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Markus Thielmann
http://markusthielmann.com
Markus Thielmann is a Berlin based open source enthusiast and developer.
Recent Posts
Installing Mozilla Raindrop on Ubuntu Karmic
Raindrop is a project of Mozilla Labs, which aims to create a unified messaging application and a social networks aggregator. It's in an early development stage, but still promising. While I do see a current need for aggregation of centralized social...
Google pushes site performance
Google recently started an initiative to push site performance. Reading the question "How fast is your site", I was wondering when the engineers last visited YouTube. Besides still relying on Flash as a content delivery technology, YouTube is a Java...
Intelligence Squared
Intelligence Squared is Britain's premier debating forum, providing a unique platform for the world's leading figures in politics, journalism, and the media to contest the most important issues of the day, be they political, social, intellectual or h...
Google Wave: Invitations left
I do have about 20 "nominations" for Google Wave left. If you're interested in getting nominated, just drop me an e-mail. Please notice Googles disclaimer: Invitations will not be sent immediately. We have a lot of stamps to lick. Add comment :...
Royal Society: Trailblazing, an interactive timeline
"Trailblazing is a user-friendly, ‘explore-at-your-own-pace’, virtual journey through science. It showcases sixty fascinating and inspiring articles selected from an archive of more than 60,000 published by the Royal Society between 1665 and 2010...
CrunchPad announced to be dead
As TechCrunchs Michael Arrington reports, the CrunchPad is dead. It was aimed to be a low-cost tablet PC, based on open source software. Since their Goal was to offer it for around 200$, it might have been a really successful gadget. I'm still not c...

