My project – Your project

Two things:

1. I want to hear about your ongoing projects! Yes, yours! Have you got a nice personal website? A web 2.0 site? Anything you designed? Whatever it is, let me know about and I would love to run a feature about it within one of my next posts. Make sure you reach me via network@mittermayr.com

2. For all Austrian readers (maybe, 1, 2, or even 3?): Take a look at my latest project: http://www.drivetogether.at

Looking forward to your ideas!

Don’t forget to check out the Keith Ferrazzi Contest: http://www.keithferrazzi.com/s/?ref=939

Win a 60-minute coaching call with Keith Ferrazzi!

Assuming you have gotten your copy of Never Eat Alone by now, I have got some nice news for you: Keith Ferrazzi has just launched a contest today, giving away a 60-minute coaching call to the person who refers the most friends to his site. Second and third places or so will get a signed copy of the book plus a DVD. Now that’s great stuff. While most marketers try to get you do just about anything to refer them, Keith Ferrazzi seems to offer some substantial value. Here’s a video, describing the Life Coach Tool and what it’s all about:

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New York

Right right, it’s been a while. The reason for my delayed post is that I am currently in New York City. I am here on a 2-months term, so just in case there is anyone up for a brief networking coffee, feel free to drop me an e-email at: network@mittermayr.com 

I am always curious to hear about your ideas and what you are all up to. So feel free to contact me.

Also, I wondered if there is any IT scene around here in New York that’s meeting up sometime soon – if you are from Manhattan, please, I’d be grateful if you could drop me a note.

So long

Roman

hipscreen.com

Finally! Now we got the according domain name as well. Things are ready to start.

www.hipscreen.com

We are looking for motivated editors! There is going to be a major re-layouting to be done soon on hipscreen.

In a few days you will find a brand new – online magazine – especially suited to everything around technology and of course: Web 2.0.

So if you like tech just as we – then get in touch! Contact us at info@hipscreen.com

We are going to launch video and podcasts soon – so if you do podcasts, drop us an e-mail and you might be the first international hipscreen podcaster!

Thanks for all your e-mails and support!

Roman

hipscreen – we are moving!

Gents, Lads,

I am glad to be back here, sorry for being such a lazy poster lately. I have been working on other projects pretty intense and there's plenty of stuff coming up soon. For now,
may I all redirect you to a totally new site, currently located at:

http://vype.org

Together with a couple of friends I've created a new community blog which is – once again – 98% focussed on Technology. While I've mostly been talking about Web 2.0 over here, we are doing SO MUCH MORE on the new blog. We'll be having a podcast and videocast and plenty of funny things coming up. This is going to be a huge thing, so make sure you head over and better forget about this blog now.

If you feel like you want to contribute, drop me a note and we'll discuss things! Love to hear about it.

Now guys, let's get into that new thing and make it happen. Come on over, it's surely going to be better than this blog as we have a couple of guys writing and that should guarantee your daily news content. You'll like it!

http://vype.org

My very best wishes guys, see you on the other "site"

Roman

The Digg Song – Make me famous, Kevin Rose

Alright, I got something brand new to present. I will put it on Digg tomorrow then but allow you guys a first preview of the whole idea behind it.

I finally wrote the first – and only – Digg.com "title song". So if you ever get digged with an article, or something, go ahead and let it out, sing a long.

You can preview the song at:
http://www.vipedio.com/roman/broke/

So, we'll see how famous it really makes me after all. Exciting …

Thanks for joining me here,
Roman

calcr.com – Widgets, Gadgets, you name it!

Have you ever had a hard time working out bills with Windows Calc? Right, you use Excel, sure. So, do you like entering formulas into Excel? I don't. Sometimes there are situations where Windows Calc is way to simple and "uncomfortable" and Excel is not worth a double click. What do you do then? Simple, Stefan Linecker did it again and brought us one more nice little widget, gadget, whatever it's called:

http://calcr.com

The interface is perfectly 2.0 styled and offers solid usability. That's all we ask for, right? Well, it does even more, but better check yourself.

What I like most: 100% client-side. Pure (like in Beer) solid JavaScript does all the fancy tricks. Although trends are going towards a more "server-based" technology, it's nice to see some working JavaScript.

