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THINK QUARTERLY WITH GOOGLE

Friday, March 25, 2011

Right aftter making into the news and seeing its Google Books agreement with publishers cancelled by a US court, Google discretly launches a new magazine, expected by most to be Google’s first big move into the media and publishing world. Nevertheless, ‘Think Quarterly‘ is not intended to be a print magazine, neither is it supposed [...]

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DRAWING HERSELF OUT OF DEBT

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Kate Bingaman-Burt was born in Wisconsin, in the late 70’s. Having been to art school she acquired her credit card which she used, slightly out of control, to purchase all sorts of objects (needed and not needed) for the next few years. Shortly after having finished her graduation, she find out she was due several [...]

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OUT O’ TUNE

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Whoa, David, or: Mr. Lynch goes Auto-Tune.

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CREATIVE CRISIS

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Remember Downtown 81? Well, it looks like Basquiat’s love interest from that movie, former fashion model Anna Schroeder, isn’t doing too well these days…

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WEPAD

Monday, April 12, 2010

Although rumour has it that an American jounalist destroyed an iPad after more than 90 (!) hours of non-stop-use, our friends from Cupertino sold so many hundredthousands. They will somewhat be rivalled by a Berlin-based company offering the WePad who state that their device will have useful connections, like the good old USB! [...]

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Fine Birds make fine Tweets

Monday, March 29, 2010

@mono_tweet gets you the latest from mono.blog, plus all the best from mono.kultur.

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INTERVIEWS, THE REAL THING

Monday, March 22, 2010

Normally, the formula is quite simple: You (or a journalist) meet(s) someone, there is a talk, a conversation going on. You are talking, possibly bullshitting a little, arguing, maybe provoking – shortly, you have an interview. We at mono.kultur love and live these very moments, and do our best to present the achievements in the [...]

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THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Again, it is Apple Macintosh that put goosebumps into my skin today. Because after having thought about the iPad not more then an hour or two, these guys made me do it again. The once punk-rock-on-silicium dream of being different whilst also knowing it turns out to lead into a blind alley of thoughts like I’m-nothing-without-a-soon-achieved-world-supremacy or [...]

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YOUR SOUL VS. YOUR MONEY

Saturday, February 6, 2010

iPad. OK, might be cool, but the new wheel it certainly is not – at all. Although neither will be the rumoured Google Tablet PC, but it is hinted (alas, in German only) to be much more versatile than Apple’s iPad which is being bashed for being no more than an ultra-cool remote control for [...]

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BACKBONES

Monday, January 18, 2010

Speaking of backbones and such… these guys certainly have that, and they obviously know how to turn a phrase or two. The rather short and precise “ich kann nicht mehr” by Unseld gives me the howling fantods each time.

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