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Ich bin selbständiger IT Berater und Unternehmer in der Internet und Software Branche. Ich beschäftige mich mit Design, Enterprise Applikationen, Web Apps und SaaS Produkten. Ich entwerfe und entwickle Business Lösungen und Anwendungen. Ich helfe Unternehmen in Sachen Software Qualität und Wissenstransfer, z.B. mit Angular und Spring Boot.

Closer than you think

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf English verfügbar.I've recently finished reading Avogadro Corp by William Hertling and the sequel A.I. Apocalypse. These books deal with the idea how artificial intelligence might come about today or in the near future. The story's main premise is the eponymous Avogadro Corp, a hardly disguised Google. This company, whose name is conveniently related to a large number as well, offers a wide range of Internet services: Search, web-based office suite, web-based eMail (AvoMail ...) and its ...

nagg – Simple A/B Testing For Links

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf English verfügbar.nagg is an interesting take on URL shortening. It lets you enter up to 4 links each of which will be presented to the user clicking on the link at a previously set rate. For example, if entering four links with a rate of 25% each, each link will be shown every fourth time a user clicks on the shortenend link. This allows you for instance to do quick split testing of marketing sites or ...

19. Januar 2014 by Bjoern in Business, Web

Don’t Break the Chain

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf English verfügbar.Having now managed to write at least one blog post per week for over a year, something I resolved to do in order to both reflect upon ideas, events or interesting products and technologies as well as hone my writing skills, I've recently read that the notion of getting things done by doing them regularly following a disciplined pattern is Jerry Seinfeld's Productivity Secret: He [Jerry Seinfeld] said for each day that I do my ...

12. Januar 2014 by Bjoern in Ideen

The Future of Coding: Simple, Responsive, Instant Feedback

5. Januar 2014 by Bjoern in Design, Software

Unicorns And Revolutions

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf English verfügbar.History is filled with two types of people: the ones that want to maintain a comfortable status quo and the ones that want to move humanity forward. In a recent article Jan Lehnardt calls for rethinking and in fact revolutionizing business culture. He makes a few good points. You really should read the whole article. However, in a nutshell its message is this: Throughout history there are those who try to maintain the current status quo for ...

29. Dezember 2013 by Bjoern in Entrepreneurship, Software

Von Jugendwahn und Altersstarrsinn

Es scheint seit jeher Sitte zu sein, dass sich die Alten in einer Gesellschaft über die faule und nichtsnutzige Jugend ärgern. Das Gejammer über die arbeitsscheue und hedonistische Jugend ist groß: "Die heutige Jugend kann sich nur noch amüsieren und hält nichts von Arbeit." "Die heutige Jugend beschäftigt sich nur noch mit Videospielen." "Die heutige Jugend treibt sich nur noch auf Facebook rum." "Wir leben in einer Spaßgesellschaft." Wer kennt solche oder ähnliche inhaltsleere Sprüche nicht? Zudem wird der Gesellschaft insgesamt gerne aus berufenem Mund ein ...

22. Dezember 2013 by Bjoern in Ideen

Outside the box

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf English verfügbar."Thinking outside the box" "I'm an outside-the-box thinker" Most of us have heard those phrases or variations thereof. It's one of those empty clichés you see on CVs, alongside other meaningless bullshit like a 'well-rounded character' in 20-year-olds - whatever that's supposed to mean. Aside from being an empty buzzword, what does thinking outside the box actually mean? It basically means leaving well-trodden paths when approaching a problem. Most people like to see themselves as creative problem ...

15. Dezember 2013 by Bjoern in Design

Exploring Stereotypes With Google Autocomplete

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf English verfügbar.This post by Facebook engineer Stoyan Stefanov suggests Google Autocomplete as a fun way for exploring clichés about nations: A friend was suggesting that one can easily list the most popular stereotypes about a nation. With a little help from a friend – Google autocomplete. Simply type “why are the [nationality X] so …” in the old search box and enjoy. It turns out that this actually works pretty well:

8. Dezember 2013 by Bjoern in Web

Great Rock Singers: Encore with Meat Loaf and Ronnie James Dio

Leider ist der Eintrag nur auf English verfügbar.OK, this article isn't in the praise of one singer but actually about two of the greatest voices in the Rock business, one of which sadly enough sings no more:

1. Dezember 2013 by Bjoern in Music

Great Rock Singers: Patti Russo

24. November 2013 by Bjoern in Music

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