bits & pieces

bp007 – Hitler's dirty surrogates

INTRO @saftsaak [https://twitter.com/saftsaak] – @metzelfetz [https://twitter.com/metzelfetz] FINNISH TRAIN OPERATORS VR [https://www.vr.fi/cs/vr/en/frontpage] – also VR [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_reality] A NEW, BETTER WORLD Playstation VR [https://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/playstation-vr/] – Battlezone [https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/battlezone-ps4/] HOW TO ANCHOR SEA-SICKNESS Cybersickness [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Virtual_reality_sickness] THE UNCOMFORTABLE RIFT TO VR SCARS Oculus [https://www.oculus.com/] – Diver's mask [https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/strange-businessman-diving-mask-snorkel-funny-office-worker-life-vest-scuba-diver-gear-office-combines-vacation-work-46889215.jpg] \$ Keep talking and nobody explodes [https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/keep-talking-and-nobody-explodes-ps4/] – Here they lie [https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/here-they-lie-ps4/] – VR Worlds [https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/vr-worlds-ps4/] – Mad Max [https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/games/mad-max-ps4/] A FIELD WITH LIONS VS. ALONE IN A MUSEUM WITH DINOSAURS Star Trek: Bridge Crew [https://www.ubisoft.com/en-US/game/star-trek-bridge-crew/] – Introduction to Virtual Reality [https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1006887936048510/] EXPENSIVE TÂN LINE Tân line [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A2n_line] – BBC Worldservice, The Inquiry "How will Virtual Reality Change our Lives?" [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03tnxlp] – Zombies, run! [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zombies-run!/id503519713] – Allumette [http://www.penrosestudios.com/] RESEARCH NEEDED Japanese decline of sexual activity [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/young-people-japan-stopped-having-sex] HELP booncon.com/podcast [http://booncon.com/podcast] – @booncon [https://twitter.com/booncon]

bp006 – Cat Gif Offsprings

SURPRISE SURPRISE @saftsaak [https://twitter.com/saftsaak] – @metzelfetz [https://twitter.com/metzelfetz] KLASK/ KLŪSK Klask rules [http://klask.me/services/rules-in-english/] – Buy Klask [http://intl.target.com/p/klask-board-game/-/A-50939234] RULES TO THE DUMBEST CARD GAME EVER Apparently the game is actually called "Around the world [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_(card_game)]" – Solidarity [http://www.dictionary.com/browse/solidarity] AKWARDY WALK-INY grex musicus [http://grexmusicus.fi/] SERIOUS PRESENTATION AVOIDANCE cat gifs [http://giphy.com/search/funny-cat] A PHILOSOPHY WE WANT TO BRING INTO THE WORLD booncon [http://booncon.com/] – more about booncon [http://boonconic.com/booncon-a-new-year-a-new-dawn/] – even more about booncon [http://boonconic.com/the-eagle-has-landed/] OFFSPRING RELUCTANCE booncon PIXELS [http://pixels.fi/] – how we work [http://boonconic.com/better_projects/] – PIXELS Team [http://pixels.fi/en/about-us]: 9 nationalities, 15 languages OFFSPRING PROMISCUITY Tiny Tin Box [http://tinytinbox.com/] SOMETHING MORE Project X [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_X_(2012_film)] LUKI OF FINLAND HS article (FIN) [http://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/a1471141434775?jako=c417afac6e5b9436f453d6a0359769b2] – article translation [http://boonconic.com/entrepreneur-lukas-hafner-interviewed-by-helsingin-sanomat/] FIDEL CASTRO 2.0 Castro [http://supertop.co/castro/] UNCONDITIONAL BYE BYE booncon.com/podcast [http://booncon.com/podcast] – @booncon [https://twitter.com/booncon]

