Erik Scholz

Thank you Robert Moog for providing Wendy Carlos with such a...

Wed, 23 May 2012 14:14:00 +0200

Thank you Robert Moog for providing Wendy Carlos with such a great instrument.

The Google Knowledge Graph. Showing quick stats, connections,...

Tue, 22 May 2012 16:54:30 +0200

The Google Knowledge Graph. Showing quick stats, connections, follow-up links on celebrities, buildings, places, bands and many more. To check it out switch to Google.com in English.

I’ll find inner peace. Why? Because I’ll have to use...

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:59:00 +0200

I’ll find inner peace. Why? Because I’ll have to use Brandocean (epically annoying time tracking software and hardest usability fail ever) only one more time. Not using it any more will be an experience similar to Siddhartha Gautama’s enlightenment thingy under the bodhi tree.

huge. HUGE. HUGE.

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:00:37 +0200

huge. HUGE. HUGE.

Thank you TBWA. Hello GroupM.

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:40:00 +0200

So much happened in the last 5 years here. Most of the gossip needs to be kept within the small and secret lodge of disruption evangelists of TBWA Berlin. But there’s a few bright and vivid truths, that one must not simply kept hidden from the outside world. For the rest, there’s only one rule: what happened at TBWA stays at TBWA.

@Stefan Schmidt (with a really serious face expression): Never use coffee from the espresso machine. Use the coffee pump pot instead.
@Kurt-Georg Dieckert (grossed out): But does it look beautiful? Does it?
@Dirk Henkelmann (actually I said it to him): It’s nice. But there might be more.
@Philip Borchardt (with a happy smile): Can we mount a display on an archie, add a hair cross and let people sniper aliens?
@Thomas Fuchs (facepalming): How come this dude want’s a 1000 bucks travel expense when clearly signed on 500 just seconds ago?
@Michael Zorn (after I pointed at the UX Architect on his organization chart): I knew you’d select this job.
@Thomas Günther (after I said A-DOPPEL-G-R-O-BERLIN): A-DOPPEL-G-R-O-BERLIN.
@Ben Stürkat (chatting about the Berlin housing market): Back then we didn’t pay rent in east Berlin. We just moved in.
@Lucio Regner (about something I totally forgot): I don’t know what it is. But it is wrong.
@Nils Hartmann (looking at our Mad Men style office bar): I added some honey beer. It tastes really bad.
@Hubertus von Lobenstein (While smoking on the balkony): Erik. You should take your best friend, go on your yacht and travel all the golf courses on the irish coast. Best!
@Some guy from the design-team about a female intern (secretly to me while in elevator): This girl is definitely profiting from the cheerleader effect.
@Ulrich Proeschel (looking a bit bored): Back then we rode in white carriages with white horses through New York and drank champaign!
@Martina Kersten (after I did something allegedly ingenious): That’s ingenious!
@Oke Müller (even though having a tough allergy): I just love dogs.
@Susan Aiello (on my expectant glances): There is no package from Amazon.
@Stephi Chroma Kühn (kindly nodding): Sure, take a gummi bear.

Sorry for those who are not on this list. Either your story is too hard to be unveiled or just not bright and vivid enough (or I just don’t remember). Anyhow, it was a great time. For me it’s time to move on. Move to Düsseldorf to be more precise. To a new role, a new challenge, a new company: GroupM. Still I won’t miss you, because I’ll be in Berlin very often!

Smartphone usage. (via Tim Wellmanns)

Mon, 14 May 2012 14:20:05 +0200

Smartphone usage.

(via Tim Wellmanns)

littlebigdetails: Tumblr - The copy inside the age verification...

Mon, 14 May 2012 09:59:54 +0200

littlebigdetails:

Tumblr - The copy inside the age verification form, when signing up for Tumblr, changes depending on the value.

/via okdan

Activating geek mode. Google BBS Terminal brings you back in the...

Tue, 08 May 2012 10:40:34 +0200

Activating geek mode. Google BBS Terminal brings you back in the 80ies, monospace typeface and command-line.

(via omf)

My way to say good bye to Berlin’s shitty weather.

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:46:04 +0200

My way to say good bye to Berlin’s shitty weather.

Descriptive Camera – by Matt Richardson. A little while after...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:33:57 +0200

Descriptive Camera – by Matt Richardson. A little while after pressing the camera’s button a little printer spits out a description like: “Looks like a cupboard which is ugly and old having name plates on it with a study lamp atteched to it.” How it works? The piece of art sends a picture to an Amazon service (called Mechanical Turk). Real people write the description send it back and the little printer does the rest of the work. Makes me think about using this Amazon service for a lot other cool stuff.

(via Today and Tomorrow)

Google Drive. 5GB for free.

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:04:55 +0200

Google Drive. 5GB for free.

Old but sweet: Disney QR codes in Japan. If you like to make QRs...

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:49:40 +0200

Old but sweet: Disney QR codes in Japan. If you like to make QRs based an a small image – generate one here.

(via ofm)

Blind pianist listens once to a dubstep [(/ˈdʌbstɛp/) is a genre...

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:13:00 +0200

Blind pianist listens once to a dubstep [(/ˈdʌbstɛp/) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London, United Kingdom] track. Blind pianist plays dubstep melody on a piano (at 5:50). Sounds like Philip Glass.

(via The Awesomer)

The holy solution for all our organizational problems? (via...

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:56:52 +0200

The holy solution for all our organizational problems?

(via Co.DESIGN)

sebastianwaters: Brad Frost - This is the Web This is the web.

Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:05:22 +0200

sebastianwaters:

Brad Frost - This is the Web

This is the web.

There might be a problem in future. For sure only if the future...

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:38:10 +0200

There might be a problem in future. For sure only if the future is loaded with millions of electric cars. This problem is the missing sound in those cars. A car/motor sound is necessary for two reasons. Showing off your wealth and masculinity by having a roaring V8 engine. Letting pedestrians hear that you’re coming with your pimped ride. Otherwise they might get killed, by you. You don’t want that. So let’s have a look on Audi’s approach on fixing those upcoming issues.

(via Designboom)

INTIMACY 2.0. Hi-Tech fashion created with smart films aka...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:51:19 +0200

INTIMACY 2.0. Hi-Tech fashion created with smart films aka switchable films. Changing from opaque to transparent if your heart rate increases. You can get a couple of meters of this material in Taiwan.

(Via TodayAndTomorrow)

Numbers do matter. Angry Birds Space downloads on Google Play.

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:29:47 +0200

Numbers do matter. Angry Birds Space downloads on Google Play.

littlebigdetails: Google Images - When searching for some...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:06:32 +0200

littlebigdetails:

Google Images - When searching for some images which are somehow connected with recent events, it shows a little label with it’s age

/via Ondra

Angry Birds Dubstep Remix.

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:09:50 +0200

Angry Birds Dubstep Remix.