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Testing out our widget

nobody@vox.com(Alexandra) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:13:08 -0800

Offbeat Guides

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moving my blog to wordpress

nobody@vox.com(Alexandra) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:15:25 -0800

go check out my new blog at wordpress. i wanted more options.

http://spicefish.wordpress.com/

add it to your RSS and enjoy :)

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Brainstorming with the faircompanies.com founders

nobody@vox.com(Alexandra) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:38:04 -0800

Yesterday I had a spontaneous brainstorming session with the founders of Barcelona-based www.faircompanies.com. They shoot videos and write posts about sustainable products, companies, restaurants, etc.
We brainstormed about product flows and monetization possibilities, long term and short term plans and goals.
These kind of talks really inspire me and get me going.
Check out their website. It's a niche but definitely has a lot of potential. Finding your way around the site is not so easy as of now but a new version of the site is in the works.
Keep it going Kirsten and Nico!

Check out their post about San Francisco Brew Pub 'Magnolia'!

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My review on the Omnivore's Dilemma

nobody@vox.com(Alexandra) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:39:21 -0800

The Omnivore's Dilemma

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A book on San Francisco

nobody@vox.com(Alexandra) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:21:51 -0800

San Francisco - an introduction

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Winter in Rhode Island

nobody@vox.com(Alexandra) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:38:21 -0800

It's been beautiful here. Clear winter skies and lovely people around.
Here's the link to the full photo set.

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Home Improvements - new entry way

nobody@vox.com(Alexandra) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:49:56 -0800

Maybe it will help a little against the cold, but it definitely helps against the echoing sound in our place: a new jute rug on the front stairs, New York style, not waterfall.
It may not look it, but it's very soft to walk on and has thick cushioning underneath. It's now fun to run up and down the stairs in socks!

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Home Improvements - new office

nobody@vox.com(Alexandra) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:59:44 -0800

Here is the latest on our home - we have a new office. It's so great, it's so cosy, I actually prefer being here now to being in the living room. (Once that has more cosy elements, I will probably prefer being there again).

Unfortunately the 'before' pictuers are not very high resolution but you will see the difference anyhow.

Before:

After: (still missing the final electronic setup and maybe a couple more file cabinets)

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What happens to your Online Profiles when you die?

nobody@vox.com(Alexandra) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:16:34 -0800

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On the bus the other day it crossed my mind that facebook and myspace and linkedin and yelp and xing and all of these networks where I am signed up online would not get to know if I died.
So what happens? Is that now the new responsibility of the relatives to deal with all these profiles, besides having to plan the funeral and all the other things one has to do? And how would my relatives know all the networks where I'm registered? And the passwords?

A potential future idea is to start an 'online undertaker' business, a service that helps you deal with the internet life of your deceased relatives. Maybe even offer a DVD with the online profiles for memory's sake?
I know, I know, it sounds very weird. But it sure will become more and more of and issue the more the internet becomes the center of our lives. And as I get older and older (and let's assume that e.g. facebook still exists in 50 years) I don't want to have dead people amongst my contacts and friends. But un-friending them does not seem right either. And what if they send an update from 'up there'? I know I will be using the internet when I will be a Senior so there had better be a clean solution until then.
Also website user numbers will raise higher and higher the older a company becomes, and no new company can compete with those numbers as the dead people will always be counted in. And will death metrics show up in Media Metrix in the future? How many females, males, how meany deceased? It's only fair, as the deceased were at one point users and did not choose to leave the service, instead just died.
So many questions, no answer from my side yet. The only thing I know now is I don't want to be the one building the online undertaker service, I am not much of an undertaker, not even online - - feel free to give me equity for stealing the idea though, if you do.

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My first job interview in the US

nobody@vox.com(Alexandra) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:25:40 -0800

Job Interview

Now that I have permanent resident status I have started applying to find a new job.
Today I had my first job interview ever in the US. It went well but of course you never know.
One thing happened to me though: I started stuttering a little.
I was interviewed by a Brit. Does that still count as a US interview?

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