February 15th, 2012 § Comments Off on Calypso Cases § permalink
Didn’t get a chance to write about them earlier, but this Ljubljana-based company is truly amazing.
the little case you see on the picture bellow – it’s made of 17 different parts and materials. I was privileged to see the drawer with all the variations they’ve built for testing purposes – 3 feet long row of cases of all shapes and sizes, with one common denominator: they all fit the phone perfectly, and they are all without a sew.
I’ve been heavily testing (read: beating up) a new Calypso Case for more than a month and it’s easy to say simply put, I’m impressed. Based in Ljubljana, Slovenia the founders are hand making iPhone 4 cases which are simply perfect in fit, function and design. They’re made of conite, titanium, leather and specially designed microfabrics.
via: joshspear.com
great work guys!
February 12th, 2012 § Comments Off on kako se v medijih reproducira manjvrednost § permalink
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z mediji in novinarji v sloveniji in njihovim kolektivnim in posamiÄnim odnosom do bralcev in okolja je marsikaj narobe, ampak danes me je zbodla na videz najmanj pomembna bodica. morda se bo kdo strinjal da odseva Å¡irÅ¡e težave.
v sobotni prilogi Dela sem se razveselil Älanka o Leonardovih veÄnih ženskah. razveselil iz dveh razlogov – ker je tema razstave zares zelo zanimiva, in ker imam to sreÄo da se obÄasno znajdem v Londonu in si vedno z veseljem vzamem kako uro za obisk kake galerije.
žal sem bil ustrezno razoÄaran že po prvem stavku. Älanek se zaÄne z besedami:
pravijo da je bila to razstava tisoÄletja. vrste pred londonsko nacionalno galerijo so bile, kljub mrazu, vsak dan neskonÄno dolge.
vir:Â delo
vse je jasno, razstava je že zakljuÄena, priložnost zamujena.
uredniÅ¡tvo ali novinar, ali oboji, paÄ domnevajo da piÅ¡ejo za bralce v dolini Å¡entflorjanski, in da je njihova naloga fascinirati z nedostopnim, ne pa obveÅ¡Äati o priložnostih. Slovenski bralec se lahko zgolj naslaja nad izbranima dvema reprodukcijama in sanja o ‘resniÄnem svetu’.
Äe bi Älanek pisal o finanÄni krizi bi naÅ¡teval podatke brez konteksta, zato da bi ‘nedostopnost’ zamaskiral v ‘nerazumljivost’; Äe bi pisal o uspehih bi govoril o tujih podjetjih; konÄno sporoÄilo je vedno: “itak se niÄ ne da spremeniti, pa tudi Äe bi se dalo itak ne boste niÄ spremenili.”
zavedam se da sem izbral izjemno nepomemben primer za to poanto, ampak ravno zaradi svoje benignosti je najbolj iskren.
February 9th, 2012 § Comments Off on Slovenia’s Ambassador to Japan issued this incredible apology for signing ACTA § permalink
i’ve tweeted about this, i’ve blogged about it, i don’t think we said enough. I also don’t think it was right for us to stay quiet until it was too late.
can’t wait until geeks take over governance.
Slovenia‘s Ambassador to Japan has made a quite incredible apology after she signed the ACTA agreement on behalf of the Eastern European country, as Techdirt reports. After being deluged by complaints, Helena Drnovsek Zorko apologised to her nation, but first her children, for signing the act.
via: thenextweb.com
January 28th, 2012 § § permalink
po spletu odmeva ena zanimiva kvintesencialna infografika:
The budget explained in simple English – Mr. Conservative
Something as complicated as the United States debt simplified in a way we can all understand… Lets remove 8 zeros and pretend it’s a household income.
www.mrconservative.com
us budget deficit in simple english
… zanimiva je ker ne poskuÅ¡a biti na silo vizualna, pa je Å¡e vedno izjemno povedna. mislim da rabimo razliÄico za Slovensko realnost…
Nekaj podatkov o Slovenskih javnih financah (2010):
- Prihodki od davkov: € 7.011.901.071
- Drugi dohodki (EU & obresti): € 1.613.100.580
- ProraÄun: € 12.333.046.786
- ProraÄunski primankljaj: € 3.708.045.135
- Dolgovi države: € 3.621.773.371
- PrivarÄevano z intervencijskim zakonom: € 65.000.000
Ce odstranimo 5 niÄel se lahko pretvarjamo da je to družinski proraÄun:
- Leten dohodek družine: € 70.119
- Donacije Älovekoljubnih sosedov: € 16.131
- Denar, ki ga je družina porabila: € 123.305
- Nov minus na kreditni kartici: € 37.080
- ObstojeÄ minus na kreditni kartici: € 36.217
- PrivarÄevano: € 650
ni videti bistvene razlike. oboje je strašljivo.
April 6th, 2011 § Comments Off on Missunderstood § permalink
While wandering around Ljubljana yesterday, I met two friends from previous lives. While briefly catching up, they’ve asked me two very interesting questions, that made me realize two important points about my current life and how it’s different from other segments of Slovenian reality.
A friend from academia, professor, has asked me what is it again that we are doing, “something web right, I mean, I’m guessing you’re doing everything by now…” She was assuming that a successful company must be expanding the portfolio, rather than be successful in one niche. Kind of old school, but predominant assumption in our society.
A friend from NGO, now freelance designer, has asked me “so you guys are still focused? Is it hard to keep working on just one thing?” My answer was “it’s hard, but it makes sense to focus”. His question was excellent, to the point, and surprisingly nobody asked me this ever before. And it neatly expressed the modus operandi of the freelance crowd over here – be overwhelmed by projects, doesn’t matter if you finish them really.
November 19th, 2007 § § permalink
Slovenia is a nice little country in the central europe, we like to call it ‘on the sunny side of the alps ‘, which is completely useless here, because brits just don’t know what alps are. *sigh*
