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2 Letters from Steve

Tobi P. — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:14:08 +0200

»Words can’t express how happy I was to get this response. “OK”. Just two letters meant so much. At many keynotes Steve said: “This is why we do what we do”. And that day he was willing to let my friend be touched by what we do, even though it didn’t follow the rules. At that time in my career at Apple I was wondering about the heart of the company. This little interaction lifted my spirits greatly.«

on davidgelphman.wordpress.com · the article page · davidgelphman.wordpress.com on QUOTE.fm

Past. Present. Future.

Tobi P. — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:10:38 +0200

»QUOTE.fm isn’t going away. I know the first part of this post very much sounded like it, but we have good news. We found the right people to maintain QUOTE.fm: elbdudler. A young and ambitious agency from Hamburg, Germany.«

on blog.quote.fm · the article page · blog.quote.fm on QUOTE.fm

Kleines Label, viel dahinter: Chimperator | STERN.DE

Tobi P. — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:15:49 +0100

»Für Cros Durchbruch war laut Heidemann ein Mix verschiedener Faktoren verantwortlich: Die Musik spreche Kinder und Erwachsene an, sei nicht böse, er benutze die richtigen Samples, habe eine niedliche Maske und mit "Easy" eine perfekte erste Single. "Und diese Kombination war schlicht und einfach Dusel."«

on www.stern.de · the article page · www.stern.de on QUOTE.fm

Redesigning Google: how Larry Page engineered a beautiful revolution

Tobi P. — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:04:17 +0100

»In stark contrast to Eric Schmidt’s tenure as CEO where data-driven product invention and design was standard operating procedure, Page’s Google is more willing to let humans make design decisions instead of algorithms.«

on www.theverge.com · the article page · www.theverge.com on QUOTE.fm

About App Icons

Tobi P. — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 17:03:50 +0100

»Instead of focusing on what your app does, focus on what your app is. This will help your personal brand show through, which will be more unique and more recognizable.«

on mantia.me · the article page · mantia.me on QUOTE.fm

Why I Love Being A Programmer in Louisville (or, Why I Won't Relocate to Work for Your Startup)

Tobi P. — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:47:46 +0100

»No, I don't work in NYC, DC, or the valley, and I'm cool with that.«

on erniemiller.org · the article page · erniemiller.org on QUOTE.fm

One week with Android: There is a setting for that.

Tobi P. — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:24:01 +0100

»The biggest problem of all is actually the sheer size of the devices. No matter if Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 4, I don’t get used to that big ass screen. It just doesn’t feel good.«

Marcel (@UARRR) about Android and iOS devices. Love it.

on uarrr.org · the article page · uarrr.org on QUOTE.fm

Tim Cook's Freshman Year: The Apple CEO Speaks - Businessweek

Tobi P. — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:18:46 +0100

»That’s a part of our base principle, that we will only do a few things. And we’ll only do things where we can make a significant contribution.«

on mobile.businessweek.com · the article page · mobile.businessweek.com on QUOTE.fm

No, Instagram can't sell your photos: what the new terms of service really mean

Tobi P. — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:18:28 +0100

»Now you're only agreeing that someone else can pay Instagram to display your photos and other information only in connection with paid or sponsored content. These phrases have very specific meanings — Instagram can't sell your photos to anyone, for example. It simply doesn't have permission. And Budweiser isn't allowed to crop your photo of a bar, slap a logo on it, and run it as an ad on Instagram — that would go well beyond "display" and into modification, which Instagram doesn't have a license to do. (In fact, the old Instagram terms allowed for modification, but the new ones don't«

on www.theverge.com · the article page · www.theverge.com on QUOTE.fm

Instagram und die Sache mit den verkauften Daten [Kommentar]

Tobi P. — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:13:08 +0100

»Instagram jetzt aber den schwarzen Peter zuzuschieben ist falsch. Vielleicht sollten die, deren Empörung am größten ist, das nächste Mal einfach die Nutzungsbedingungen der Netzwerk durchlesen, bevor sie auf “akzeptieren” klicken.«

Richtig so. Instagram ist nicht der erste Service, der sich das Recht vorbehält, Bilder für kommerzielle Zwecke nutzen zu können. Ob sie's dann auch machen ist eine andere Sache.

on www.stereopoly.de · the article page · www.stereopoly.de on QUOTE.fm

Horror-Praktikum: Warum ich als Praktikant ein 100.000 Euro-Jobangebot ausschlug | Studium | ZEIT ONLINE

Tobi P. — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:54:12 +0100

»Ich hätte in meinem ersten Jahr bei dieser Bank – mit Boni – schon über 100.000 Euro verdient. Ich habe trotzdem abgelehnt. Und zwar sofort.«

on www.zeit.de · the article page · www.zeit.de on QUOTE.fm

Why I love Twitter and barely tolerate Facebook

Tobi P. — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:50:49 +0100

»I like my current social circle of friends and their thoughts, jokes, and ideas they share each day on Twitter. I know I’ll be delighted with new information on Twitter, interesting articles to read, breaking news, and jokes about those. Twitter is a steady stream of mostly joy and makes my life better. Facebook is filled with people I barely know, chain-emails and disaster news about the sky falling that reminds me of my own past as well as my “friends” at every turn.«

Das ist einfach so wahr!

on medium.com · the article page · medium.com on QUOTE.fm

Multitasking makes you dumb

Tobi P. — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:50:18 +0100

»Effectively, multitaskers train themselves to superficially consume multiple sources of input from memory and the external world. Their ability to filter relevance to their current goal declines and they are easily distracted by irrelevant information. Multitaskers actually become bad at multitasking, by multitasking.«

on sirupsen.com · the article page · sirupsen.com on QUOTE.fm

Twitter Does A Lot Of Different Things For Different People, Deal With It

Tobi P. — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:52:16 +0100

»Twitter is many things to many people. Sure, some people don’t want to share their thoughts publicly, they just don’t feel like they have anything interesting to say. That doesn’t mean that they don’t want to be around others who have things to say, in the hopes that they’ll find a relevant “conversation” to jump into at some point. What Caldwell forgets is that the whole world isn’t like us. They do things at a different speed and in a different way.«

on techcrunch.com · the article page · techcrunch.com on QUOTE.fm

Steve Jobs vs. Sam Walton: The tale of the tape

Tobi P. — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:01:06 +0100

»When Steve was in the hospital in Memphis after the liver transplant, they had to put an oxygen mask on him, and he keeps pulling it off and saying, "This design sucks."«

on management.fortune.cnn.com · the article page · management.fortune.cnn.com on QUOTE.fm