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— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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One of my favourite movie themes… 2046. Polonaise. Shigeru Umebayashi

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6 Kurze 6 Fragen: Ssio on tape.tv.

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Calvin and Hobbes

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The biggest feature since we launched Picpack one and a half years ago is now live: from today on, you can upload your pictures straight from your computer. Instagram ist still supported!

Leaving The Nest: Upload Your Pictures From Your Computer

When we started Picpack, it was an easy choice to pick Instagram as our photo service partner: it was a fast growing platform with a huge user base and pretty easy to integrate with, and pictures are already nicely pre-squared. Since we started as a side project without external funding, simplicity and easy integration were a necessity.

But things changed, as they do. Starting with the big brouhaha about the Facebook acquisition, later the Terms of Service debacle and the recently updated brand guidelines, we at Picpack got the feeling that things might be moving in certain directions we weren’t completely comfortable with.

Looking at our company now — more than a year after we launched – it becomes more and more obvious, that building our business completely dependent on one single company won’t be a healthy strategy in the long run. Although we were never directly affected by any of Instagram’s changes, we can no longer just accept whatever Instagram decides to throw at it’s ecosystem of apps and developers. And that’s what our users are telling us as well: over the last half year, we got more and more feedback from our existing and potential customers, who are moving away from Instagram or refuse to even start using it.

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In recent news, Instagram has changed its brand guidelines, forbidding brands that rely on Instagram’s API to use the name ‘insta’ or ‘gram’ in their name. Although we at Picpack are not directly affected by this change, this move made me think.

A big part of Instagram’s success is...

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A fantastic selection of printable paper formats—lined, squared, graph, grid, &c.—many of them customisable.

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Hey, Picpack added a new product: artist packs!

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Get Your Favorite Artwork Printed on Picpack Magnets!

We’re pleased to announce our new “artist packs” – magnets featuring the work of talented illustrators and photographers around the world.

This is a great way for people to discover new art, and for aspiring artists to promote their work. Personal Instagram photos are still our main focus, but we’re expanding the Picpack service to offer more products and help the art community.

“We’re friends with many photographers, illustrators and artists – people who create amazing work and deserve a wider audience,” says Thomas Albrecht, co-founder of Picpack. “By printing their work on magnets, we hope to share our favourite art with the world.”

Like our regular product, artist packs include 12 magnets and cost €18 each. We offer free delivery worldwide; orders ship from Berlin in one business day.

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The prerequisites for being a great manager are:

Sincerely and deeply caring about your team and company.

Having empathy, self-awareness, organizational awareness, perspective, maturity, and security.

If you possess those characteristics, you can become a great manager in practice by doing...

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Hey lovers and beloved! Valentines is close. Haven’t got a present yet? Take the opportunity and create a Picpack of 12 lovebird moments.

To make it even easier for you, we’ll give away three vouchers for a free Pack. How to win? Just head over to our Facebook page, make sure, you are a fan...

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Rad Magnets with Rad Cars with Rad Surfboards on them. Get them here.

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Picpack goes arty - starting of today. Six artists, selected by the Monoqi-team, offer their artworks, printed on magnets, on Monoqi until the 20th of December. Just right in time for Christmas.

Artist include Thomas Kakareko (@thomas_k), Kevin Butler (@kbut) or Michael Schulz...

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Still remembering the interview we did with Dito Von Tease a couple of weeks ago?

If you fancy them and like to purchase some for yourself or as a Christmas present, now you can!. From today on, we offer a collection of 12 of Dito Von Teases portraits exclusively as magnets. You get...

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It’s December again, the time of the year, when you start thinking about presents, right? Why not think about all those great moments from 2012 and turn them into Instagram magnets?!

In order to have the magnets right on time for Christmas Eve, we recommend to order early.

Orders within...