Today I opened my smartphone and this picture appeared – it has been exactly 10 years ago, that I travelled to China and wrote my first blog. My first blog And I went searching for it and finally found it and published it again. I blogged every day and called it “Chasing bugs in China“. …
Time again. It is another year, this year I won’t call it soundtrack anymore since the soundtrack is a wild mix of new songs, old songs, new discoveries, freshing memories and emotions. After listening to my 2020 playlist all January, I thought this time whenever I discover something new, I put it in my playlist. …
And why I think it is a great choice. It started off around 16 months ago. I went to a Scrum Tisch. Funny the translation of a Stammtisch is a group of regulars meeting. Derived from traditional German tavern where there is a table for the regulars. The german word Stamm means tribe. Works very …
As you can see I had a lot of concerts planned to go to in 2020, numerous have already been returned. The last concerts in 2020 were Dota Kehr and The Menzingers at the Universum in Stuttgart. Great location – but I was only able to count to five. But a big thanks to Mathias, …
2020 was a boost for my personal growth and learning through deepening of relationships with friends, mentors, mentees, coaches and coachees. How can this be in the year of social distancing and being in the home office? By being much more aware and mindful of how and who I spend my time with and be …
“We are in a pandemic, why do the people choose to come together inside? Why don’t they meet outside?“ – Martin Tröster This was the inspiration restarting and finally kicking off the plans I have since over a year now: outdoor workshops. Martin is a colleague and friend working on the Firmware written for the …
It ignited on a meetup on Liberating Structures. While having a Rote and and a beer on the rooftop, I met Christoph. “What are you doing?” is what he asked me. “My job is to make sure that our mainframe hardware does what it supposed to do – with respect to function and performance – …
What was the music that was released in 2019 that did something with me? Yes, music, that doesn’t touch me is not relevant. Music is a companion in life, there are songs, every time I hear them, a glimpse of the feeling comes back to what all happened around listening that song. At the end …
Several events (or better say incidents?) lead to this effort and therefore they belong to the story and need to be mentioned. It started on one day before new years eve 2016. You may think „oh a new years resolution started it“. Actually it was slightly different. My two daughters wanted to spend new years …
This is why Olafurs music does to me what it does and why authentic music makes a huge difference, you can feel it at any time. One of my favorite musicians and composers of all times.