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      Misses Mariah Carey. No, just joking. I'd love to share a nice meal and a bottle of vine with Heinz von Foerster.

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      I don't get to know lame persons - before I get to know them, I tend to turn away.

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      Da gibt's bessere und schlechtere Services, lässt sich schwer pauschal sagen. Boosttwitterfollowers kenn ich nicht.

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      Ein Schreibtisch kann nie groß genug sein, für ein Extra-Kasterl mit Laden findet sich meistens schon noch ein Platzerl.

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      Small, nice air + water, a little behind, but generally quite friendly. I like living in Vienna, but Vienna isn't too typical of Austria.

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      In my case, the alternativ (since 1991) is a consistent folder-filename structure; this works with any device plus if you ever want to run an additional index or use some kind of database software, it's easy to pull the data as long as the naming scheme is consistent.

      I know that this is a very basic, simple approach; but I've seen to many software companies disappear - my point being that I don't want to invest an enormous amount of time to enter meta-data which I might lose in the future. My music-collection should definitely last longer than a couple of software generations, so for me, the "folder/filename-system" definitely is the best option. And since I've been working as music journalist for fifteen years, I'm talking about a huge collection here: I got about 20 promo albums per week, and I've mp3'ed all the ones I like, plus all the netlabel stuff I collected. All in all, we're talking about 1.5 Terabytes here - any my simple, yet fail-proof system works very well. To find tunes quickly, I additionally use and indexing software (Copernic) - definitely no need for iTunes.

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      thx, just enjoyed a great weekend of relaxation, so I'm doing very well.

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      I might be able to answer this question, if you don't ask anonymously next time! :-)

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      It's just meant as a q+a exchange; nothing too complicated, yet a nice idea.

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      Definitely! Just marry anyone and let her sit one the oven for a couple of minutes.

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      Grundsätzlich denke ich, dass Facebook das Potential hat, noch viel mehr anzurichten als Google; es handelt sich ja um ein Trade-Off Business: Facebook stellt gratis einen sehr gut funktionierenden Service zur Verfügung; die User stellen im Gegenzug ihre Daten zur Verfügung.

      Für die meisten Benutzer sieht das aus wie ein guter Deal, und FB lebt zu einem hohen Grad davon, dass Änderungen schnell mal hintenrum umgesetzt werden. Ich bin aber dagegen, Facebook einzuschränken und für Aufklärung: Benutzer müssen wissen, was sie da tun - Intransparenz kann man FB aber kaum vorwerfen.

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      Ritchie. But you can also call me datadirt if you prefer.

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Ritchie Blogfried...’s Bio

Vienna, Austria

blog.datadirt.net

Passionate blogger, internet consultant and social media expert - ready to answer some q's :-)