No.1 the hourly search activity in the the personalized search statistics reflects also activity to develop new products and services.
Isn't that a bit different from an average employee? Germany: 40.9 h/week, 29.1 payed holidays, free weekend :-)

Labels: google, planning, product, search

  ¶ 'Hourly Work Activity in New Product Development' posted by eA : 2:57 PM  0 comments links to this post