for the good

i am thinking about "donate your time & energy" ... everyone could do this - for the good and for free. Is there anything like this ?

Gesundheitsplan

1. Regelmässig 7-8h Schlaf
2. 3 Mahlzeiten, morgens viel, mittags ok, abends wenig.
3. Wenig Kohlenhydrate. Zwischen den Mahlzeiten so gut wie nix essen.
4. 3-4 Sport / Woche
5. 2 x Yoga / Woche
6. Viel Gemüse, keine Süssigkeiten, Obst in Maßen
7. Beim Essen 50mal Kauen vorm Schlucken

Thoughts about Evolution 2

Bisher hatte ich die Evolution als Theorie und unmöglichen Ansatz zur Entwicklung von Leben und der Arten auf der Erde postuliert. Zum einen aus theologischen Gründen zum anderen aus "wissenschaftlichen" Gründen. Bspw. hat die Evolutionstheorie scheinbar Probleme, Komplexitätssprünge zu erklären, was wohl den letzten Erkenntnissen zufolge, nicht tatsächlich so ist (Auge, Bakteria Flagella).
Es bleibt nach wie vor die Frage, wie aus der Evolution Dinge entstehen können wir: Bewusstsein für die Ewigkeit, Ethik, Seele, Geist, das Bedürfnis den Sinn des Lebens zu erkunden, was eindeutig nicht aus den primitiven Lebewesen und evolutionistisch entstanden hätte werden können. Dennoch hier ein Satz von Sankt Augustinus, der in dieser Frage ein wenig mehr "Toleranz" fordert:

In matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received. In such cases, we should not rush in headlong and so firmly take our stand on one side that, if further progress in the search for truth justly undermines this position, we too fall with it."

From Sep17
http://www.newsweek.com/id/109609
http://www.edstetzer.com/2008/02/tim_keller_on_evolution_and_ot.html

extensive paper on the subject called "Creation, Evolution and Christian Laypeople" for Biologos at http://biologos.org/uploads/projects/Keller_white_paper.pdf


Nachtrag
28.12.
Lane Craig sees himself somewhere in between Progressive Creationism and Theistic Evolution. But does not have a preference.
He is definitely not a young earth creationist

Important theological concepts

Imputed Righteousness

Substitutionary Atonment

Proverbs 2:3-5

3 and if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,

4 and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure,

5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD
and find the knowledge of God.

WOW!

Geschäftsmodell - Summary q's

1. Welchen Nutzen stifte ich für wen ?
2. Wie mache ich das ?
3. Wie verdiene ich Geld ?

What am i doing ? how am i doing this ? and why am i doing this, is another way of asking good Q's


1. WErtschöpfungsarchitektur
- Angebot
- Distributionskanäle
- Wertschöpfungskette
- Kernfähigkeiten
- Partner

2.Value Proposition
- Kunden
- Nutzen

3. Ertragsmodell
- KOstenstruktur
- Ertragsquellen

4. Kultur/Werte
- Führungsstil
- Beziehungskultur
- Werthaltung

Is the worst over ?

No. Some people say that the economy is slowly recovering. I dont think so.
In the past 10 months, order level has decreased over 50%. This will impact industries with long cycles in the coming 6 months dramatically. Today, capital intensive industries are working on projects they have acquired one or two years ago.

Current deflation will decrease corporate profits, leading to an increase of unemployment. This again will drive down consumption, increase government spendings, more losses in all areas of government such as healthcare, etc.

Keynesian demand creation from government programs (that started in this year) which include infrastructure projects will only have a short term effect (which we misinterpret partially now as a recovery phenomenon). As these do not positively economic growth in the midterm governments will nerveously decrease taxes, leading to more debt again leading to hyperinflation in the longterm.

(They should focus on supply side driven innovation projects which dont payoff in the short term, but create sustainable economic value in the future)

This will be spurred by the Fed, who will act as an agent of the Wall Street Gang, missing the right point (timing) to increase interest rates to meet potential inflation in anticipation.

The worst case scenario is that the banking industry is recovering quickly, paying back governement (tax) money without reforming the whole system.

The worst case scenario is that another bubble burst such as credit default swaps could cause the global economy to collapse this time.

interesting venture creation approach

do the shitty work, that no one wants to do

From Khosla again - simply WOW

Favorite lessons from first job
(door to door sales):

1) The most successful people fail the most.

but

2) Act as if it is impossible to fail.

Ventures to look at

- Real time betting on any live events on TV
- Android will get big and bigger by an order of magnitude of 10 than iphone
- Advanced education: People after 33yrs worry about how to keep up.
- Bridging Asia and Europe.
- Location-based apps
- Finally digital and platform convergence
- Password manager/identity management. An application that solves the problems of multiple identities on sites

Energy is something that i have absolutely no clue about

Industrialization

This is something new, i have not heard of. I am sitting in a lecture of Prof Schuh, Production & Logistics Guru at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. He is saying the essential condition/breakthrough for the industrial revolution was the capability of measuring small tolerances which lead to standardization.

This is a keen insight. Not only is standardization/ norms a condition of econonomic growth but also for entrepreneurships.

As entrepreneur we tend to be visionary, which is definitely fundamental. However, we need to be able to measure the smallest tolerances.

Second insight: All industrial revolutions (other then efficiency, productivity and standardization leaps) have one thing in common:
They all started central but ended up decentrally.
This is in line what Khosla said. What matters is relevant scale in a distributed fashion.

Interview on March 25, 2009 with Jayden

This is an interview I gave to an Australian student
via Skype. Apologize for any typos ;)

[ 09:09:25] Jayden : as an entrepeneur are you always convinced that your contribution is essential to a project’s success?
[ 09:10:36] David : of course, it will contribute. At the end of the day, there are however many external factors that will influence the project's success that you cannot control as an entrepreneur
[ 09:10:53] Jayden : Can you take action without having all the available information?
[ 09:12:06] David : There will never be full transparency of a situation or a project's environment that will effect it. I would call this information asymmetry. Personally, it is the gut's feeling that will determine a lot
[ 09:13:37] Jayden : Do you like to create challenges for yourself when you take on a new project?
[ 09:14:52] David : I dont know if i understand this question right. But i try to maximise my and the team's strenghts and minimize the weaknesses. But there is always a personal challenge component to a new venture.
[ 09:15:23] David : One always wants to exceed - personally, commercially
[ 09:15:44] Jayden : yeah thats great you ansewed it fine
[ 09:15:52] Jayden : Are you fairly at ease when faced with complex situations?
[ 09:18:20] David : The entrepreneur's role in today's world is actually to reduce complexity. Today's world has become very complex due to migration of industry to services, globalitzation, IT, computing power, the abilility to work cross border, etc.
So an organization cannot own all resources for a project / Venture anymore by itself. It is too complicated to manage all this. Therefore, complexity management also means coordinating resources and people that you do not own but just work and cooperate together with.
Best example is you as a flash developer :)
[ 09:19:10] Jayden : Do you see opportunities where others see only problems?
[ 09:20:30] David : That is what differentiates a good from a bad entrepreneur. The bigger the problem the bigger the opportunity. The bigger the opportunity the higher the risk also , but that is what start-up entrepreneurship is all about
[ 09:20:49] Jayden : Do you like to make your own decisions?
[ 09:21:46] David : yes. Relying on someone else's decision is bad. BUT: it is wise to take advise from people that have more experience than you. This could be someone in your board of directors / advisory board - some sort of mentor
[ 09:22:15] Jayden : Is becoming rich is one of your major life goals?
[ 09:22:21] David : No.
[ 09:23:29] David : Money is important of course, because a venture's success is measured by its commercial success - which means shareholder value creation - or the question to the answer: how much money in cash do you bring back. But again: Money is not the primary driver for being an entrepreneur.
[ 09:23:50] David : answer to question of course (to be corrected above)
[ 09:23:57] Jayden : The results you obtain depend on your skills and efforts?
[ 09:24:44] David : Leadership is more important. You cannot do it by yourself, so you need to hire smart people to help you do it
[ 09:25:26] Jayden : Do you tend to put off difficult tasks?
[ 09:25:47] David : Procrastination is my worst enemy :)
[ 09:26:34] David : In general the worst mistakes happened because I reacted to slowly. Such as making bad decisions to late
[ 09:27:35] Jayden : Do you consider yourself more ambitious than others?
[ 09:28:43] David : I cannot tell for others of course. That would indeed be too ambitious. But i consider myself a person who wants to change the way we do things or the way things are. If you call that ambition, than i am ambitious
[ 09:29:19] Jayden : Do you want to create something that will be recognised?
[ 09:29:58] David : Recognition - i must say - is a motivator , more than money.
[ 09:31:17] Jayden : Do you look for alternative solutions to difficult problems?
[ 09:32:56] David : My approach to solving problems is a pragmatic one. You can never (or mostly) tell before you actually have done it. Of course you need to make analysis prior to that. Then you go in small steps, learn and then find alternative solutions if your first step has not worked. So it is about doing it quickly, learning, finding alternatives in small steps
[ 09:33:26] Jayden : Do you abandon projects when you are not successful?
[ 09:35:07] David : I try not to kill them, but keep them alive on a small to zero scale. Projects often fail not because they were bad per se, but because they came to market in the wrong time , at the wrong place to the wrong people. There is a great chance that this project could become successful in a different setting
[ 09:35:42] Jayden : Do you believe that “luck” is partially of our own making?
[ 09:37:08] David : I am a religious person (at least try to be one) so i do not believe in the concept of luck, but pre-destination. But i firmly believe that you will reap later for anything you push with a lot of energy now
[ 09:37:31] Jayden : Do you prefer to be the one making the final decision?
[ 09:37:47] David : Yes.
[ 09:38:09] Jayden : Do you always try to learn something from your failures?
[ 09:38:47] David : Of course. Every venture is new, but you can apply past failures.
[ 09:39:07] Jayden : Jayden Spencer: Do you hate being the focus of attention?
[ 09:40:02] David : I wouldn't say i hate it. But i definitely do not need it. What i mean by that is: I do not have to appear on the main page of the Fortune Magazine to be a happy person.
[ 09:40:27] Jayden : Are you motivated by peer recognition?
[ 09:40:58] David : Yes.
[ 09:41:56] David : you have to feel good in the team so that definitely counts. But i would rather call it reciprocal motivation
[ 09:42:26] Jayden : Do you prefer to be your own boss?
[ 09:44:10] David : Yes and no. Yes: I prefer not having someone i have to report to
No: the concept of being your own boss - at least in my mind - does not exist. You will always have creditors
[ 09:45:28] Jayden : Do you like influencing others?
[ 09:46:16] David : Influencing no. Motivating and seeding vision, yes. Influencing sounds like persuading, which is never sustainable. People have to believe your vision and carry it forward
[ 09:47:03] Jayden : Do you think that today, one cannot do much with only a limited amount of money?
[ 09:48:30] David : Actually, starting an internet business today has never been cheaper. Hardware costs are low. Opensource software (linux, mysql, php, etc. ) is ubiquitous.
[ 09:48:50] David : It is currently the shortage of good ideas (at least in the internet space) that is a problem
[ 09:49:35] Jayden : Do you want to become an expert in your field?
[ 09:51:17] David : Expertise is good, because people will follow you if you are a competent person. But expertise also carries the risk of becoming blind and not open to new stuff.
[ 09:52:24] Jayden : Thanks for your time!, i know there where a lot of questions but thanks you for ansering them so well and enjoyed your ansers