If you want to discuss it with Stefan (the author) himself, then, yes, you got the exclusive opportunity to do so on our business network board at:

http://ebusiness.vipedio.com

We'll bring some more e-entrepreneurs on board soon. Just go ahead and ask whatever's on your mind there. We love to hear about your projects.

See you soon, here at Naked IT.

Roman

hotDigg finally there!

You had all been waiting for it so long, it finally arrived: The ultimate DIGG.com live-news-feed screensaver.

HOTDIGG Version 1.00
http://hotdigg.mittermayr.com/

And because I’ve created it, it’s – once again – totally free. No, don’t worry, no advertisement in the application, no malware, no spyware – just truly free software again. You finally got the chance to see the news scrolling by, either during work, or at the moment when you come back from lunch or something. Oh god, millions of ways to use it. It’s brought to you as a standalone version AND screensaver version. Woohoo.

Now, I’m bragging, sorry. I am just proud of this small gadget. Not only because it’s pretty nice to use but even more because I can’t wait to release the next version of it, which is going to be 3D! Yes, even more fancy stuff is in the factory, so stay tuned for more.

Right now, I think it’s best if you check out the original website for further information:

http://hotdigg.mittermayr.com/

Any comment on that is greatly appreciated. Use it, critize it, let’s make it better!

Internal discussions about further strategies currently at:
http://ebusiness.vipedio.com/
Thanks for your support,

Roman

WhatIsThatFile.com – SOLD!

Finally! Changed owner for $500. Many thanks to all bidders, sorry you didn’t make it. It’s been a great project for me, I’ll shed a few tears, I guess. I just loved it. But one needs to move on, so did I. Please: Stick with your projects. Most of them take a year or two to fully unfold and become a success. But I’ve learned a lot with that nice little project and I guess that’s all I ever wanted.

As a reminder, I would like to point you to an entry a few weeks ago on this blog. I announced the project, I explained all the details one needs to take care of and I just implemented it the way I suggested it. It was work, right – but I am happy to see that the idea itself went off like a small explosion. Remember that guy who bought the domain I suggested initially (Hello you!) ? It’s still not sold, wasted some $ and did nothing with it. If he had followed my guide, he would have turned his $5 into $500 by now. Poor boy. Anyway. This was done as a proof of concept and we all learned a good deal (at least those who participated to some extend or followed  through all the progress). If you have any questions on how to sell such a project or what’s important in running such a “quickie”, you can ask so in our business network board:

http://ebusiness.vipedio.com
I am currently working on another project, but I will keep curtains closed for a few more days, I guess. You’ll love it. It has got everything a Web 2.0 website needs. It’s 100% 2.0Culture so to say. More on that soon.

By the way, I’ve heard some podcast the other day, talking about my 2.0Culture guide and various other things, don’t remember the name of the gang, but the file was around 38mb (interesting to see how my brain picks out valuable information, oh god). Loved it. Although you guys were apparently chatting over Skype and recording that thing, it still was good quality talking. Let’s do a mashup podcast someday soon!

Also declined the job for Skype, was a great offer and I can really recommend everybody to apply for that company. They do a great job there and their HR directors are really nice. I just happen to have other plans ahead this summer, New York is probably waiting and there’s even more to come. I’ll keep you posted.

Thanks for staying with me, here on Naked IT.

Let me know about your blogs guys, I really love to see what you are all writing and working on. Bring them in and I’ll leave a comment on your blog! Really.
Best,
Roman

PDF available / Podcast

I have created two PDF files now for your convenience. I thought you might prefer being able to save these articles somewhere. So there you have them:

• 2.0Culture – In a nutshell
• 2.0Culture – How you can benefit from it

I am also doing some preparations for my first podcast here at Naked IT. I can tell you, the intro rocks, so I hope the actual content will rock as well then. For this reason, I am also looking for fellow podcasters. If you have some great information to share or want to argue or talk about your point of view – let me know and we’ll arrange a co-produced podcast then. I’d be eager to collaborate on this (no local presence required of course).

Oh yes, I am still looking for a job in New York or – “if you’re going to…” San Francisco. So if you run one of those great companies out there, or a friend of you does, woohoo – you just won a free beer (if I get the job, of course). So, feel free to hook me up for any details (software@mittermayr.com). Thanks.

Right, loads of things coming up soon – so let me know what else to cover in my very first podcast and in the next big article.

This is not a blog, it’s a culture.

More soon, at Naked IT.
Yours, Roman