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Funky.Karaoke is a mixture of flavors combined by a crazy guy who happens to be stuck in a innovation spiral.

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  • The Tangible Effects of Twitter & Facebook

    Posted on Thursday December 31st, 2009 at 11:37 in thoughts, Mobile, business models, funky web

    Image by Camera Slayer via Flickr There are only a couple of hours left in 2009. People already started sending a lot of messages with good wishes, but this year something is drastically different. I did not get a single SMS yet and most of th...

  • Trend-o-rama

    Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 05:42 in thoughts, Mobile, innovation

    Slides for a talk at MobileMonday Slovenija in Kiberpipa. It is an overview of trends that will probably shape the mobile world in 2010 and beyond. Nothing here is really new as we have been talking about this topics for the last few years, but some ...

  • Juggling

    Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 14:45 in thoughts

    Image via Wikipedia Apparently we all need to be jugglers sooner or later. I do not intend to write about juggling with balls, but about juggling with roles in our lives. juggle v. jug·gled, jug·gling, jug·gles v.tr. 1. To keep (two or more...

  • The Internet of Things

    Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 09:33 in thoughts, design, innovation, Marketing, interesting facts, business models, web strategy, funky web, web karaoke, funky places

    Approximately a month ago I had the chance to listen to a very inspiring talk by Alexandra Sonsino from tinker.it. Her talk really made me think about how the things that surround us could be very well connected to the virtual (mata) wolrd we experie...

  • Waving around

    Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 12:01 in thoughts, search, google, design, Microsoft, search engines, techcrunch, twitter, funky web, ecomm, googlewave

    I got my Wave account a while ago, but I was not using it as none of the people I communicate with, was using the service. Last week I nudged to become an active Wave user as the backchannel of eComm Europe 09 was split between the latest Google prod...

  • Quitting an Addiction - No More Coffee

    Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 13:05 in thoughts, business, food, coffee, Drink, beverage, milestones, caffeine, espresso, stimulant

    Image by tomazstolfa via Flickr 10 days ago I stopped drinking coffee. This wouldn’t be a worthy news if I wasn’t an avid coffee drinker and a huge Illy fan. I have been drinking between 4 to 6 espressos or cappuccinos per day (not...

  • Constant Interruptions and Fake Multitasking - How I Fight Them

    Posted on Sunday September 20th, 2009 at 06:34 in thoughts

    Image by ….Tim via Flickr This blog post is inspired by Lenart J. Kučić’s article in Delo and Azaaza’s blog post about multitasking. With so many communication channels the chance of being interrupted has rose drastically in th...

  • Socialnomics - Stunning Data About Social Media

    Posted on Sunday August 23rd, 2009 at 08:16 in thoughts

    Source with additional data...

  • The Art of Listening

    Posted on Sunday August 23rd, 2009 at 04:03 in thoughts

    Image by P.J.M. *extremely slow on flickr sorry* via Flickr I’ve known this for a while but this last month has proved to me once again, that listening to feedback is one of the most important skills (yes, I regard it as a skill) one should...

  • Two and Counting

    Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 14:31 in thoughts, interesting facts, milestones

    Image by tomazstolfa via Flickr Ok, Funky.Karaoke is celebrating its second birthday today - it all started on July, 27th, 2007 - on day after my 25th birthday. It has been a great year with many amazing experiences and many well accepted posts. I...

  • Being indispensable

    Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 14:59 in thoughts

    Image by tomazstolfa via Flickr From time to time I like to look back and think for a while until I draw some (hopefully smart) conclusions that could come handy when planning the future. I’ve been thinking about future challenges for a whil...

  • Polisihing a Product

    Posted on Thursday May 28th, 2009 at 14:23 in thoughts, Marketing

    Image via Wikipedia I think this might be one of the hardest tasks. You already see the finish line but you still need to take care of those dirty details and put an enormous effort to make it perfect  (or as perfect as it gets). A while ago, in ...

  • Where are the Real Nerds of Today?

    Posted on Thursday May 14th, 2009 at 12:19 in thoughts

    Image via Wikipedia This is a question I’ve been asking myself for quite some time and has reached the peak yesterday when @lowk3y told me that he is seriously thinking about stopping POT (weekly open source talks in Kiberpipa). Since coding...

  • A Thing or Two About Marketing

    Posted on Tuesday May 12th, 2009 at 14:16 in thoughts, Mobile, Marketing

    Image by tomazstolfa via Flickr Today, I read an interesting post about what marketing is supposed to be and how IT/software companies do not understand the role of marketing or underestimate it. I don’t know what is going on in all companie...

  • Telco + Web : Quest for The Killer Combo

    Posted on Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 at 07:25 in thoughts, design, innovation, Marketing

    Image by World’s Worst Photographer In The World via Flickr Yesterday I gave a speech at Vitel - a hardcore telco workshop where convergence, SIP and IMS are the most loved words. I was invited to talk a bit about how we see the future of t...

