Kirsten Winkler

Posting Something on the Internet is like Getting a Tattoo – Think Twice

Kirsten Winkler — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:40:22 +0000

Two recent tech stories, one involving Facebook not deleting pictures for three years and the other Path sucking all the contact data of its users on their servers, show once again that posting stuff on the Internet is not as … Continue reading →

KWestions #28 What is Crowd-Funding? With Slava Rubin of IndieGoGo

Kirsten Winkler — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:39:28 +0000

It was about time for a new KWestions talk, and what better way to start into 2012 than with one of my key issues this year: crowd-funding and its opportunities for education. As some of you might have noticed, we … Continue reading →

Kirstradamus: Palabea and italki will try their Comeback

Kirsten Winkler — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:50:01 +0000

My second prediction for 2012 is about two of the oldest players in the language learning community space, Palabea and italki. Both disappeared from the main screen about two years ago but none of them ever hit the dead pool … Continue reading →

Kirstradamus: Henry Reich of Minute Physics will join Khan Academy

Kirsten Winkler — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:22:20 +0000

As I have been pretty busy with working on EDUKWEST up to now, I did not had the time to write down some predictions for 2012. But better late than never! Here is my first look into the future. Salman Khan is … Continue reading →

Number(s) of the Week: 9.95 and 1 million

Kirsten Winkler — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:44:41 +0000

As the anniversary of this blog is getting closer, I started looking through the archives as I do every year. Sometimes, I am really surprised to find posts I can’t remember to have written and a lot of them bring … Continue reading →

Number of the Week: 3952

Kirsten Winkler — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:18:48 +0000

It’s the last week of 2011 and therefore the last number of the week for this year as well! Although my new series is still at an early stage., I hope you’re enjoying the number I pick every week to … Continue reading →

Putting Developers in Barns – Tech Bubble vs. Reality

Kirsten Winkler — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:43:03 +0000

SO LO MO (social, local, mobile) was one of the buzzwords this year and even the topic of LeWeb in Paris. Smartphone devices and tablets are evolving rapidly in shorter product cycles and the digerati are always after the next … Continue reading →

Number of the Week: 11,143,333

Kirsten Winkler — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:23:46 +0000

Sunday is always a great day for me as it’s probably the day when I have the most time to consume media and educate myself reading all the relevant blogs I love but also write one or the other piece … Continue reading →

Free to do Whatever I Want – Thanks to You

Kirsten Winkler — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:44:15 +0000

In case I did not thank you personally for your birthday wishes on Facebook, Twitter and Skype – Thank you so much for your support! Because of you, may you be a friend, fan, supporter or sponsor I am able … Continue reading →

Nothing lasts Forever – Forever lasts about three Years – Thoughts on Gowalla and Data

Kirsten Winkler — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:34:06 +0000

Yesterday morning I learned that Facebook has apparently acquired Gowalla, one of the location based social networks that compete with Foursquare. While the writing that the startup lost the battle against Foursquare has been on the wall for a while there, some … Continue reading →