Sascha Lobo

Holm Friebe

You can find something better than the daily grind almost anywhere! They are living contentedly without a permanent work contract and are realising that old dream of a self-determined life. By means of a new technology they create their own projects, their own logos, and their own spheres of activities. For them, the Internet is not only a tool and a playing field, but also a source of income, a vital artery for life. They are the digital Bohemians, who spread their ideas through the Web to a large public and - in contrast to the Bohemians of the past - finance themselves by doing it. Theirs is a contemporary lifestyle, one that is developing into a significant factor in the economy. It is of course possible to react to the frustrations of the 9 to 5 work life with the "discovery of laziness," as Corinne Maier describes it in her bestseller: "Put in your time, get regular pay." The digital Bohemia represents a courageous alternative. More and more young and creative people are choosing a life of freedom. Their main goal is not necessarily to make money but to have a self-determined lifestyle reflecting their own themes and motivations. It may be that in uncertain times this is a superior strategy. Their close connections with social, artistic, and digital networks are constantly providing new and at times unexpected income opportunities. They display advertising banners on their websites, deal in virtual real estate, find sponsors for projects, sell ideas to corporations. Their products and their workstyles are changing the character of the media and the Internet, and soon will be changing society itself. Authors Holm Friebe and Sascha Lobo outline successful concepts and innovativeapproaches of the digital Bohemia, and describe recent economic, technical and social developments related to it. Their rousing analysis of a future-oriented way of being will become inspiration for how to work the way you want to live. Press "The book We Call It Work by Holm Friebe and Sascha Lobo ... reports on intelligent attempts to live 'beyond permanent full-time jobs'. The impressive stories from the 'digital bohemia' tell of a new kind of work world, one which has to do neither with unemployment payments nor with a steady paycheck, but with reacting self-confidently and creatively to the fact that there are dramatically fewer regular jobs available. The digital bohemians appear much less bewildered and more successful that those who still put their trust in the illusion of regular, full-time jobs." Sddeutsche Zeitung Author HOLM FRIEBE, born in 1972, is an economist and journalist. He worked as a trend researcher and a head writer of a literary program for MTV before co-founding the virtual Universalfirma Zentrale Intelligenz Agentur in Berlin in 2002. As business manager he is responsible for strategy and format development. His accomplishments include inventing Powerpoint Karaoke and conceptualising the weblog "Riesenmaschine.de." His articles appear in many national newspapers and magazines, including a trend column for the Berliner Zeitung. SASCHA LOBO, born in 1975, is a freelance copywriter. During the times of the New Economy he founded his own advertising agency, which grew to thirty employees after six months and went bankrupt eleven months after that. He then worked for an agency in Berlin as the creativity director for the Internet, developed brand concepts andcampaigns freelance, and wrote for the magazine Blond. Since June 2005 he has been the chief editor of the weblog Riesenmaschine.de.

die digitale Boheme oder: intelligentes Leben jenseits der Festanstellung

Wir nennen es Arbeit

Von der Kunst, nicht zu handeln

Die Stein-Strategie

Thomas Ramge

der Aufstand der Massen gegen die Massenproduktion

Marke Eigenbau

Philipp Albers

Der große Literaturschwindel Ein Salonspiel, ein Täuschungsmanöver und ein Zeitvertreib: »MIMIKRY« versammelt 101 Schriftsteller, Journalisten und Künstler zur Literatur-Fälscherei: Wer einen Romananfang am glaubwürdigsten imitiert, eine markante literarische Stimme am besten trifft, gewinnt. Ein Kompendium der literarischen Bildung und Hochstapelei: Zum Mitlesen und Mitraten. »MIMIKRY lässt blitzartig die andere Seite unserer Youtube-Kultur aufleuchten. Viele mögen dümmer sein als früher, manche aber so belesen wie keine Generation vor ihnen.« Joachim Lottmann »Nach MIMIKRY wird man nie wieder einen Romananfang lesen wie davor.« Mirna Funk Was zeichnet den Stil von Günter Grass aus? Wie beginnt Jane Austens »Stolz und Vorurteil«? Kann man wie Rainald Goetz schreiben? Und würden Sie den Unterschied zwischen Original und Fälschung erkennen? »MIMIKRY« ist eine Literatur-Blindverkostung, die wie das biologische Vorbild funktioniert: Signalfälschung, Täuschung und Verstellung. In der Tradition kollektiver Schreibexperimente – von den Zirkeln der Romantiker bis zu den surrealistischen Sitzungen – entstanden so an 19 Abenden im Sommer 2015 täuschend echte, aber frei erfundene Anverwandlungen an 80 Romananfänge: von der Weltliteratur bis zum aktuellen Bestseller, vom Lieblingsbuch bis zur verhassten Schullektüre. »MIMIKRY – Das Spiel des Lesens« versammelt die Ergebnisse dieses sozialliterarischen Experiments. Ein Kompendium der literarischen Bildung und Hochstapelei, der Variationen und Verirrungen, der Überschreibungen und Übertreibungen, zum Mitlesen und Mitraten. Und ganz nebenbei ein Who's Who der literarischen Gegenwart, welches davon lebt, dass darin niemand er oder sie selbst ist. Dieses E-Book enthält nicht den Fotoanhang des Buches.

Das Spiel des Lesens

Mimikry

[ Among the 10 most-read German blogs [ More the 100,000 hits per month [ Grimme Online Award 2006 [ Bachmann Prize 2006 for co-editor Kathrin Passig The Riesenmaschine is a collective weblog dedicated to the theme of progress in all its nuances. Since 2005 over 30 authors have been making commentaries at www.riesenmaschine.de on current events, with forays into the worlds of products, animals, space exploration, brain research, and much more. The abolition of limbo by Pope Benedict, the vagaries of the spelling reform, and the massive marmot population in South Tyrol: there are no aspects of our quickly changing world that the Riesenmachine does not address always humorously and pointedly, yet in no way merely as critiques of culture and the society of consumption. This book is a collection of the 100 best and most humorous articles of the first year and a half of Riesenmachine. Press A brilliant offering of content. The texts are some of the most formidable and entertaining that can be found in the German-language Internet. Jury of the Grimme Institute Author The many editors are freelance authors, journalists, copywriters, and translators.

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