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    • “Luckily, my wife earns enough”
      Yesterday, I stumbled over an interesting recording from the re:publica 2012 about the changing face of publishing titled: “What happens when authors circumvent publishing houses”. Especially noteworthy I found Leander Wattig‘s introductory talk whose core facts I’d like to summarize … Continue reading → […]
    • Why There Isn’t Any Competition In Self-Publishing
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    • Botanicula: The Return Of Creative Adventure Games
      I grew up with adventure games. Without characters like Zak McKracken, Guybrush Threepwood, Roger Wilco or Dr. Fred, my childhood is hard to imagine. Not only did these characters teach me the first meaningful sentences of English outside of an education … Continue reading → […]
    • Why The “Descriptive Camera” Gives Me The Creeps
      Everyone seems to be talking about the descriptive camera at the moment. If you haven’t heard about it yet, click the link. Basically, it’s a camera connected to a printer. Only, the printer doesn’t output an image but a description of … Continue reading → […]
    • How Ebooks & The Net Bring Us Back To The Middle Ages
      Recently, I’ve been reading the Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man, that (in)famous work of Marshall McLuhan, and it struck me that many of his insights relating to print media and reading culture can be applied to what is … Continue reading → […]
    • “Diamond Scrapmining”
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    • The Bermuda Triangle Of Social Network Data Sinks
      As much as I love the Internetz there’s something that really irks me, and no, I don’t mean the time-wasting (isn’t that its true purpose?) but something else entirely. “When you’re not paying for it you’re the product.” Companies like … Continue reading → […]
    • “Noon is neither before or after noon; it is simply noon.”
      At the moment I’m preparing the launch of my first picture book for children. I’m planning to kick it off with a free promo through Amazon. I’ve done it a few times before with other publications, and I like to … Continue reading → […]
    • Ramasser Les Feuilles à la Pelle
      For some reason only yesterday, after almost a decade of work on this domain, I had the idea to install WordPress here. The motive: to collect all the things that I’ve done over the years in some organizable (uncluttered?) way … Continue reading → […]

  • Articles and Posts by André Klein

    Are You Ready for the 21st Century ?

    November 28, 2010

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    In my last article I wrote about the way the Internet changes our world and sketched out a few points. I also found a video for you which will give you some more ideas. I don’t necessarily agree with everything proposed in this video but I do think that the broad attitute of the presentation…

    The Internet is not a Mass Medium. Or is it?

    November 28, 2010

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    broken tv

    The term “mass medium” was coined in the early 20th century and referred to magazines, newspapers, radio & television broadcasts. I remember the times when watching an MTV music video on color television fried every teenager’s excitement-circuits, slouched in front of the silverscreen, sucking up the newest trends and fashions through the straw that was…

    What would you do if nobody’s watching?

    November 26, 2010

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    bleacher seats

    I’m a big fan of minimalist writing. Minimalist prose that is from the likes of Amy Hempel, Douglas Coupland and Chuck Palahniuk. The latter who is mostly known for writing the book that the movie “Fight Club” was based upon actually has written a number of worthwhile novels that are often criticized as “shock-literature” but…

    Everybody wants to be Free. Nobody wants to change.

    November 23, 2010

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    bike

    Have you ever heard your co-workers, classmates, etc. complain about their current situation? Something along the lines of “Not enough pay. Too many over-hours.” or “Stupid professors. Boring seminars.” and if you listen very closely you might hear the three famous words of “I should quit.” And then – the next day (who would’ve guessed?)…

    All Rivers Eventually Lead Home

    November 8, 2010

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    boat

    Many people today scream about “Social Media Marketing”, yet, the hype far exceeds the actual novelties observed. The reason for the hype: there is a growing intuition that Social Media and the Net is changing the way we do and think about certain things on a fundamental level, and that’s correct. Still, there’s a lot…

    The Future of Governments in Times of Interconnected Global Communities

    October 31, 2010

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    We’ve all heard the stories and seen the images that depict the Internet as an evil spying eye of governments, Orwellian worries equating Google with Big Brother, etc. As much as I respect criticism and critical thinking as a means of development, I also believe that one-sided negation can prevent the emergence of a broader…