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lost twitter updates resurrected

natadd — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:28:55 +0000

..as a twitter-plugin in WP didn’t work for a while, here is the history of most of my tweets in the meantime:

teste mal grade ein twitter plugin für wordpress… 2008/09/04 19:50:00
Damn, I’m in browser-hell! My Firefox somehow crashes all 5 minutes. Is this the revenge from de-installed Chrome? 2008/09/03
weiter meckern: Wieso kommt mein geiles iGoogle Theme nicht in die Hintergrund-Liste? http://www.darearts.net/ig Wer voted für mich? 2008/09/02
http://twitpic.com/a0xc – …think I pushed some wrong button in Wordpress… 2008/09/02
.. Chrome deinstalliert! #konsequent Wein auf, Klotze an, Tschüss ihr! 2008/09/02
okay, Chrome getestet, fühle mich wie im rechtebeschnittenen Internetcafe. Back to Firefox, Heimat! Chrome kann nur ne Menge AddOns retten. 2008/09/02
gleich mal Keinohrhasen gucken auf maxdome #femaleGruppenzwang 2008/09/02
also ich find Google Chrome doof, einfach weil ich mich auf Firefox eingestellt hab und die Welt keinen neuen Browserkrieg braucht! 2008/09/02
Watch this crazy snail pics http://tinyurl.com/5snftq 2008/09/02
mal mit animoto.com rumgespielt. Supergeil, Video für meine Mucke gemacht (mitchQ) http://animoto.com/play/KnLbcf8H6K3QpZvu6ks6aw 2008/09/01
Posting to Twitter… 2008/09/01
Interessante arte-Doku:”Hacktivisten – Rebellen im Internet” http://tinyurl.com/5twmw6 2008/09/01
jetzt hats geflashte Viewty nen quietschgelben screen und sagt nur noch “refreshing”… soll ich mir jetzt ne Cola kaufen oda was? 2008/09/01
Mal wieder mein Viety-Handy flashen, gucken ob die neue Firmware weniger buggy ist… 2008/09/01
mich glotzt schon den ganzen Tag eine Heuschrecke durch mein fenster an, die hat sich da festgesetzt… 2008/09/01
Jawoll! Nazi-Server von “Blood & Honor” geknackt http://tinyurl.com/5wyq2s 2008/09/01
Auf 1Live läuft grade “Last Christmas” von Wham! Als Huldigung für den wohl heute schon gestarteten Weihnachtmannverkauf in den Supermärkten 2008/08/29
@Orli Know Photosynth already? Make 3D from photos http://tinyurl.com/58a8j4 2008/08/29
Wegen Extrem-SQL-Gescripte sowohl den #webmontag + #Socialwebbreakfast verpasst. Gibts Webmontag-Video (auf Mogulus) nachträglich? 2008/08/26
Computeranimationen realer als die Realität http://tinyurl.com/5epwv3 2008/08/26

Steve Ballmer: Killing Apple and Google With Kindness?

natadd — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:43:23 +0000

BoomTown is flatly fascinated by the rather incredible memo Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer penned to his troops yesterday, with news of the reorganization of its massive Platforms and Services Division and the departure of its president, Kevin Johnson.

In the memo, in a very rare public airing of its less-clean laundry, Ballmer actually casts Microsoft’s two major rivals, Apple and Google, in a somewhat positive light, while still vowing to best them.

It is not often that Ballmer or even Microsoft Founder Bill Gates mentions either company in public. More to the point, what neither typically does is acknowledge that they do anything right.

But Ballmer did so yesterday in the memo, perhaps a sign that Microsoft (MSFT) realizes it has trouble on its hands and needs to publicly declare tough enemies to pump itself up to fight.

The memo should be Topic A for financial analysts, who are gathering at Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., headquarters today for their annual meeting with company leaders.

“It’s going to be a rocky day,” said one Microsoft source.

And how! Especially given the need to explain the memo in more detail, including plans for beating back incursions by more nimble companies like Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG).

Ballmer took a baby step in that direction in the strategy email to employees.

About Apple, for example, Ballmer wrote:

In the competition between PCs and Macs, we outsell Apple 30-to-1. But there is no doubt that Apple is thriving. Why? Because they are good at providing an experience that is narrow but complete, while our commitment to choice often comes with some compromises to the end-to-end experience. Today, we’re changing the way we work with hardware vendors to ensure that we can provide complete experiences with absolutely no compromises. We’ll do the same with phones–providing choice as we work to create great end-to-end experiences.

It is, for longtime Microsoft watchers, an interesting way to put it, actually framing the fight on Apple’s strengths–an end-to-end computing experience–rather than on Microsoft’s.

While Ballmer is entirely right about the sales figures, he is leaving out perhaps the more important fact that Apple–using its iPod and now iPhone juggernaut–has captured the consumer imagination and owns the tech zeitgeist, which is all about a deeply integrated and entirely Web-focused computing experience.

His mention of the phone issue is especially interesting.

Why? Because no matter what Ballmer says, the ancient cell phone software in Windows Mobile is under assault from Apple, Google’s Android and the upcoming new RIM (RIM) platform.

