Category Archives: Non Ed Daily

My (almost) daily non educational post.

Old Media vs New Media – Are you with Coco?

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Kirsten Winkler

This is the first showdown, Wild West – highnoon style, of this new decade. The fight of the late night titans. Jay Leno vs Conan O’Brien. It all started with NBC’s decision  to bring Jay Leno back into the prime … Continue reading →

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1 Billion Views per Day

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

1 billion views per day. Yes, per day, not per week or month. That should make YouTube the biggest broadcaster on this planet, right? They even changed the logo to make sure, we notice it I don’t have exact data … Continue reading →

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Twitter is Dead, here comes Squeaker

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Just wanted to say that I will move to Squeaker now. Reading all those 140 chars Tweets cuts too much off my working day. I simply cannot stay on top of all that. Squeaker finally offers the nanoblogging: 14 chars … Continue reading →

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The biggest Language Learning Community in the World is…

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Facebook. At least it could (will) be. This week news about Facebook were rushing in. 1. Facebook has now 300.000.000 users 2. Facebook is finally in the positive cash flow 3. Facebook will offer a Voicechat by Vivox Point two … Continue reading →

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Mafia Family is NOT a Twitter Worm – Tweeple are just fly-by-night

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Everyone on Twitter seems to be “a bit” annoyed about getting DMs to join the game Mafia World. The message you can read now on Twitter is something like “Mafia Family is a twitter worm. Let ppl know to shut … Continue reading →

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The Mimic Barrier :-) ^.^

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Or why Asians misunderstand Europeans and vice versa. I came across an interesting article in “Der Spiegel” a once renowned German magazine. Well, from time to time they still publish good articles it seems. As it is in German I … Continue reading →

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Let me Entertain You

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Ok, today I want to talk a bit about celebrities, politics and education. And yes, they seem to have common ground these days. Us, the consumers and our, can I say need, for entertainment. I admit, I am slightly addicted … Continue reading →

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Face the Change

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Funny, eh? Well, not really but here are some facts about this video. It was uploaded 2 days ago. Today it has over 1.000.000 views. The Mean Kitty channel has over 155.000 subscribers. What would you have said to me … Continue reading →

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How the Internet changed our daily Routine

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

What is the first thing you do in the morning? I open my notebook, feed the cats until it connects to the internet, teach some lessons online, check Twitter, Facebook, Emails, News Feeds and then finally make a coffee and … Continue reading →

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Turn back The Times (of London)

Posted on August 10, 2009 by Kirsten Winkler

Let’s start with a KRON report from 1981. They are programming today’s paper, love it. Quoting the guy from the SF Examiner: “This is an experiment, we are not in it to make money, we are probably not going to … Continue reading →

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