Pricelist in English available

My pricelist is now also available in English. Download it from my website www.danielzihlmann.com as PDF file. You find it in the section INFORMATION.

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Hi

Hi Mickey, Jordan and Sandy

No, thanks, I'm happy with my size. I don't need your help.
Please don't send me your offers anymore.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Daniel

Backing up

Today I'm doing some backups of my image archive, back to year 2001. That means copying around hundreds of gigabytes of data, from one external harddisk to another. Then verifying the copied data that it didn't get corrupted during the transfer and so on. That takes hours...

Recently I bought some BUFFALO DriveStation 500GB external harddisks for my image archive and I think I like them way more than my consumer Lacie ones. The Porsche design looks nice at the Lacies, but they get really hot because they don't have a fan built in and they also don't really have vent slots.

The Buffalo drive on the contrary has a fanless design and shouldn't get that hot than my Lacies. They have a built in Samsung harddrive that is one of the best harddisks available, from the point of view of speed, heat and reliability. I was told. Will see...

If you are interested in knowing more about backup strategies, recommended software etc. read this post.

Don't forget to backup your data regularly!

And have a look at Leopard. Apple will release it today! In 2 hours, 31 minutes and 16 seconds exactly. Watch the countdown on the Apple website :)

One Step Ahead

Now that I finished reading Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi (it's really great!), I started to read another famous book: Love Is The Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends by Tim Sanders.

That's what it is about. Another great book about business, networking and marketing. And how to become a person that will have a deep impact on other people's life. It was recommended to me by several US photographers and because I've already read The Likeability Factor: How to Boost Your L-Factor and Achieve Your Life's Dreams by Tim Sanders it was no question that I will buy this book too.

In short: Tim Sanders believes love is the crucial element in the search for personal and professional success. His definition of love business is: the act of intelligently and sensibly sharing your intangibles with your bizpartners. While our intangibles are our knowledge, our network and our compassion. Tim Sanders believes that these are the keys to true bizlove.

Read it and you will understand how right he is!

If you are interested to explore more go to stalk Tim Sanders' blog about business, culture and spirit: Sanders Says

Also watch Tim Sanders' videos on YouTube. I especially like The XBox Story he uses to illustrate the power of compassion. Watch it here:

Great story

Today I read a great story on the blog of famous wedding photographer Joe Photo (yes, that's his name!)

I think it's worth to share it here. Enjoy and take a moment to think about it.

The American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The Mexican replied, "Only a little while." The American then asked, "Why didn't you stay out longer and catch more fish?" The Mexican said, "With this I have more than enough to support my family's needs." The American then asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?" The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have a full and busy life." The American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing; and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat: With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats. Eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor; eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then Los Angeles and eventually New York where you will run your ever- expanding enterprise." The Mexican fisherman asked, "But, how long will this all take?" To which the American replied, "15 to 20 years." "But what then?" asked the Mexican. The American laughed and said that's the best part. "When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions." "Millions?...Then what?" The American said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos." - Author Unknown

Shnit!

If you are interested in movies, go to see the shnit shortfilmfestival, taking place now in Berne, Switzerland (October 17-23, 2007).

We went yesterday to see the pre-event Slam-Movie-Night and I feel so sorry for all the young (and old) directors that couldn't show their films to the end. There were a lot of interesting shortfilms, but if you are not able to attract the audience's interest within the first 10 seconds, you are OUT! Without any excuses... Life is hard.

One of my favorite movies was Claude, made by Andreas Gantenbein, Angela Hüsser and Claude Ebert. It's the story about a poor guy. I found it somewhere in the internet, to watch it **CLICK HERE**

Veil

Homework

What's on my bookshelf:



Quite some homework to do... I nearly finished reading Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi (see this post). It's great, I only can recommend it again!

Man in the middle

DJ Battle

The Round Table Knights from Berne



See all pictures on the Bacardi B-Live website.

Have a short rest and breathe. Think.

We all are running. Our whole life. In business life. In our private life. We are stressed, loose control about our time, forget about our wishes. Forget about our goals in life, forget about why we are running and in which direction. Forget about the things we should care the most. About people we love. Our family. Friends. Our love.

Don't forget to slow down from time to time. Have a short rest. Breathe. Think.

It's Friday, weekend is coming. Take some minutes for yourself. Take a walk. Go to a place where it's calm and peaceful. And listen to your heart.

Enjoy your life. It's wonderful.

Hack your life

Wanna know how to reboot your brain with a caffeine nap? Or how you can save a life with your computer? Do you need clothing recommendations? Why are skinny, single girls always less productive?

Check out Lifehacker! The website's daily posts are about technical and computer related tips and tricks and everything else you could ever need to know in your life. Be prepared!

Find your way

One of the most important tools besides my photo equipment is my mobile navigator Garmin Streetpilot c510. I couldn't live without it! It's handy, easy to use and you can install it with its suction cup mount in every car within seconds. No tools needed.

When I'm on assignment it is important that I am on time. My navigator tells me exactly at what time I will arrive. It will save me time, because I will not be lost anywhere. It will save me money, because I always know the shortest way and don't drive extra miles. It will help me not to be stressed and arrive relaxed. And if I'm relaxed, I will do a better work. And with better work you will be more successful!

For as little as USD 200.- it's a no-brainer. Think about how much money it will help you to save and how much it will help you for your business.

Where's Heidi?

When I walked through Thun this morning I saw this beautiful garden with scale models of typical Bernese Oberland houses and I couldn't resist to take a snapshot with my iPhone.

Ok, just kidding, I don't own an iPhone. Yet :)

Scent of a Woman