Over the past couple of weeks I have become increasingly frustrated with Twitter. I have the feeling that I get less value out of it than maybe 6 months ago. Clearly Twitter lost some of its appeal when Google+ launched. … Continue reading →

If you are following this blog on a regular basis or worked with me on a social media project for your company in the past, you know that one of the corner stones in my strategy has been to use … Continue reading →

No, I haven’t lost my marbles! But at least now I got your attention, I think. As you know, I have pursued a side project in German language learning since April 2008 called Deutsch Happen. On the basis of a … Continue reading →

Fellow edupreneur André Klein of LearnOutLive wrote another interesting post on his blog with the title "5 Reasons Why I Give Away Books For Free" in which he explains his reasoning why he is giving some of his ebooks away … Continue reading →

The week started with some thoughts on the iPad and its growing importance in teaching special needs students. As the Online Education market is constantly growing, it attracted the first fraud rings. Education Elements raised $2.1 million for blended learning … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

Audrey Watters wrote an analysis of the current state of business models in education titled "What’s the Future of the Ed-Tech Business (Model)?" on Hack Education that meshes well with my Sunday post on Big Think about Khan Academy and … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →