I’m writing a paper about the European Union’s Direct Elections Act for a seminar in Athens in November.
I continue to use Groove to stay focused. Drop me a line if you’re interested in an invitation.
With Backblaze putting 225 GB (!) of metadata on my machine I decided to switch to Kopia and a Hetzner Storage Box.
With time I’m getting more proficient using the Zettelkasten method.
I wrote an Obsidian extension to create Journal entries and am currently working on an iOS/macOS app.
I’m also re-reading Make and consider building in public.
I’m reading Indistractable, Never Eat Alone, Wool and Sputnik Sweetheart.
Latest movies are on Letterboxd.
After thirteen years I finally graduated from my for-fun studies.
Thesis: Digital Products – The Digital Content Directive and its implementation into the German civil code
Launched Ho Chi Minh City chapter of Meaningful Discussions hosting monthly meetups.
Launched monthly Product Meetup.
Mastered basic Vietnamese after four months of twenty hours of class per week.
Passed HSK 5, the second highest certification for Mandarin Chinese.
Started working as an independent consultant, helping companies build products customers love.
Co-organized and mentored a weekend workshop teaching customer development.
Talk: Testing product ideas with a Concierge MVP
Ran product management and customer development projects in telecommunication and payment industries.
In charge of the German and Chinese desktop and mobile webshop.
In mechanical engineering & management with specialization in systematic product development, electronics and computer science.
Thesis: Analysis of the Product Development Processes of a Web Company Based on Mercateo
Project: Created distributed, context-sensitive web application for shared task management
Managed the product portfolio targeted at strategic purchasers.
Co-founded an open source project with 415 GitHub Stars.
In mechanical engineering with specialization in systematic product development.
Thesis: Web Applications in Product Development
Mastered intermediate Chinese after one and a half years of 20 hours Chinese per week: Grammar, listening, reading, writing and business Chinese.
Member of the management. Co-founded the supporting non-profit organization Raumfahrer Net e. V. Developed two podcasts and produced 60+ episodes. Organized a series of talks by renowned lecturers.
Passed the second diplôme d’études en langue française, certifying B2 level French.