Archive for July, 2009

Think big with “Bigthink”

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

bigthink ohne grau In the last few days I spent   much time on twitter and while doing that I found some amazing video-platforms which are specialized in informative videos like: docs,  talks, speeches, interviews and so on. Until that point I am still looking for a good word to sum up that kind of videos, maybe: smartfilms, idocz or what ever. Today I thought of “q-tips”. Meaning: films that are not only penetrating your brain, but also clean the way you think. Just joking.  However, if any of you guys have a good idea for such a word, plz. let me know.

Today I don’t just want to be mubble about getDocued, but also want to present one of these informative video-plattforms that was new to me: www.bigthink.com

I like the clean design and the usability. I also like the way how bigthink presents the various topics. Instead of having a regular interviewer their just using flashcards. So basically it is a talk which it moderated by silent questions.

But bigthink has even more to offer. It tries to bring experts and users together so that a real discussion can evolve. That’s a pretty nice approach in my opinion.

I haven’t seen enough of their footage to really make a good judgement, but I got the impression that almost all of the experts who are being interviewed are from the US – and the whole program is a bit too much focused on the US.  But maybe that is just my European perspective.

But despite that, I think it is a great project and I will keep an eye on it – since this project seems to be very young I guess there is much to come.

Happy Birthday me :)

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

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Hey everybody. Look at that lovely presents my   gf and her gifted mother gave me this morning! After some tough months of constantly looking for programmers and designers – and try to keep everything together, these presents feel like small trophies to me.

There is just one question, I am asking me now. If I light the candle, would that mean good or bad luck… I am not sure. What do you think?

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first steps…

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

Yesterday, for the first time I really tried to understand twitter. My goal was to reach people, who are most likely will benefit from getDocued and I discovered, that Twitter is a very good tool for that. Since I am a Twitter virgin, I tried to ask especially twitter-users who already are involved with electures and docs. If there are better ways to communicate with twitter please let me know!

So far – as Google analytics tells me – many people already followed my links. If I bothered you and you don’t like that site, I am sorry! For everyone else: Welcome to getDocued. Hope you enjoy your visit :P

Please leave a comment. Because in the first month – I guess – every web entrepreneur solely feeds on comments and emails. ^^

So long,
all the best!

jn

Delivered: Finally we are online!

Monday, July 13th, 2009

After two years of work sweat&tears: We finally finished our Beta.
Feels awe – wait for it – some!

getDocued Intro General from Julian F. Müller on Vimeo.

Introduction video for getDocued.net