Journal

Thoughts from my daily life

Journal

I post notes about imaginaries, music, photography, technology, my travels & everything else that comes to my mind. Posts are not necessarily connected to my work.

NYC - One World Trade Center

One World Trade Center

During my latest trip to New York, I went up to the One World Observatory at One World Trade Center. While waiting in line, I looked up and took this shot with my iPhone. Among an amazing view to start the day, I enjoyed a few other of my favourite perks walking around town.

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A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning

A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning

A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning is an awesome animated introduction to Machine Learning created by r2d3.us as a scrolling page with animated data visualisations.

Russian Maps

Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers

Inside the Secret World of Russia’s Cold War Mapmakers

Storyboard Fountain

The best way to visualize your screenplay. – Storyboard Fountain

The best way to visualize your screenplay. – Storyboard Fountain is an open source tool for your Mac to visualise screenplays. You can write a script and quickly visualise your scenes to test if they work. Charles Forman, who created the tool, was inspired through his perspective as a software developer in the game industry. In his view, the standard approach to creating a movie seems not very collaborative. So he created Storyboard Fountain to enable iterative development of movie concepts.

Motorola Razr V3i - 2

My new phone: Motorola Razr V3i

My new phone: Motorola Razr V3i. The battery is good for many days but I don’t get how I could have used it’s UI for years without going crazy. And I clearly remember it being one of the better ones. Well anyway, … it will do just fine whenever I want to be less smart on the go.

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Leica Q

Leica Q Reviews

THE NEW LEICA Q – THE UNVEILING OF LEICA INNOVATION by JAY CASSARIO The Leica Q is the newest compact camera manufactured by Leica in Wetzlar, Germany. It comes with a fixed Summilux 1.4/28mm lens, a full frame 24mp sensor and a built-in electronic viewfinder. I just tried it for a few minutes at the local Leica store in Hamburg, but as far as I can tell, it’s awesome. I really like the feel and build quality of the camera. I […]

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Friedrich Liechtenstein - Mein Leben - Super

Friedrich Liechtenstein – Super Geil

I went to a book reading event during the Altonale Festival at the Stilwerk in Hamburg where Friedrich Liechtenstein was reading from his book “Super: Mein Leben”. The long standing experimental artist, comedian and musician reached mass audience popularity with an advertising campaign by EDEKA called “Supergeil” in 2014. A year later, EDEKA produced a second ad with Friedrich Liechtenstein called “Mann zieht blank” which was significantly less successful, but still quite entertaining. It has been removed from the official […]

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Rain Room

rAndom International – Rain Room at the Barbican, 2012

The artists of rAndom International created a pretty impressive “rain room” at London’s Barbican arts center in 2012, incorporating 3d tracking cameras and a water management system to keep any visitor dry while walking through the rain. “Rain Room is a hundred square metre field of falling water through which it is possible to walk, trusting that a path can be navigated, without being drenched in the process. As you progress through the space the sound of water and a suggestion […]

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Urban Storytelling - stories for us by us

Urban Storytelling – stories for us by us

urban-storytelling: Urban Storytelling – stories for us by us I am working on topics surrounding urban storytelling in a research group. Any insights and actual research cases will be posted on urban-storytelling.com in the future.

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