  • Why Don’t We Switch Our Focus 100% on the New Stuff?

    Posted on Friday March 20th, 2009 at 11:36 in thoughts

    Image by ToniVC via Flickr Why Don’t We Switch Our Focus 100% on the New Stuff? That was a really smart question from a member of my team today.This question is much deeper than it might seem at first. From time to time we would all love to ...

  • Money vs. Passion

    Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 16:10 in thoughts

    Since I started working for real (about three years ago) I firmly decided that I will stick to my principles. One of these is that I work on things I love and I believe in and not on thing that bring money but are not fun or right. I decided that I w...

  • ECommConf ‘09

    Posted on Wednesday March 4th, 2009 at 12:22 in thoughts, innovation, development, interesting facts, business models, funky places

    Image via Wikipedia Note: This post is being updated as the conference continues. I will add links to presentations as soon as they are available I am a the Emerging Communications Conference going on in San Francisco this week. Here is the offi...

  • We Are All Fu***d

    Posted on Monday February 9th, 2009 at 14:58 in thoughts, Mobile, funky web

    Google did it again. In just a couple of days Google shook the mobile landscape more than a really huge earthquake. Google launched Latitude and Sync for mobile in quick sequence, just before the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. What are the impli...

  • We Are All Fu***d

    Posted on Monday February 9th, 2009 at 14:58 in thoughts, Mobile, funky web

    Google did it again. In just a couple of days Google shook the mobile landscape more than a really huge earthquake. Google launched Latitude and Sync for mobile in quick sequence, just before the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. What are the impli...

  • The Future of Gaming is Bright - Video Gaming Trends

    Posted on Sunday December 21st, 2008 at 05:19 in thoughts, innovation, business models, web strategy

    I should start believing in coincidences. I am getting more and more involved in gaming and games development with Qootia and with some experiments we are currently doing at Marand. In the last few weeks I am getting the impression that games are all...

  • The Future of Gaming is Bright - Video Gaming Trends

    Posted on Sunday December 21st, 2008 at 05:19 in thoughts, innovation, business models, web strategy

    I should start believing in coincidences. I am getting more and more involved in gaming and games development with Qootia and with some experiments we are currently doing at Marand. In the last few weeks I am getting the impression that games are all...

  • Days of Thunder

    Posted on Saturday December 13th, 2008 at 07:21 in thoughts, innovation, funky places

    The last two weeks have been really packed with action. Mainly because we (Marand) were preparing for the HP Communications World in Vienna. We showed some of the new stuff coming into production really soon in addition to a set of established produc...

  • Days of Thunder

    Posted on Saturday December 13th, 2008 at 07:21 in thoughts, innovation, funky places

    The last two weeks have been really packed with action. Mainly because we (Marand) were preparing for the HP Communications World in Vienna. We showed some of the new stuff coming into production really soon in addition to a set of established produc...

  • Future of Mobile 2008 - London - Conference day

    Posted on Wednesday November 19th, 2008 at 10:34 in thoughts, Mobile, funky places

    Warning: This post includes a rant! Please do not read it if you are easily offended. I attended the Future of Mobile conference in London organized by Carsonified. I must say I was very disappointed because of some organizational fails. I was expec...

  • Future of Mobile 2008 - London - Conference day

    Posted on Wednesday November 19th, 2008 at 10:34 in thoughts, Mobile, funky places

    Warning: This post includes a rant! Please do not read it if you are easily offended. I attended the Future of Mobile conference in London organized by Carsonified. I must say I was very disappointed because of some organizational fails. I was expect...

  • The Canary is Dead = Something is Wrong in Venture Capital

    Posted on Thursday November 13th, 2008 at 14:47 in thoughts, interesting facts, business models

    I promise this is the last slideshow on VC's, the financial crisis or any similar topic this month. Slide no 13 tells a lot on why the economy is broken and companies that run on VC fuel will have a hard time if they do not bring enough long term val...

  • The Canary is Dead = Something is Wrong in Venture Capital

    Posted on Thursday November 13th, 2008 at 14:47 in thoughts, interesting facts, business models

    I promise this is the last slideshow on VC’s, the financial crisis or any similar topic this month. Slide no 13 tells a lot on why the economy is broken and companies that run on VC fuel will have a hard time if they do not bring enough long te...

  • Democratization of Experiences

    Posted on Sunday November 2nd, 2008 at 13:13 in thoughts

    Last week, while flying back from St. Petersburg (Russia) I was watching a series of TED Talks to kill the time. One of these talks made me think how the many hours of video games I played as a kid are manifesting on my behavior and character.After t...

  • Democratization of Experiences

    Posted on Sunday November 2nd, 2008 at 13:13 in thoughts

    Last week, while flying back from St. Petersburg (Russia) I was watching a series of TED Talks to kill the time. One of these talks made me think how the many hours of video games I played as a kid are manifesting on my behavior and character. After...