So, it’s been more than a year since I started this blog. And it’s been a really nice year for me! But lets start at the beginning: Merry Christmas everyone! I really hope you can enjoy this years X-mas. Now, what happened last year? Here’s a short recap, in no particular order: Since September 1st I’m employed at Weluse GmbH. The last three months have been really nice and I really enjoy working there. Read more

Just now I’ve finished refactoring one of my clients projects. Refactoring your own code can be tedious from time to time but it’s important. But why is that? Most of the time refactoring your own code does not help you become a better programmer. It does not help you earn money since most of the time you won’t be able to charge for any of it. I argue it helps raising your reputation - in two ways. Read more

Most of the time when I wanted to take pictures of people and animals my old camera limited me. Mostly because of two reasons: it is auto-focus only, and the auto-focus is quite slow at that, too. That is why on December 18nd I started taking photography serious. That’s the date I ordered my new Nikon D7000 DSLR. Before ordering I went through quite a lot of reviews, tests and discussions. Read more

I hope you can enjoy the festive period with your family and friends. If you happen to find some free time in all the turmoil you should consider taking a look at your year 2010 - its soon coming to an end, and I’m sure that there were plenty of good, bad and interesting events for all of you. 2010 was a rough but nice year to me: I worked quite hard for a big IT project at empuxa GmbH which kept me busy for nearly three-quarters of the year. Read more

As of today I’m no longer an employee at empuxa GmbH. I terminated my contract about a month ago and can’t help but feel relieved - the last days before my abrogation where very unpleasant. I’d like to thank my dear girlfriend, our friends and families for seeing this through with me. Thank you, all of you. This new won freedom holds many opportunities for me. I’ve been working on my bachelor thesis for six weeks now and I’m making some progress. Read more

Instead of renting a server, domain or webspace I’m going to try out GitHub user pages. I think it’s an interesting approach I’d like to try out. Let’s see where this leads to :-)