Ballmer’s longish comments on Google were just as important to pay attention to:

We continue to compete with Google on two fronts–in the enterprise, where we lead; and in search, where we trail. In search, our technology has come a long way in a very short time and it’s an area where we’ll continue to invest to be a market leader. Why? Because search is the key to unlocking the enormous market opportunities in advertising, and it is an area that is ripe for innovation. In the coming years, we’ll make progress against Google in search first by upping the ante in R&D through organic innovation and strategic acquisitions. Second, we will out-innovate Google in key areas–we’re already seeing this in our maps and news search. Third, we are going to reinvent the search category through user experience and business model innovation. We’ll introduce new approaches that move beyond a white page with 10 blue links to provide customers with a customized view of their world. This is a long-term battle for our company–and it’s one we’ll continue to fight with persistence and tenacity.

While it would be hard not to acknowledge Google’s overwhelming lead in search (and, of course, its position as the other key zeitgeist leader of the moment, in tech), Ballmer is laying out the challenge–which was, in essence, formulated by Johnson–as one that can be won by innovation.

He is entirely right, except for the fact that Microsoft is not a company well known for being innovative or for pushing boundaries.

More importantly, Microsoft cannot really do so from a search position of under 10 percent (check out how well Ask’s innovative efforts worked).

That’s why owning or controlling Yahoo is so critical, since its mid-20 percent market share gives Microsoft the leg up it needs to make these still-unknown innovations a success.

On a visit to Microsoft recently, I did see some really cool ideas and efforts in its Live offering, for example. But to move the needle, Microsoft needs scale to make consumers sit up and pay attention.

That’s why Ballmer’s comments about Yahoo rang especially false to me.

He wrote:

Related to Google and our search strategy are the discussions we had with Yahoo. I want to emphasize the point I’ve been making all along–Yahoo was a tactic, not a strategy. We want to accelerate our share of search queries and create a bigger pool of advertisers, and Yahoo would have helped us get there faster. But we will get there with or without Yahoo. We have the right people, we’ve made incredible progress in our technology, and we’ll continue to make smart investments that will enable us to build an industry-leading business.

Maybe so, but Yahoo is actually a strategy and not a tactic–which is to get there faster and with less of an uphill slog.

Microsoft could get where it wants to go with Yahoo. Without it? Not so easy.

natadds Twitter Updates for 2008-07-29

natadd — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:59:59 +0000

@JesseStay Glad to hear! I been messaging my friend in LA immediately too, all is fine.
@Orli Wow, it looks very cool. I signed up straightaway. http://sliderocket.com/productTour.html

natadds Twitter Updates for 2008-07-28

natadd — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:59:59 +0000

Paar wundeschöne Tage aufm Land bei den Eltern verbracht. Endlich wieder Boden unter den Füßen, für das nächste Quartal in der IT-Hölle

natadds Twitter Updates for 2008-07-28

natadd — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:59:59 +0000

Paar wundeschöne Tage aufm Land bei den Eltern verbracht. Endlich wieder Boden unter den Füßen, für das nächste Quartal in der IT-Hölle

natadds Twitter Updates for 2008-07-25

natadd — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:59:59 +0000

Packen für den Kurzurlaub in der Heimat. I-O ich komme, juchuu!
@lajessie Vodka!
@nivcalderon TNG is definetly the best Star Trek ever. Its kinda ethical lessons
@philippstrube Poolparty oda was?
FINALLY I started to write my businessplan for my company http://www.darearts.net. Need the biz-plan confirmed so I’ll receive financial support.
@JesseStay I want one of those pics too! Will you publish tehm? Please blog ‘em, ok?
Listening to chilly SomaFM again http://somafm.com/play/groovesalad Best music for getting some writing work done..

natadds Twitter Updates for 2008-07-24

natadd — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:59:59 +0000

WTF???? Russland: Emo und Gothic Musik soll zum “Jugendschutz” verboten werdenhttp://tinyurl.com/5bahal

natadds Twitter Updates for 2008-07-23

natadd — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:59:59 +0000

Moin twitter! Aus gegebenen Anlaß möchte ich meinem Lieblings-Telefonterror-Kollegen ein Lied widmen: http://youtube.com/watch?v=yl9QLOHtR1g
wow, integrated the GMail addon for integrating RememberTheMilk.com tasks. Works perfectly, even connected to Google Calendar! High Five!
goodnight twitter! I’m sick and feel like flu, so go to bed already..

natadds Twitter Updates for 2008-07-22

natadd — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:59:59 +0000

Puuh, harter Tag das war! Ich kompilier mir dann mal meinen Feierabend zusammen..
Nice shot! Simple, beauty, black&white. http://www.alexeytitarenko.com/venice22.html

natadds Twitter Updates for 2008-07-21

natadd — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:59:59 +0000

Gibts eingentlich irgendwo online nen funktionierenden Mirror für http://www.jaganelli.de? Hab Entzug nach “lecka Pomis essen”
@vlad_perun Stimmt! Ist twitter für Bürohengste!
@philipp_popula Jupp, auch mal des neue Facebook gucken! Fein gemacht!
jupp, auch zur pl=gbar geht. aber zu faul zum registrieren bei mixxt ist. http://tinyurl.com/5czloq
doing some work on my Lawyers’ blog http://www.strafverteidigerblog.de/