The following blog post will be in German, as it is about an event that took place in Frankfurt this Wednesday evening. Following the Twitter back channel conversations during last week’s Ignite Frankfurt event (where attendees criticized the use of English instead of German), I realized that in order to reach those who are targeted, [...]

Garlic, harvested from an unknown location some time ago and obviously still alive.
And there you go wondering why parents are so protective of their children sometimes. Why they’re willing to invest all of their remaining energy into the child(ren).
It’s there, in nature, right in front of us.

A friend of mine, older, but also online like me, sorted her online friends into at least two groups: a) people I’ve met offline, b) people I haven’t met offline.
Another friend of mine, same age, recently did a website project and hired a programmer from Bangladesh. Obviously, the two have never met offline, yet they [...]

I know the following is a rather unorthodox comparison between a business and an entertainment device, BUT! – as much I condemn Apple’s business policies, walled gardens and hardware restrictions – I am more productive with a 1G iPod Touch from 2007 than with my new Nokia E72 from late 2009.
Having said that, this blog [...]

I am a Windows XP user.*
Please excuse the following rant, but I will try to explain why I’ve stayed with Windows XP – until now, that is. Feel free to comment further down below and convince me of something else.
The hardware setup: HP Elitebook 6930p notebook with HP docking station, external USB keyboard + mouse [...]

The reason why every new mobile phone will be compared to Apple’s iPhone – obviously a very succesful phone with a superb user interface albeit known disadvantages that even let this consulting company diagnose some Apple fanboyz with the Stockholm syndrome for their ignorance…. the reason why almost everyone out there likes the iPhone is [...]

A few years ago, I used to write longer e-mails. Some recipients would appreciate it, others probably didn’t – but only my sister had the guts to directly tell me: “I don’t have the time to read your novels”.
She, being a lawyer by profession, likes it short and precise. Why waste more words on a [...]

How does this moth know it is actually sitting on a beige surface (here: the inner side of the window blind) that somehow matches its camouflage?
I think it doesn’t actually know.