It’s a lot like working for a giant startup with a low tolerance for imperfection. 

This bears repeating. Torture did nothing but damage on any level.

A tumblr collecting the beginning sentences of novels. Great. 

Es ist eine schleichende, unheimliche Veränderung: Bei Facebook, Google oder Amazon entscheidet Software, was der Nutzer zu sehen bekommt und was nicht. Nur wenigen ist bewusst, wie stark Algorithmen inzwischen unser Bild von der Wirklichkeit bestimmen – was nicht passt, schluckt der Filter.

Wie Wissen im sozialen Netz entsteht, eine Art Web-Epistemologie, wird in jedem Augenblick im Detail neu verhandelt, selbst wenn sich viele längst bekannte Funktionsweisen darin wiederfinden. Die große Entwicklungsgeschwindigkeit des Internets aber macht es leichter, Netzexperte zu werden als Netzexperte zu bleiben. 

Zur „Data Love" fordert am 17. und 18. Mai die Next in Berlin auf. In den vergangenen sechs Jahren hat sich die Konferenz zu einem der wichtigsten Digitaltreffen in Deutschland entwickelt. HORIZONT.NET interviewte Initiator und Veranstalter Matthias Schrader, CEO der Digitalagentur Sinner Schrader.

Detailed look at the massive viral misquotation following Bin Laden's death: "I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy."

Our friends at LHBS invited us to give an Uncomfortable Talk. It was the second in a series of provocative and inspirational speeches about marketing & innovation and curated by LHBS

The videos of the great presentations at re:publica 11 in Berlin April 2011 are online.

The strategic issue: brands get the consumers they deserve. Treat consumers like morons and they act like morons. They don't really pay attention.

Tech bubbles happen, but we usually gain from the innovation left behind. This one—driven by social networking—could leave us empty-handed

Der Navigationsgeräte-Hersteller TomTom hat Daten an die niederländische Regierung verkauft. Diese gab sie an die Polizei weiter – die damit Radarfallen platzierte.

Over 18 years Darcy Pardilly phoographed Julie Baird’scomplex story of multiple homes, AIDS, drug abuse,abusive relationships, poverty, births, deaths, lossand reunion.
A deeply devastating, harrowing tale from America.
Without the small moments full of love and hope, impossible to bear.

Here’s the thing. Great consumer insights are not – in my experience – discovered. They are thought of. Conceived in the mind of some smart, informed person. They are not found, they are intuited. They are not mined, they are identified and hypothesized.

This is a 5 year-old piece (June 2006), but still spot-on. 

The most mysterious manuscript in the world. Written in the 1400s in an unkown script, language and ciphered. Remains undeciphered up to date. A medieval hoax? Intriguing.

Crazy, mysterious account of a disappearing expedition. Why is there no movie about this?

Apple’s tablet brings appliance-like simplicity to light computing needs, and brought my mother, who is in her early 60s and had never used a computer before, onto the Web. I’ve documented her fresh perspective on the iPad in this interview.

It might be impossible to put this guide in practice but at least it helps you identify why it is impossible to have a successful discussion with the guy across the table.

Catherina Fake observes spot-on how social media create and cure FOMO – fear of missing out.