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the web’s core is about search. that is why i see great potential in travel tuner, made by brilliant design student maria. it explores a new, intuitive approach to search, using traveling as an example. it allows you to navigate within different parameters (people/ crowd, city life and nature) and to add sound levels and color toning to each. from these, travel tuner submits a search query to a travel tuner group on flickr, that you would not likely have put together yourself. my own intuitive searches may not have produced the most useful results, but that is not the point.

the point is that searching is not what it used to be! there is no right answer, or right result. more often than not, we don’t really know what we are looking for. we want to see and explore the world, the physical one, as well as the virtual one that is right at the end of our fingertips. this is of course also why we have started stumbling and digging and whatnot. and progressive shops like etsy, offers various ways to shop; by color, user ratings etc. - knowing that their customers don’t really need anything… they are merely searching for things they might like, and so the searching becomes the most important “need identifier”… turning browsers into buyers.

by actively involving the user’s semi-conscious preferences and curiosity, travel tuner meets a need. the web offers something on everything you can think of. but your imagination may not be strong enough, or your needs not explicit enough, for you to take yourself to the site or search results that will meet your needs. therefore, travel tuner is not only a good idea, and carried out in a very sweet and cool manner… but i think maria’s contribution to the scene of search has the potential of being a very powerful one. i wish her great success and loads of fun and good fortune!

4 out of 5 grandparents in my family were entrepreneurs, and 3 out of 4 were even entrepreneurs by choice. probably the foxiest among them is shown in the picture above: clara thorhauge at the age of 21, taken in 1929. i’ve made a slightly superficial description of my entrepreneurial family roots, as i feel it fits my blog.

klondyke’s new cd dejlig dum (delightfully daft) is available in record stores from today! as a very privileged fan with a signed copy (playing as i type) i thought i would let you know that you should air your credit card in this connection. i am no music reviewer, but i consider it my duty to inform you that klondyke’s new album goes well with any activity, besides dedicated listening which i highly recommend! from entertaining guests, to blogging, cleaning, showering, getting ready, getting up, getting down, you name it. any activity! this makes it an extremely safe investment in my book. listen on myspace.

be cool, be hip - buy it before your most trendy neighbors do.

i am proud to introduce: www.bpos.dk - a blog-based website that i have made for mr. lee. it presents a new coaching-based approach to team development, achievable in the course of 3 days of intensive team training. i feel absolutely certain that this course is worth every single krone (danish for dime) and more, and i wish mr. lee great success and loads of fun with this project.

bpos.dk is much cooler than my own blog, because it runs on the newest version of wordpress and it rocks! i also really like the hypereal theme. the theme is not only search-optimized, sharing enabled, recognizes returning visitors and more, but was also made by an 18-year old! his name is hans and he lives on mauritius. knowing that an 18-year old can make a beautiful piece of work like that, with such attention to detail, makes me extremely enthusiastic about the future.

i am quite pleased with the result (clean and simple and mr. lee can handle all the updates and loves wordpress like any other sane person!). and i learned how to easily install the blog, which is already coming in handy as i engage in yet another sweet project (…). i also got acquainted to a sweet handwriting generator. and noochi is now link-loved by the first footer of someone else’s site.

this time of year is the most beautiful one, here in denmark. the sun is warm and shining through my open windows, and i hear the sounds of people enjoying it, as i engage in the first noochi-related “privately held”, semi-commercial web project. i like the idea of making little projects, finish them, and learn from them. i have started to believe that this is the way forward… instead of waiting for that one brilliant idea. there is a ton of energy in going for little ideas, and in carrying out asap. more to follow when i have something to show for it. i feel very enthusiastic about my future as an entrepreneur (as well as an employee, btw). and very grateful for the feedback from beloved friends and cool network! my hands of ideas now pay off.

sometimes the sky is so blue that it hits the ground, and even takes up a parking space.

slightly geeky post, i know, but… i have installed:

i love social bookmarking - see the in the top of the sidebar? i think it is so sweet that i will completely ignore the fact that it doesn’t work in explorer (used by 42% of noochi’s visitors (firefox is far better anyway! used by 52% of noochi’s visitors). you can now easily become my first fan - heh heh - or for the less advanced; share my brilliant posts with your facebook entourages

thank you, thank you - cool code-sharing people: milienzo, webgeek and joost de valk. you make me love the web even more (if that is at all possible!).

if i lived in NY i would join a mindpetals event. mindpetals is a community for thinkers, seekers and innovators, founded by david askaripour, and targeted towards young entrepreneurs who want to make a difference. the founder also wrote a book (!) about the journey towards successful entrepreneurship. i like the site, and i like the tagline:

ideas to change the world
actions to preserve the environment

i wish the best of luck and success for mindpetals. inspiring! if you like mindpetals you may also like helmar.org’s inspired mind - a cool german ‘crm guru’ based in south africa, and who believes in sustainability.

so… it happened. i made an “about this blog” page. on it, i admit that the former tag line “an idealistic web shop in the making” didn’t really match the content of this blog. i also share what i do, what i love and what i want. because that is what this blog is about. i celebrate the power of friendship, love & talent. including talent for business, idea generation & good thinking. amen.

never before have my finger tips felt so good, touching my laptop’s touch pad. try jacksonpollock by miltos manetas (from 2003). its therapeutic and addictive. it rocks!

if you like this, you may also like flashface and scribbler and sketchswap. thank you, stumbleupon! you already know me so well!