André Klein
Articles and Posts by André Klein
Kindle & Co: Between The Revolution and Degeneration of Reading Ebooks
March 21, 2012
Tags: books, ebooks
Posted in Books, Lifestyle | 2 comments

The first ebook I ever saw (it was at the end of the 90s) was one of these “How To Make Money Online” schemes. It came with all the obligatory gratuitous images of bank notes, long sales letter including “social proof” of how Anne and Herbert became millionaires by following the “three step guide” and…
3 Things To Do Instead Of Facebooking
March 11, 2012
Tags: facebook
Posted in Social Media | 1 comment

To those who’ve been reading this blog for a while, it will not come as a surprise that my relationship to Mr. Zuckerberg’s all-seing Social Network is… well… complicated. I haven’t yet deleted (sorry, it’s not possible to delete one’s Facebook account, I meant of course “temporarily deactivated”) my Facebook account. The only reason I still…
Online Teaching Platforms: Why We Don’t (Really) Need Them To Make A Living
March 9, 2012
Tags: Online Teaching
Posted in Language Learning, Online Teaching | 6 comments

The blogosphere has been on fire for the last few days, ablaze with articles, comments, rants and promises, all regarding this simple question: If it’s really possible to make a full-time living teaching online, why isn’t it working out for so many? It was almost as if a wormhole had opened up in time and…
The Blue & White Blues or: How Facebook Protects Your Content From Yourself
March 2, 2012
Tags: facebook
Posted in Social Media | 1 comment

Recently, I had an interesting talk with my mother who fervently refuses to be pulled into the fangs of the Social Network. She said something to the effect of: “Well, you see I’m not sitting in front of the screen all day long, I do understand that people who are working with computers will often quickly…
3 Ways To Get More & Better Ideas
February 27, 2012
Tags: creativity, ideas
Posted in Hacks & Tutorials | 3 comments

People sometimes ask me: “Where do you get all these ideas for your blog posts and books?” Do I climb the looming summits of some private Kilimanjaro of the mind, digging for gold with a pickaxe? Or do I descend into some underground lair of wild ideas, slaying the best and dragging them to the light?…
The Unbearable Uncertainty Of Ebooks
February 23, 2012
Tags: books, publishing
Posted in Books | 3 comments




