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Essential Links in May 2024

– I spent this month mainly on the road, visiting Berlin and - for the first time - had some extended … → read on!

Essential Links in April 2024

– Wow. It is May, 1st and I am sitting at a lake on a camping site early in the morning. It is … → read on!

Essential Links in March 2024

– Beginning of the month I visited Shenzhen. This was my first return to China after the pandemic and … → read on!

Essential Links in February 2024

– What a month. There was a lot to do. I travelled across Germany a few times, went to the Scrumtisch … → read on!

A colorful future

– Yesterday evening there was another city walk for a colorful future and against right-wing politics … → read on!

Essential Links in January 2024

– Somehow it was hard this month to collect and highlight inspiring content. Though I greatly … → read on!

Comments to blog posts

– I miss the commenting feature on blogs. I know, there are plugins and 3rd party solutions out … → read on!

This is what I want to do

– One of the best things you can do on a Friday night is to go on a release event of a documentary … → read on!

The wild, wild web

– The internet has always been difficult to tame. However, over the last 10 years the large tech … → read on!

Snow in January

– I can't remember the last time there was so much snow. We went out on the streets of the … → read on!

Cold in Cologne

– It was very cold last night. Nonetheless, a surprisingly lot of people met in the inner city of … → read on!

Tinylytics

– I am constantly considering whether I want to have requests to my website tracked somehow. I don't … → read on!

Recipe: Breakfast Brioche

– We are regularly having an early breakfast with our friends on Christmas Eve. We all have our own … → read on!

Essential Links in December 2023

– This blog runs on Kirby 4 now. I watched quite a few publications around the release, the Release … → read on!

Goodbye, X

– I was going through my list of essential links articles to sum them up in a kind of digital garden … → read on!

Reading blogs in 2023

– My best internet time was when I was a software developer, reading blogs and writing blog articles … → read on!

Running on Kirby 4

– Like many others I switched to Kirby 4 after its release a few days ago. So far, the updating … → read on!

Essential Links in November 2023

– This month I joined the Jenewein Leadership Bootcamp. You may have read from Wolfgang Jenewein on … → read on!

A Curated Collection of Public Employee Handbooks

– I have always been impressed to read and learn how people work, how they organize their days, what … → read on!

Essential Links in October 2023

– It has been a lovely October. We went to the Spiel in Essen (one of the favorite moments of my … → read on!

Essential Links in September 2023

– When the leaves turn red and brown it is a wonderful time to be outside. The days and nights get … → read on!

Essential Links in Summer 2023

– Wow, this is a longer article on everything that I collected throughout the summer. From now on I … → read on!

Essential Links in June 2023

– There is not much to tell this month. June was extensive and I had to travel a lot. There were only … → read on!

Essential Links in May 2023

– That was May. We heard a lot about the ups and downs of the OMR festival and many other conferences … → read on!

Essential Links in April 2023

– Phew. Beginning of the month I went to bed with the COVID virus for the first time. It was … → read on!

Essential Links in March 2023

– I travelled less this month. We saw the launch of GPT-4 and a lot of buzz around it. My Mastodon … → read on!

Website Update 2023

– In the last days I have been experimenting with this website. I love fonts and typography, so I … → read on!

Essential Links in February 2023

– Yesterday I stumbled across a great podcast episode. It takes a deeper look into the fediverse. … → read on!

Essential Links in January 2023

– The last month saw a lot of drama around a product that a lot of people care about. Wizard of the … → read on!

Essential Links in December 2022

– Well that was 2022. A post-pandemic powerhouse of a year. It was the first year where I used the … → read on!

Essential Links in November 2022

– I read " Lean auf gut Deutsch" by Mari Furukawa-Caspary and I enjoyed its voice & tone. The … → read on!

Essential Links in October 2022

– I have started to work with Final Cut Pro X to create some video content. If you start out with … → read on!

Essential Links in September 2022

– Wow! What a month. I've changed my workplace, my employer and joined a great team. And I've become … → read on!

Essential Links in August 2022

– Today starts a new era in my life. Yesterday was my last day in the company that I have been in for … → read on!

Essential Links in July 2022

– This month I finally finished the Workshop Survival Guide by Rob Fitzpatrick and Devin Hunt. The … → read on!

Essential Links in June 2022

– Last month I went to Porto. It's a beautiful old town with everything you can wish for: Musicians … → read on!

Essential Links in May 2022

– Again in this month I would like to throw out a big THANK YOU! to all the content creators and … → read on!

Essential Links in April 2022

– We went to London over Easter. We had beautiful days walking around the city and we totally enjoyed … → read on!

Essential Links in March 2022

– That was a beautiful month of March with lots of sunshine here in the Rheinland. On one of the … → read on!

Essential Links in February 2022

– Aaaah, February. The nights are getting shorter and the first, early flowers come out. I can't wait … → read on!

Essential Links in January 2022

– This month I read Forever Employable by Jeff Gothelf. Jeff is a renowned expert in UX and Agile … → read on!

Essential Links in December 2021

– December naturally is the countdown to the 24th. At least in a Christian-culture dominated world … → read on!

Essential Links in November 2021

– Have you heard of Sociotechnical Architecture? It is a concept pattern to ensure that work flows … → read on!

Essential Links in October 2021

– After a year without any event, the world's biggest boardgame fair opened their doors again in … → read on!

Essential Links in September 2021

– Ha! Just as I wanted to increase the frequency of my postings, summer came. And I took a time out. … → read on!

Essential Links in June 2021 - Part I

– Beginning of June I finished the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. It beautifully describes how … → read on!

Essential Links in May 2021

– Phew - May went by so fast. And since I have started collecting links each month, my lists become … → read on!

Essential Links in April 2021

– We see the early days of spring and a lot of sunlight is freshening up our body & minds. Let's … → read on!

A new work desk

– The home office situation during the pandemic made me think about my home work setup. I used to … → read on!

Essential Links in March 2021

– Whew. March flew by so fast. I am still not where I want to be with my running miles. But I'm … → read on!

Essential Links in February 2021

– Every month I publish my collection of interesting links to inspiring content that I found … → read on!

Essential Links in January 2021

– A new year. An old pandemic. We are still at home and connecting to other people is the most … → read on!

Essential Links in November 2020

– It's getting pretty cold in the morning. I have to switch to long legs for my morning run. But … → read on!

Essential Links in October 2020

– Ouch. I turned 50 in October 2020. What a year. Running and exercising in general gets more painful … → read on!

My Large List of Learnings - July 2019 edition

– I decided to put together a Large List of Learnings, that I still have to work my way through. It … → read on!

Working with people

– Working with people is what I value most. While working with people I gather the most insights, … → read on!

On Stories

– A few days ago I stumbled across the inspiring podcast Stories Connecting Dots. Markus Andrezak … → read on!