think different

Warren Buffett is supposed to have said this:
"Be greedy when others are fearful. Be fearful when others are greedy"
Great advise for investment decisions.

Also great: (i heard this in a podcast with Clayten
Christensen)
"Wayne Gretzky was asked how he could maintain his great
performance/success over such a long period of time. He said:
I never skate after the puck. I skate to where the puck is going
to be".

This is exactly the reason why Dennis Rodham was such a great
rebounder. He just knew/felt in which direction the ball is going
to fall.

Going into directions/ taking paths which others have not gone or
tried needs a lot of courage and the willingness to take risks
of failing.

The concept of trust and belief

how do you know that your spouse or partner
loves you? This is the concept of love which
is based on trust. Trusting that the other loves me.

how do you know that your parents are your pareents?
This is the concept of belief. I virtually know
no one on this planet who has (if lived together
almost his / her entire year until adulthood)
has ever run a DNA test to scientifically prove
that his/her parents are in fact his/her parents.
This is the concept of belief.

Now those two concepts build the fundament of
deep human relationships. And - they share the
common characteristics of being invisible.

So inherently, people trust and belief.
Accepting and understanding these concepts in
life are actually the first step of accepting a
greater being - God.

God is invisible. As deep human relationships are.
Of course a human's physical appearance is not
invisible. But what is more important when it
comes to relevance and signifance?

Love, trust and belief.

So accepting God shouldn't be that hard.

problem solving according to Khosla

In a podcast Vinod Khosla said the following

"take a big problem
add the smartest people
the power of ideas
entrepreneurial energy
and a bit of capitalist greed "

i just love this. And what is really phenomenal is
the second thing he said

"Try and fail
but don't fail to try.
In fact there is almost anything
that is impossible, you just have to
try hard enough... keep banging until you
get there."

i guess thats why Silicon valley has become
stronger than any other region in the world

he also cited (i forgot his name, some former
chief computer scientist at Apple) this:
" the best way to predict the future is to invent it.
I would go even further. It is the only way"

"The world does not work from the top down.
it works from bottom up. We need innovation
that relevantly scales in a distributed fashion"

Reminds me of what Ray Kurzweil said about
breakthrough innovation that grow at a rate
where even the logarithmic curve kind of looks
really steep .

Slide worth 500 million?

Kendo documentary

Kendo is by far the most fascinating sport. I had the chance of practicing for a period of 6 month in Korea.

Check out this documentary. COOL

Davos Annual Meeting 2007 - The Impact of Web 2.0

Here comes another bubble

android demo

The machine is using us

web 2.0 expo eric schmidt