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On Tuesday, March, 9th, they elected the workers’ council at Siemens Neuperlach. Throughout all the parts of the building still used by Siemens, the loudspeakers were heard inviting everybody in German and English in the most urgent terms to vote. It was so loud you had to interrupt your meeting.

Although I had spent plenty of time behind these walls during my life, this was the first time I heard the loudspeakers consciously. I am always a little moved by loudspeaker announcements in buildings. The reason must be a mixture of school, armed forces and Orwell.

All the time, some rumours are spread behind the fences at Siemens Neuperlach. Still being on friendly terms with quite a lot of people there, I am informed about all the newest whenever visiting.

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Here are my tweets of last week on

Blogging and Twittering – Wisdoms and Rules:

100311 It is the same as in real life: when blogging and twittering, quality is more important than quantity! #Twittering #Blogging #Wisdom

100312 What matters is not how many people follow you, but what sorts of people follow you!  #Blogging #Twittering #Wisdom

100313 Better than TV: blogging and twittering. #Twitting #Blogging #Wisdom

100314 The blogger shoots with canon balls and machine guns, the twitterer with bow and arrows. #Twittering #Blogging #Sports

100315 Bloggers are farmers and cattle-breeding, twitterers are hunters and collectors in the info world. #Twittering #Blogging #Comparisons

100316 Blogging is the seasoned wine. Twittering is the quick claret. #Twittering #Blogging #Alcohol

100317 The first letter of “telegram” is a “t”, like in “tweet”, the first letter of “briefing” is a “b” like in “blog”. What a coincidence? #Twittering #Blogging #Rule

There is a new tweet each day. See Twitter and “follow” RolandDuerre!

Enjoy!

RMD

(Translated by EG)

With every Pound Sterling they generate, investment bankers in the City of London – they earn around 1.0 million Pound Sterling – destroy seven Pounds worth of common property.

Says the British Think-tank nef.

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Both is true for my bike ride to the company or to a customer!

This winter, I only met a few bikers and felt rather deserted on the cyclist’s paths. The snow on the roads was often untouched, or else there was just one solitary track in front of me. As opposed to this, the cars often stood waiting in the traffic jams on the streets along the cyclist’s path, polluting the air.

In a way, this seems strange to me. To be sure, it is more strenuous to go by bike in winter. Once in a while, it gets really cold. But mostly you arrive at your destination after a reasonably short time, and then you can warm up nicely. When skiing, people remain in the cold all day long and think it is just wonderful.

Going by bike in winter is truly enjoyable. The reason might be the white landscape or the delight in one’s own dexterity or the fact that you feel all this frozen nature around you. Or maybe it is a combination of all those factors.

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I am always happy to find free content. Without, it would, for instance, be extremely costly to illustrate a blog!
I am well aware of the fact that many people have reservations about “free content”. Who protects the property of authors and photographers? Many things must be considered. Theft of intellectual property musts not be promoted, permitted, or tolerated.

You have to accept that life does not get any easier for professional photographers if they get additional competition from amateurs. How often have we experienced that technological or social change caused entire professions to disappear?

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