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Robert Basic (2014)

Robert Basic (born November 3, 1966 in Zagreb ; † November 2, 2018 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German blogger and journalist . The Basic Thinking blog he founded in 2003 was one of the first popular German-language network diaries. Basic received special attention - also internationally - in 2009. Back then, he auctioned his blog on the eBay auction platform for almost 47,000 euros .

Life

Robert Basic first lived in Croatia and emigrated to Germany with his family in 1970 when he was young. He studied business administration and worked at Deutsche Bank until 2002 . With the tech blog Basic Thinking , founded in 2003, he was one of the first German-speaking bloggers. The British daily The Guardian counted Basic Thinking in 2008 as one of the 50 most influential blogs worldwide. After selling Basic Thinking , Basic started the Buzzriders project . Since the original idea of ​​building a decentralized local news and communication platform could not be implemented, Buzzriders became the official website of Basic.

In terms of content, Robert Basic concentrated on technology topics , in particular on the future of mobility and the trend towards mobile devices . He worked as a freelance writer, consultant and speaker. As an author, he was active on numerous of his own channels. He has also worked for media such as Computer Bild as well as for corporate customers. From August 2018 Robert Basic was part of the editorial team of the blog platform mobilegeeks.de .

Robert Basic was the father of two children. He last lived in Frankfurt am Main , where he died in November 2018 one day before his 52nd birthday as a result of a heart attack .

Fonts (selection)

  • Robert Basic at his old place of work: The history of blogs . In: BASIC thinking . October 29, 2015 ( basicthinking.de [accessed November 3, 2018] Continuation: Part 2 , Part 3 ).

Web links

Commons : Robert Basic  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blogger pioneer died: Mourning for Robert Basic , computerbild.de, November 2, 2018, accessed on November 4, 2018
  2. ↑ "Basic Thinking": Tech blogger Robert Basic is dead . In: Spiegel Online . November 2, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed November 3, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Detlef Borchers: On the death of Robert Basic: You can still criticize them. In: Heise Online. November 2, 2018, accessed November 3, 2018 .
  4. ^ A b Carsten Drees: In memory of Robert Basic: Have a good trip, dear Rob . In: MobileGeeks Germany . November 2, 2018 ( mobilegeeks.de [accessed November 3, 2018]).
  5. ↑ Blog sale: “Basic Thinking” brings in 46,902 euros . In: Spiegel Online . January 15, 2009 ( spiegel.de [accessed November 3, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Kurt Sagatz: Basic Thinking: "46 Mille, that's it" . In: Der Tagesspiegel . January 16, 2009 ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed on November 3, 2018] - In the printed edition under the title: "Basics Instinct. Germany's best-known Internet blog was auctioned on Ebay" on January 16, 2009, p. 31) .
  7. ↑ Thought Cloud with Robert Basic , August 27, 2009, accessed November 3, 2018.
  8. ↑ Jessica Aldred, Rafael Behr, Anna Pickard, Alice Wignall, John Hind: The world's 50 most powerful blogs. March 9, 2008, accessed November 3, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Steffen Büffel: Buzzriders - Democratization of the media in the local. In: Netzpiloten.de. September 28, 2009, accessed November 3, 2018 .
  10. ^ Robert Basic: What am I doing. In: Buzzriders.com. Retrieved November 3, 2018 .
  11. ↑ Robert Basic: Robert mobilegeeked Basic. In: MobileGeeks.de. August 13, 2018, accessed November 3, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Basic, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German blogger, economist and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd November 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Zagreb
DATE OF DEATH 2nd November 2018
Place of death Frankfurt am Main