berlin kollektiv

Berlin is not Manhattan, Culture column, Deutsche Welle

berlinkollektiv — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:32:28 +0000

In Berlin, don’t mention the “G” word – gentrification. But is Berlin really about to turn into Manhattan? Deutsche Welle’s Stuart Braun has his doubts.

via Berlin is not Manhattan | Culture column | Deutsche Welle | 25.03.2011.

20 000 Milliards de Dollars

berlinkollektiv — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:43:54 +0000

20 000 milliards de dollars, par Edouard Treteau, un très bon livre qui résume à merveille le cataclysme économique au milieu duquel nous nous trouvons, mais qui donne aussi le désir de croire en l’Europe et aux Européens. Le chemin vers des Etats Unis d’Europe semble long et semé d’embuches à priori insolubles (non possumus?), mais c’est bien là le seul moyen (à moyen/long terme) de sortir de cette crise sans y laisser toutes nos plumes…

And a good (and brief) overview in English:

Oh no…….

berlinkollektiv — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:20:39 +0000

All that amazing teasing to announce that the Beatles are on iTunes… It's 2010 for Gods sake.

A big Apple to bite

berlinkollektiv — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:07:04 +0000

Wich such an announcement and the amazing viral spread of the (still no) news coming from Apple, we can expect some companies like Spotify, Deezer and co. to have a sleepless night. Or maybe not. These guys have been expecting this since a long time back. So it might be good for the market, especially when we are talking about a disruptive business model, a new way of consuming music. So let's see what happens tomorrow. At least, it sounds like a good news for us consumers.

“Download your information Get a copy of the data you’ve put on Facebook.” So what’s all this Google-Facebook war about?

berlinkollektiv — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 21:14:39 +0000

Just found out that you can download all the information you got on facebook (your contact, all your posts, photos etc). This is not really what all the discussions between FB and GOOG were about last week. I thought that FB were the bad guys who did not let you get full access to the information that you upload. Is this download feature new? Anyhow, i am going to try this out. If the data is complete, then i must say that FB has completely change their data policy – in the right direction.

Posterous?

berlinkollektiv — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:18:29 +0000

Yes, posterous. This is not a new service, but maybe the one that
will make me combine the blogging with the tweeting and the
facebooking. So let’s give it a try!

NO AGE live in Stockholm

berlinkollektiv — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:13:32 +0000

Friday night, november 5th. I never thought I would have the amazing chance to see my musical highlight of the last 2 years live, here in sleepy Stockholm. Well i did, so thanks again Randy and Dean, for one hour of blasting pure power.

Sverige toksatsar på modeveckan i Berlin.

berlinkollektiv — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:08:01 +0000

Sverige toksatsar på modeveckan i Berlin – Dagens Media.

Sverige toksatsar på modeveckan i Berlin. Jo, det var dags att förstå att Stockholm ligger väääldigt “off” på EU-modekartan medan Berlin ligger så himla bra, som korsningen mellan nor- och sydeuropa, öst och väst… Iaf blir jag glad att läsa att svenska pengar fyller på Berlins kassan, de behöver det!

Twitter killed my blog

berlinkollektiv — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:58:21 +0000

Social media – Facebook and Twitter – managed to kill my blog within a couple of months. I am amazed to see how many other blogs died around mine. They are hunting the web as half dead bodies, filled with old-stuff stories, not being updated for a while, leaving a trace of a quiet recent past, but too old to feel present. All these blogs will mark the rise and fall of a whole (sub-) culture, that was crashed by the power of social media and the convenience of expressing thoughts in just a few words.

But i don’t declare the death of my blog. Won’t look into the past what’s been written – i don’t care and no one bothers – but i know there will be a future for deeper communication. Blogs will survive, blogs will be a light in the huge black hole of the social media and the proprietary web 3.0. Berlin Kollektiv will be there!

Grizzly Bear’s ‘Foreground’ – An aleatory and combinatory remix by Phoenix

berlinkollektiv — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:15:01 +0000

Taken from WEAREPHOENIX.

A long time ago Grizzly Bear asked us to remix one of their tracks, but we never found the boldness to mess with their beautiful songs.
So the other day we figured, maybe if we combine great things together (Grizzly Bear, Eno, chance), it would create something good.

I N S T R U C T I O N S
1. Press play on either player
2. After an indefinite number of seconds, press play on other player
3. You can create your own mix by adjusting the volume on either player
4. If it’s good : enjoy, if it’s bad : try again !