They are not sleeping.

I just found this nice thing on Andrew Abela’s Blog, it’s called Chart Chooser. This tells you wich chart you should use for all kind of data and intention:

Click on it so get a larger view. Juice Analytics turned it into a small online application. Really nice and available at www.ChartChooser.com

German social democratic politican Frank-Walter Steinmeier is the next Barack Obama. Or at least tries to be. In preparation of the 17th election of the german Bundestag the SPD discovered web 2.0 for its strategies.
After a relaunch of SPD’s website in January Steinmeier is now using the “wisdom of the crowds” to design his own brand. For this they tasked Berlin startup Jovoto to start a creative contest until march.
For me personally concepts like Jovoto are questionable. They force a lot of designers to send in their designs but how …

It’s valentines day and if your still trying to think of a present for your valentine, maybe you should send her this song of Sven van Thom. “Halt’s Maul Schatz” means in english “Darling, shut up!”. Sven will represent Brandenburg at the Eurovision Song contest of Stefan Raab.

We do need a change in economic decisionmaking. Because we are not only rational but dependent of emotional situations in our perception of the marketplace. Nice explanation by Dan Ariely, Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University.
via Morten Lund (lundxy.com)