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MacBook is not booting / charging anymore

I just encountered this problem twice within one week so I quickly wanted to share the solution with you. So if your MacBook or MacBook Pro is just not rebooting or charging anymore then you will probably need to reset the…
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  • Posted: 09/14/2012
  • Tags: apple, broken, macbook, macbook pro, not booting, not charging, problem, reset, resetting, smc, solution, system management controller
  • Author: Frederik Hermann
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State Bird Provisions

I’m excited to be going to the now famous ‘State Bird Provisions’ run by Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski tonight. They were just recently rated #1 in America’s Best New Restaurants by bon appétit magazine: After a successful run at the city’s…
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  • Posted: 09/12/2012
  • Tags: bay area, best restaurant, ca, california, dim sum–style, nicole krasinski, quail, rubicon, san francisco, state bird, state bird provisions, stuart brioza
  • Author: Frederik Hermann
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at&t and verizon duopoly (infographic)

at&t and verizon control 64% of the US cellular market. (via nicole at the simple dollar / @trenttsd / view/download high-res version)
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  • Posted: 04/18/2012
  • Tags: att, cell, cellular, duopoly, infographic, market, phone, share, verizon
  • Author: Frederik Hermann
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google+ more than i expected

today google+ made further headlines introducing “games” to their latest inception of their next attempt to conquer the social web. at first i thought “whatever, i have never played a single game on facebook, so why should i care about…
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  • Posted: 08/12/2011
  • Tags: facebook, google, jaiku, orkut, social media, social network, twitter
  • Author: Frederik Hermann
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kenny powers as new k-swiss ceo

k-swiss wrote danny mcbride a blank check and said, “have at it” … here is the result. hilarious – brave and well done.
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  • Posted: 07/13/2011
  • Tags: ceo, danny mcbride, k-swiss, kenny powers, kswiss, marketing, viral
  • Author: Frederik Hermann
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the real cost of social media

(via the womma word / view/download high-res version)
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  • Posted: 05/20/2011
  • Tags: cost, facebook, infographic, social media, staff, twitter, value
  • Author: Frederik Hermann
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alex trochut – change for the letter

illustrator and typographer alex trochut synthesizes illustration and lettering like no other. the expressive, richly ornamented typography he creates ooze fluidity in which movement is practically palpable. one of the most sought after talents, he has created knockout work for…
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  • Posted: 05/10/2011
  • Tags: alex, alex trochut, gestalten.tv, letter, trochut, typography
  • Author: Frederik Hermann
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attracting interest via word-of-mouth

merle schmalenbach from the financial times germany just published an article about the basics of viral marketing and ways how to attract consumers via word-of-mouth. it’s a short wrap up but doesn’t go to deep even though she got in…
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  • Posted: 11/11/2010
  • Tags: financial times, thomas zorbach, viral marketing, vm-people, word-of-mouth
  • Author: Frederik Hermann

antennagate: if you can’t fix it, feature it!

…and don’t diss your customer, or the media! insight and advice by former apple exec and now vc jean-louis gassée (via monday note)
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  • Posted: 07/18/2010
  • Tags: antennagate, apple, iphone, jean-louis gassee, monday note, steve jobs
  • Author: Frederik Hermann

twidroid and news aggregator popurls acquired

congratulations to thomas marban and his business partner ralph zimmerman who’s widely popular android twitter client twidroyd (formerly twidroid) and news aggregator popurls have just been acquired by tweetup. read the whole story at techcrunch, gigaom or the official press…
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  • Posted: 07/06/2010
  • Tags: idealab, popurls, thomas marban, tweetup, twidroid, twidroyd
  • Author: Frederik Hermann

apple iphone 4 hysteria / vs htc evo

this video pretty much hits the nail on the head about the current iphone 4 hysteria. link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg update: best buy trying to fire employee over evo versus iphone video (via techcrunch)
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  • Posted: 07/02/2010
  • Tags: best buy, htc evo, hysteria, iphone 4, video, viral
  • Author: Frederik Hermann

hackfwd – lars hinrichs launches new investment company

last night i received an email from lars hinrichs announcing his new venture hackfwd – a pre-seed investment company designed to enable great people to launch great ideas. hackfwd is led by the european technology entrepreneur lars hinrichs. the board includes other proven technology…
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  • Posted: 06/08/2010
  • Tags: europe, fund, hackfwd, investment, lars hinrichs, offer, xing
  • Author: Frederik Hermann

iphone 4 – this changes everything. again

steve jobs just announced the brand new iphone 4, available on june 24, 2010. find all the details at gizmodo, or the official apple page. pre-order starts june 15, 2010.
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  • Posted: 06/07/2010
  • Tags: apple, hd, hero, iphone, iphone 4, retina, steve jobs
  • Author: Frederik Hermann

new honda ‘impossible dream’ advert by wieden + kennedy

(via agencyspy and triad auto specialty)
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  • Posted: 04/26/2010
  • Tags: commercial, dream, honda, impossible, kennedy, wieden
  • Author: Frederik Hermann

the living poster for fisch franke

what would you do to attract new business to your restaurant? kudos to another clever idea by publicis (for fisch franke restaurant). to create visibility and awareness of their use of fresh fish, the creative team decided to bring the…
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  • Posted: 07/23/2009
  • Tags: advertising, fisch franke, fish tank, living poster, publicis
  • Author: Frederik Hermann
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This is the blog of Frederik Hermann.

Frederik's work focus is international communications, marketing, pr, social media, wom and brand development.

This blog provides insights and news about viral, buzz and word of mouth marketing, advertising, art and design as well as covering new startups and ideas in the technology sector.

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