Adventures in decentralization
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Linking – a nice mnemonic trick
Have you ever been in a situation, where you had to make sure you remembered something? Like “take my passport with me when I leave my home”? Usually saying “Don’t forget your passport!” will not work or worse set you up for forgetting. What to do? Luckily I have a nice little procedure for you that…
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messaging – ramblings about
It’s been a while since the news of Facebook acquiring WhatsApp for $19bn astounded me. That worked out to a P/E of 950! Wow, just wow! Talk about value investing! (pun intended). But it also made me think. Why could a messaging company be deemed so valuable. And as I walked in the Bavarian forest…
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Hearing – remarks about
The question: “Does HD Audio matter, and why do we need to produce frequencies above 20k” still nettles me. Today, while taking an exceptionally beautiful walk through the Bavarian forest near my house, I head some insights, that I’m about to share with you. 1.) A lot of research points out, that the human ear…
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SysTech for the Wise Guys – Schwabenhalle Augsburg 30.11.13
I got a call about two weeks ago, asking me, if I’d be available on the 30.11.13 and 1.12.13 to do system alignment and design for 2 shows by the Wise Guys, Germanys premiere a capella group. One show would be in the Schwabenhalle in Augsburg and one in the Liederhalle in Stuttgart. They had…
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leadership – thoughts about
85{bebb06f271259ca942a7887f5eb25673b4b02ba69cbc6ed6f7a39064dc6657a8} of the time I am not a leader. This ranges from active participant to downright passive consumer. 15{bebb06f271259ca942a7887f5eb25673b4b02ba69cbc6ed6f7a39064dc6657a8} of my time I lead. I recently looked at the activities I consider myself a leader in, and a clear picture comes to mind. I lead because … I lead! There is just no other way…
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Installing Android HD 7.3 on a HTC Sensation with 1.27.100 HBOOT
So I bought a used phone, because I sold my HTC Desire with CyangenMod 7 installed and a2SD running. A great phone, and a fantastic ROM. Especially the keyboard, predictive text. But its battery was only lasting for 8 hrs and I got tired of Android 2.3. I swore to myself, that I would not…
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quantitative thinking, critique of
It seems to me that we rely more and more on quantitaive measurement as a gauge of our success. Income, percentage gained, value-at-risk, earnings before tax, carbon footprint, jobs created, hours worked, mass of produce delivered. While this is very convenient, and calms our fears of not knowing what’s going on, of darkness, that is,…
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government in the 21st century, draft of
I keep being thrown by the nature of our governments, especially by democracies. Dictatorships are usually quite straightforward in their aim to control their citizens as well as in their open espousal of nepotism. But our democracies create the illusion of control, by votes or freedom of speech. In reality, electing one of a couple…
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the hive – thoughts about
I had some thoughts about the way humanity, or at least the part of it that I can observe evolves. I see 3 trends: individual passivity – consumerism: individuals seek to maximize their short-term pleasure more than ever before. Shurely, some of that is driven by the relentless onslaught of advertisment and the perfection of…
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Monkey Banana Turbo 6 – Review
I am currently looking for studio monitors for my home studio. It’s a rather small setup, so I decided early on that my budget will not exceed 700€. Also, my home studio is in the family living room, meaning I can really use the speakers only during the day, when I have the apartment for…
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