I once had a talk trying to explain someone minimalism. The immediate response was; if minimalism in itself wouldn’t be a contradiction and if that’s not even quite excessive. A quite interesting view, let’s discuss that from multiple viewpoints. Huh? Probably I had a...
From the first of October on I will take on the next step in my career. I will be the head of web development in the company I am working for and be responsible for nearly 30 developers, ops guys, and data engineers. For me, that is huge. It won’...
The difference between highly successful people and the average is often not the things they do. Instead, it’s what they are not doing. It’s what they are not doing, to focus on their goals and have the needed margin. In the past, I had so many projects going...
Today I had a discussion with a colleague of mine, about the podcast I want to start this month. I talked about which categories it should fit in and how I was working on categorizing my blog, trying to fit my articles into certain tags and how cumbersome this activity...
It’s Sunday morning, I am sitting for the first time in the dining area of my new apartment. With my black coffee and a huge glass of water, I am having a great view over Stuttgart. After a while of searching, I can even identify the office that I...
Imagine the following; You get up in the morning, you are late, you slept bad, you have to hurry to get to work. You are going to bathroom quickly, packing your shit together and heading into the car. After driving out of the garage and being on the street for...
There was a time when I consumed tons of videos and podcasts every single day. Be it in self-help categories or just for entertainment, every second that I had, I had the headphones in my ears and either listened to something or watched something. Let me tell you something, the...
When I started with this project here I started with the WordPress default theme. It was easy and straightforward. I knew from the beginning that I am not going to stick with it forever and that I will spend some time on making the block more matching my liking. Looking...
I am sitting on flight to Amsterdam, with a stopover in Vienna, relaxed and ready to write. Now that I got all of that time consuming stuff behind me, I am ready for new endeavors in my life. This article is in my head for quite some time now, but...
This post is written by Kathrin, she is a good friend of mine. At the moment she doesn’t have an own blog, which could change in the future. This is the first post she has ever written and I liked it so much, I just couldn’t not publish...
I‘ve already written a blog post about, how to turn down the noise you are experiencing from your phone, mainly by turning off all the notifications. Today I want to focus more on the not so obvious part, how your phone can destroy your focus and attention. Attention Based...
I am sitting in an Irish Pub with Dave while writing this article. Actually it should be named Why I am blogging, but he had a point. It‘s actually not about blogging, it‘s about writing. So here are my reasons why I am writing this blog, why I...
In my previous post I mentioned that I switch back to a paper notebook for certain things like planning my day. For a guy that those everything on purpose and likes to have everything available on his phone, tablet and notebook, this has to have a very good reason doing...
Working in an environment where you are wearing many different hats can be quite intense. I am the tech lead at a e-commerce company and I got quite a few duties there. On the other side I am investing a lot into myself, time and energy. Indeed, that is a...