For all of you who like swimming, like me, there is a great website listing public swimming facilities around the world. The website has a smart search function and covers 167 countries.
The Surf World cup in Sylt is back again. You can find more details, videos and livestreams on http://www.windsurfworldcup.de
Nicole and I will be there tomorrow. for all of you who don´t have a chance to be at this top-event, here are some impressions from one of the last ones:
This is my office this week - our second home on the island of Wangerooge in the North Sea. No cars, just a wonderful beach - like the Sansibar beach, which is my favourite place on Sylt. A wonderful place to free your mind, to run with bare feet, to swim in the sea and finally to think, learn and work.
For all musical lovers of you and for all of you who also love romantic weekend hideaways, this is what Nici and me did last weekend:
Love never dies is the continuation of the Phantom of the Opera and we liked it even more than the first part. It is playing in the Adelphi Theatre in London. You find all the infos at: http://www.loveneverdies.com/
When you are a bit more flexible on what to see, there are many booths in the city, selling cheap tickets for all the musicals which are currently on stage, like Grease, Elliot, Sister Act and many more.
And by the way - you do not need to wear a tie. I was slightly overdressed, but luckily not the only one and better than the other way round :-)
We had a great hotel with a wonderful mix of old and new elements.
As an early adopter brand, Starbucks has reaped the rewards of social media innovation. Today the company is furthering those efforts with a Facebook application for customers to access and manage their Starbucks cards.
The application will go live around 1:50 p.m. PDT today and will be accessible via Starbucks’ Facebook Page. Essentially the application provides a virtual way to complete any card-related activity and even view a record of all transactions.
On the card management front, users can register (or unregister cards), check their balance, reload cards and edit profile information. The app also includes relevant rewards program information so frequent customers can check their status levels and benefits.
What’s even cooler is that come summer time, Starbucks will introduce functionality that will let users reload a Facebook friend’s Starbucks card as a gift through the application. Talk about an instant way to make a Facebook friend’s day.
Of course, most of the application’s functionality mirrors what you can already do via the Starbucks website and its iPhone app, but the Facebook app is all about convenience.
Product Manager Brad Nelson explained, “Our Facebook community is very vibrant with over seven million fans. We see this a great way to make it even easier to manage your Starbucks Card on Facebook. We can’t wait to make it easy to buy your friends a drink.”
Convenient it is. Given FacebookFacebook’s size and significance, we expect the application to be a huge hit for both customers and company.
Very Smart as so often. One of the reasons why I am a real Starbucks fan. My favourite is the Chai Tea Latte with soy milk - no I have to admit, I am addicted to it :-)
The smart thing about the Starbucks card is that you can use it to use the WIFI in the stores.
I always use this, when I am travelling to the US. See me older blog entry at:
When you plan a visit to the North Sea, you have to make a stop in Sankt Peter Ording. You find a long sandy beach there and Gosch opened a subsidiary 2 years ago. We always used to prefer the surf spot in SPO, but with Gosch, the decision becomes more difficult.
If you have not already read his "Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein", READ IT!
For those of you who deal with the US, you have to read his "Gebrauchsanweisung für Amerika".
A wonderful book about the US culture with a lot of great episodes.
I love the ball season - giving me the chance to instantly use my latest Metzingen purchase. So anybody who needs a new tuxedo, here is the link again: http://www.outletcity-metzingen.com/
Don´t miss the big party on 9th of Feb, when she will come to Hamburg and of course travel on it as much as you can, as it is a great ship and they serve the best juice in the world :-)
Thank you very much Jörg Bilitza for your great juice dispenser installation job.
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