bp005 – Drawing a Picture

INTRO @saftsaak [https://twitter.com/saftsaak] – @metzelfetz [https://twitter.com/metzelfetz] APOLOGETIC PROMISES Sorry [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRh_vgS2dFE] – Optimism [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Candide] STATE OF THE UNION Toilet revelation [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re9YorsrUa4] – Positive news [https://www.positive.news] – Euro crisis [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/European_debt_crisis] – Refugee crisis [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34131911] – Terrorist attacks [http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/25/french-police-foiled-paris-terror-attack-bernard-cazeneuve] – Brexit [http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/01/graphics-britain-s-referendum-eu-membership] – Ukraine war [http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Russian_military_intervention_in_Ukraine_(2014%E2%80%93present)] – Rise of populists: Front National, UKIP, FPÖ, Fidesz, PiS – Death Star [https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/secure-resources-and-funding-and-begin-construction-death-star-2016] – EU institutions [http://europa.eu/about-eu/institutions-bodies/infographics/abc_eu_institutions_large_en.jpg] – EU vs Member States [http://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/brussels-unveils-controversial-plan-for-eu-border-force/] – European new sources: euobserver [https://euobserver.com/], Politico EU [http://www.politico.eu/], European Public Affairs [http://www.europeanpublicaffairs.eu/] WORKTOPICS Budgeting and time tracking with Harvest [https://www.getharvest.com/] – Scheduling with Forecast [https://www.getharvest.com/forecast] – Lists of to do cards with Trello [https://trello.com/] THE GOLDEN BRIDGE TO OVERSEAS WooCommerce for Wordpress [https://www.woothemes.com/woocommerce/] – WooConf 2016 [https://wooconf.com/] – Online store example [https://www.torggler.bz/de/] – Texas [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOPBoC3v8Z8] – WooConf 2016 discount code: WOOCONFBOONCON – WordCamp Finland 2016 [https://2016.finland.wordcamp.org/] ZIKA IS IN THE AIR Zika virus [http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/zika/en/] – Zika epidemic [http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/healthtopics/zika_virus_infection/zika-outbreak/Pages/epidemiological-situation.aspx] – Guillain–Barré Syndrom [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Guillain%E2%80%93Barr%C3%A9_syndrome] – Myelitis [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Myelitis] – Encephalitis [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Encephalitis] – Microcephaly [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Microcephaly] – BBC The Inquiry: Why Don’t We Eradicate Mosquitoes? [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03j0k30] – Tiger mosquito [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Aedes_albopictus] WHEN IT'S COLD OUTSIDE [Beach volleyball](http://www.biitsi.fi/) – [Escape room Exite](http://www.exite.fi/en/) – [Lazer-haunted-house-themed-minigolf](http://www.hohtogolf.fi/helsinki/) – [Disc golf](https://www.wikiwand.com/de/Discgolf) – [Strap-on spikes](http://www.amazon.com/Yaktrax-Pro-Traction-Cleats-Snow/dp/B001CZJBKC) OUTRO booncon.com/podcast [http://booncon.com/podcast] – @booncon [https://twitter.com/booncon]

bp004 – Evil Japanese Money Laundering

INTRO @saftsaak [https://twitter.com/saftsaak] – @metzelfetz [https://twitter.com/metzelfetz] FRUSTRATING BANKS & EVIL MONEY LAUNDERING Finnish Trade Register [https://virre.prh.fi/novus/home?userLang=en] – Finnish banks [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banks_in_Finland] – Money laundering [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_laundering] – Translation of official documents [http://www.notaatio.fi/] – Finnish signature service [https://www.suomi.fi/suomifi/english/eservices/electronic_identification_and_digital_signature/logging_in_with_bank_identifiers/index.html] – KPMG [https://www.kpmg.com/] TERRIBLE WAR ON FACEBOOK Finland taking a right turn [https://booncon.com/podcast/bp003-travellers/#t=1:16:48.277] – Immonen Facebook post [http://yle.fi/uutiset/finnish_mp_calls_for_fight_against_nightmare_of_multiculturalism_no_comment_from_party_leadership/8182155] – Diversity rally [http://yle.fi/uutiset/diversity_rally_gathers_15000_in_helsinki/8188896] – Picking Finland #1 [http://boonconic.com/our-helsinki/] – Picking Finland #2 [http://boonconic.com/its-business-time/] – The Finns ideology seminars [http://yle.fi/uutiset/finns_party_to_arrange_ideology_seminars/8212200] – Luki’s blog post on the topic [http://boonconic.com/thoughts-on-multiculturalism-and-why-it-matters/] ALL HAIL TO THE MOUNTAIN KING XLETIX Challenge Tyrol [http://de.xletix.com/fotos-und-videos/xletix-challenge-tirol-2015] – Obstacle Racing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstacle_racing] – Spot Tobi doing his move [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4NVEJNv-Zo] – Team building [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4Q_s0_txrQ] LUKI PRONOUNCING JAPANESE WORDS Tenkara [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenkara_fishing] – Tenkara rods [http://www.tenkarabum.com/tenkara-rods.html] – Tenkara techniques [http://www.tenkarausa.com/tenkara-techniques/] – Simple is great [http://www.backcountrychronicles.com/tenkara-fly-fishing/] PLACING BETS ON ALPHA JOKES Google is it’s own father [http://www.wired.com/2015/08/how-google-became-alphabet/] – G is for Google [https://abc.xyz/] – Explaining technicalities [http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/10/meet-alphabet-googles-new-corporate-boss-as-sundar-pichai-takes-over-the-search-company/] – Stock market strategy [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a291bf8-3fa2-11e5-b98b-87c7270955cf.html] – EU Antitrust case [http://uk.businessinsider.com/google-alphabet-split-eu-antitrust-not-a-factor-2015-8] – Loyal talent [http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/10/google-of-thrones/] – @alphabet Tweet [https://twitter.com/alphabet/status/630851210665439233] – BMW pun [http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/12/bmw-alphabet-is-more-than-a-name-to-us/] COMMUNICATING EMPTY PROMISES Internal communication [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_communications] EMAILS' 2ND BASE Basecamp [https://basecamp.com/] SLACKING WHILE CHANNELING THE HASHTAG Slack [https://slack.com/] – channels, not hashtags – Integrations [https://slack.com/integrations] – Github [https://github.com/] – Zendesk [https://zendesk.com/] MUCH MORE STRUCTURED DISCOURSES Discourse [http://www.discourse.org/] – Knowledge Sharing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_sharing] – Forum [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_forum] – Wiki [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki] – Why it’s great [http://www.discourse.org/faq/] – Discourse plans [https://payments.discourse.org/buy/] – Set up Discourse on Digital Ocean [https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-discourse-on-ubuntu-14-04] ONE LAST THING TO EAT Restaurant day [http://www.restaurantday.org] – Buddies' Pizza Bistro [https://www.facebook.com/events/1615702882005007/] OUTRO booncon.com/podcast [http://booncon.com/podcast] – @booncon [https://twitter.com/booncon]

