Archive for November, 2006

On the three stages of the digital divide

Recently, Jakob Nielsen published an article about the three stages of the digital divide: The economic, the usability and the empowerment divide. To sum it up, he argues that economic reasons (some people can afford a computer while others can’t), usability issues (there are people in this world, who simply do not understand how to [...]

Obedient behavior

In the last seven days I was confronted with several forms of obedient behavior that accrued from being in a position that made any other form of behavior impossible: dependency and complete identification with a company. Now being dependent from a company you work for in financial terms is pretty normal, but personal, complete identification [...]

Nespresso Variations

Nespresso really has good coffee with their capsule-system. There are, of course, better ones and worse ones, but all in all, they are quite good. Sometimes a special edition is great, sometimes you can use it for Tiramisu, but even with the special editions you cannot make a big mistake. Coffee still is coffee and [...]

Xiaolongbaozi in Vienna

Today I met some friends at Mr. Zhao at Naschmarkt in Vienna. Mr. Zhao is an Asian restaurant, not as popular as Li’s Cooking or Toko Ri just next to it, but with a much better and much more friendly service than both others have. Also the prize of what you eat there [...]