I guess English-speaking people will have problems typing fast in German, already because there are all those weird characters and words with capital letters. But for the Germans among you, here’s a fun speed test.
My result for the German TypeSpeed Test:
108 words per minute, 623 characters per minute
Update: Here’s the English Speed Test :)
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You should think that companies spend a great, or at least a small amount of time on copytext: writing, fine-tuning, getting rid of spelling mistakes. Not JoinR, a GeRman community in the fRiendspace. They have got a pretty silly mistake on their frontpage making the service even more insert your comment here. Screenshot after the click.
Wrong: DEIN eigene homepage
Correct: DEINE eigene Homepage
I watched an interesting speech at the Drupal Conference Barcelona about newspapers stepping into the online world and their rather ancient methods. Even when using Drupal they’re mostly not taking full advantage of the web 2.0 functionality provided. A couple of positive examples are listed below, one of them being Welt Debatte for which I did the design.
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I’m looking forward to being at the Drupal Conference in Barcelona, Spain taking place from 19th until 22nd September 2007.
Lots of interesting speeches, workshops and people to meet. For example, a case study about the migration of the New York Observer to Drupal, Advanced JavaScript techniques, the FormAPI and much more.
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I am happy to have been invited by one of my clients to attend this year’s d.construct conference in Brighton, UK.
> dconstruct 2007 photos
There were a lot of interesting speeches about user experience design and agile development in general. Speakers included Jared Spool from UIE.com, Peter Merholz (President) from Adaptive Path, George Oates (Principal designer) from Flickr.com, Denise Wilton (Designer) from moo.com and many more. The only side-effect of the 45mins speeches was that they couldn’t deepen their thoughts.
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Google has released their new and much improved interface for Google Analytics. It is now even easier and faster to analyse statistical data of your website.
For example, the reporting interface has been redesigned for greater customization and collaboration, and, the data is presented more clearly and in context. The service still remains free, the only thing you need is a Google Account and a small piece of JavaScript code incorporated into your website. The steps are thoroughly explained.
After a successful launch in April we have now extended Malibu Rum’s website to feature a nights & events area where users can view future parties and at the same time check out past events with photos. The features are described when you continue reading. Enjoy Malibu Nights & Events
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Die Welt Debatte is Axel Springer’s most recent project focusing on user generated content in terms of comments, debates, votings and caricatures around recent news and topics.
Welt.de has 6.477.327 visits and 41.830.036 page impressions per month (May 2007) making it the biggest (in terms of users) project I have worked on so far.
The top priority was to build an easy-to-use website that holds masses of information provided by the publisher and its users. In a very short period of time I worked closely with the product manager of Axel springer to churn out over 40 different screens showcasing the various site layouts, navigations paths and AJAX features.
In terms of technology, the open source CMS Drupal was selected and customized by Berlin-based agency Maguro, as it fit the site’s concept perfectly.
A couple of layouts and Drupal’s features are showcased after the click, the complete website can be seen online at http://debatte.welt.de
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We have been working on Malibu Rum’s new website for the Austrian market the past months, thus I am very happy to present a full-featured flash website launching on time and with great focus on nifty details.
Metaphorically speaking we translated Malibu Rum’s slogan “Seriously easy going” into “Seriously easy web surfing”. This means we have taken great care to produce a relaxed brand experience with a cozy beach atmosphere (ex. moving ocean waves) and supporting nature sounds. The user can either choose to explore the site by moving left/right on the beach (upper area) or by simply clicking the standard navigation at the bottom. The scenes are based on a 3D engine, so by clicking on specific objects the user zooms in or out of the area (ex. Games, TV-Spots) thus getting a more dynamic feeling.
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I wish all my clients, friends and colleagues a merry christmas and a successful, happy new year 2007!
Here is my little present for you: a winter mountain landscape I created as desktop wallpaper. The photo was taken in Austria at an altitude of approx. 3000m, in the summer of 2006. Nevertheless it had -1°C!
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