bp003 – Travellers

INTRO @saftsaak [https://twitter.com/saftsaak] – @metzelfetz [https://twitter.com/metzelfetz] TOBI GETS TROLLED IN A GOOD WAY BY THE DOCTOR Starship Troopers [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120201/?ref_=nv_sr_1] – MRI not MRT [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Magnetic_resonance_imaging] – SMILE [http://www.lasiksurgerynews.com/news/flex.shtml] – Astigmatism [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Astigmatism] – Silmäasema [http://www.silmaasema.fi/] – Hyperopia [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Hyperopia] – "Grey star" -> Cataract [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Cataract] AWS SUMMIT STOCKHOLM: AGE OF ULTRON AWS Summit Stockholm 2015 [https://aws.amazon.com/summits/stockholm/faqs/] – Tictail [https://tictail.com/] – Avengers: Age of Ultron [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395427/?ref_=nv_sr_1] – Amazon S3 [http://aws.amazon.com/s3/] – Amazon EFS [http://aws.amazon.com/efs/] HAGGLING AND BULLYING IN ITALY, SWEDEN AND POLAND Torggler [http://www.torggler.com/en] – Nordic Business Culture [https://www.mm.dk/scandinavian-management-model-makes-good-bottom-lines] – Haggling [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n3LL338aGA] – Partitions of Poland [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Partitions_of_Poland] – Polish grammar [http://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/anXXB0V_700b.jpg] – Languages and skills [http://www.all-languages.org.uk/news/features/speaking_your_mind_links_between_languages_and_other_skills] – Language philosophy [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Philosophy_of_language] PODLOVE AND THE HIGH NOBLE ART OF PODCASTING #ppw15a [https://twitter.com/hashtag/ppw15a] – Sendegate [https://sendegate.de/] – Podlove Publisher [http://publisher.podlove.org/] – Podcasting vs YouTube [http://www.robgreenlee.com/2013/01/01/podcasting-vs-youtube/] – German Podcasting [http://qnz.tumblr.com/post/79571568591/the-german-model-of-podcasting] – Shownotes [http://www.howtopodcasttutorial.com/27-writing-podcast-show-notes.htm] – Podlove Webplayer [http://podlove.org/podlove-web-player/] – Podcatchers: Castro [http://castro.fm/], Pocket Casts [https://play.pocketcasts.com/], Instacast [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/instacast-5-podcast-client/id577056377] SNIFFING GARBAGE BINS, KELLOGG'S AND PHONE NUMBERS AT THE RE:PUBLICA re:publica [https://re-publica.de/] – #rp15 [https://twitter.com/hashtag/rp15] – Aral Balkan [https://re-publica.de/en/session/beyond-camera-panopticon] – @aral [https://twitter.com/aral] – Metadata tracking [http://www.thewire.com/politics/2013/06/metadata-nsa-analysis/66171/] – Mikko Hypponen [https://re-publica.de/en/session/our-online-future-worth-sacrificing-our-privacy-and-security] – @mikko [https://twitter.com/mikko] – Value of personal data [http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/apr/22/how-much-is-personal-data-worth] – Snooping Garbage Bins [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-08-12/snooping-garbage-bins-in-city-of-london-ordered-to-be-disabled] THE DANCING MICKEY MOUSE ON APPLE'S LITTLE HELPER Apple Watch [http://www.apple.com/watch/] – re:publica app [https://itunes.apple.com/tt/app/re-publica-rp14/id869014061] – WAP pages [https://www.google.fi/search?q=WAP+screenshot] – Social effects of smart watches [http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/10/an-apple-watch-in-middle-america/] HBD EU AND WHY EXPATS AREN'T IMMIGRANTS EU Birthday [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Europe_Day] – UK election [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11584325/full-results-map-uk-2015.html] – EU needs Britain [https://euobserver.com/opinion/128369] – EU Mediterranean [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02k61zh] – Mediterranean refugee streams [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-v-micallef/reflections-on-the-medite_b_7120708.html] – Finnish election [http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/13348-sipilae-summons-finns-party-national-coalition-for-coalition-talks.html] – Expats vs immigrant [http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/mar/13/white-people-expats-immigrants-migration?CMP=share_btn_fb]s – EUobserver [https://euobserver.com/] OUTRO booncon.com/podcast [http://booncon.com/podcast] – @booncon [https://twitter.com/booncon]