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Founder & Father, Corporate & Startup, Product Manager & life juggler -> loving it :)

WTF: Windows Phone 7 Browser based on IE7

Posted on October 12, 2010 by kvoges

Just read that the internet browser of the just released Windows Phone 7 is based on IE7?? WTF???? Not so smart phone 😉

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Sad: Bloglines will shut down; Google Reader sucks

Posted on September 11, 2010 by kvoges

Ask.com will shut down Bloglines in 3 weeks. I am a very happy user of Bloglines since April 2005 – gosh, what a long time in internet age. I really enjoyed Bloglines and it would be great if Ask.com would … Continue reading →

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Book-Review: Rework from 37signals

Posted on August 3, 2010 by kvoges

The people from 37signals are well known shooting stars in the startup world. Their blogposts are often worth a read and their products pretty well hit the sweet spot. Their latest byproduct is the book Rework. It is a great … Continue reading →

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Adapting a communication approach to SW projects

Posted on August 2, 2010 by kvoges

This weekend I read skim-read the book “Das Kommunikationskonzept” from Klaus Schmidbauer and Eberhard Knödler-Bunte, which is a guidance for developing a communication concept. My sister Verena Voges is using it at a reference. I liked their approach to writing … Continue reading →

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Celebration Weekend

Posted on July 19, 2010 by kvoges

The weekend was a blast. Celebrated the birthday of my son Jonathan, baptism of two relatives, birthday of a friend at the Castle Schwanek in Pullach. Now I am exhausted an happy to be back in the office 😉

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Hacker Monthly

Posted on July 12, 2010 by kvoges

Hacker Monthly worth a read. especially the article  ‘How to Bootstrap’ by Spencer Fry (close to the Lean Startup theme) and programmer’s jargon with my new favourite “Loch Ness Monster Bug” – seen by just one person, not reproducible, … … Continue reading →

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451 CAOS Theory » Why there are no billion-dollar open source companies. Another dream spoiled :(

Posted on June 14, 2010 by kvoges

Why there are no billion-dollar open source companies via 451 CAOS Theory » Why there are no billion-dollar open source companies. And I hoped to make billions with enterprise architecture tool iteraplan. Although it is the first OS tool in … Continue reading →

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Which Java wiki engine should one use within an OpenSource application? XWiki vs. WikiText (Mylyn)

Posted on June 14, 2010 by kvoges

Within the OpenSource EA Tool iteraplan, we think about offering Wiki support in textfields like descriptions of applications or business processes. A search about OpenSource Java Wiki Engines revealed four possible candidates: Radeox: with no real further development going on … Continue reading →

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YouTube – Schlandrut WM-Song Uwu Lena – Schland oh Schland #Schlandrut

Posted on June 13, 2010 by kvoges

YouTube – Schlandrut WM-Song Uwu Lena – Schland oh Schland #Schlandrut.

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The blogging world got me back

Posted on June 13, 2010 by kvoges

In Dezember 2003 I started blogging with MoveableType at my own domain: karstenvoges.de/blog/ The adventure ended 2 years ago, when I started to bleeper/dent/twitter and used facebook. But these formats do have limits and therefore I decided to get back … Continue reading →

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