… Andriod?!
Seen a few weeks ago on the Stockholm tube…
Want to promote your product or service? Do a cycle saddle cover with your message. Or maybe not. This year was kind of extreme with all the different covers, on the other hand it’s quite fun to see the ocean of different colours spread over Norrköping’s cycle parking at the main train station. Are people in your country as crazy?
A video found today via Facebook; two cocky Russians breaking the speed limit in Ukraine. They think they can get away with English, since they assume that these “stupid hillbillies” in Ukraine won’t be able to understand and that they this way skip the bill…. Well, far from it. The Ukraine cop actually speaks better English than the Russian. But watch for yourself
This reminds me of the numerous experiences on the London Tube when for example German tourists think they speak such a unique language that they can make bad remarks about the people around them without anybody understanding them… . Well, again, far from it.
When in Germany, I sometimes use Swedish as a “secret language” when accompanied by someone, who understands it. But I never make bad remarks or anything, since you can never be sure who’s listening. And Swedish would absolutely not be “secret” at all in Berlin where there are many Swedes living and visiting… . Therefore, just be a bit aware about your surroundings and show general respect. Definitely never try to be a smart-ass like these two experts in the video or like many tourists abroad. You never know who around you understands what you’re saying
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Unsubscribed one mail-address from Morgenthaler – and this is the confirmation you get
No worries. I’ll be back.
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Apart from these things, I also had fun with a lot of car number plates. Here a selection:
B-RA (B standing for Berlin)
B-RO
B-OL
B-OK
B-AD
B-ED
B-US
B-AT
K-UK (K standing for Köln/ Cologne)
Think one could have a photo competition on about who’s seen the most useless plates. And you definitely have even more fun the more languages you know
A new idea for a Tumblr maybe?
Although the Wifi on the first day sucked totally (and in my case also at the hotel… now it works, though) and although nobody seems to have listened to the suggestion to either make a nicer blogger area or even combine it with the speakers lounge (with working wifi and/or enough cables), it were again a great couple of days as an official blogger, and after all there must be some room for improvement for NEXT13, mustn’t it? (Update: Henriette Weber collected some great input – listen to her!)
Therefore, thank you for the invitation and thank you for some inspiring days in a summerish warm Berlin (trust me, it’s still a lot colder in Sweden…).
Here some impressions in pictures from the past days!
We knew it all along, didn’t we. Data is porn. We Germans love our excel sheets, figures and stats. That fits into the picture now as well
. And no – in case you wondered what I think – we are definitely NOT post digital. But maybe we will be in about 5 years, when really everyone is online with an online identity of some kind. When Germans can make their tax declaration online without a shitload of paper (Swedes have that in place since 10 years now). When even Grannies (and I mean the majority of grannies) are on facebook or a similar portal (who knows what will be by then). When your car tweets you that its tyres need an air pressure check. Something along that line. That’s what I’d then call “post digital”.
Maybe until NEXT13 then?