The Cost of Modularity

Lego is such a great thing because it is made of simple components. When you build something out of it you can take it apart and build something different out of it. It is fun. If a piece breaks you can take the model apart, replace the broken piece and reassemble the whole thing. Great. [...]

Don’t Memorize Your Presentation

I don’t remember where it was but somewhere in the Internet somebody recommended to carefully and intensely learn any presentation you want to give. A point I absolutely agree with. But a commenter answered that presentations after to much learning and preparation look stiff and like theater. I didn’t get that. It never happened for [...]

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My Exit Strategy

The last months have been extremely busy. Three different projects causing lots of work and sometimes worries, three different conferences I attended as a speaker and various talks at the local JUG. This made it hard to actually think about what I want to do next year. Now all the busy stuff is over (although [...]

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