Journal

It is my opinion, that not every app needs a “year in review” feature. In the example below, Asana is seriously telling me that Claudio – the only other team member! – was actually the one I most often collaborated with. Not shit, Sherlock! πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

Screenshot of Asana's year in review, with profile images of Claudio and I, saying that we collaborated the most in the past year

Just ordered the second batch of project 366 zines (part II and III). Looking foward to receiving, signing and shipping them! Blurb says they should arrive before December 10th. πŸ™Œ

With all the possibilities of connecting online, meeting in person is still the most effective, when it comes to discussing the important stuff. Had a very productive two days with Claudio! πŸ™‚

On my way to Frankfurt for our end-of-year Haptiq meetup. Two days of planing and strategizing for the next year (and hanging out). I haven’t seen Claudio IRL since June.

First hour of home schooling is not going great. SchoolFox is apparently not able to provide a stable video call: kids randomly drop out, jerky video, choppy audio. You would think that this should not be an issue, given that this is a central part of their service. πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

Something that’s pretty common here in Essen: My daughter has remote schooling tomorrow because of bomb disposal.

Yesterday they found yet another WWII UXO (British, 250 kg) around 400m from her school. My coworking space is also right inside, at the edge of the security area and will be closed while the KBD (“Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienst”) is working on the bomb. Usually this is done right away, but they are still in the process of evacuating a nearby hospital.

I’ll be sending out the next newsletter regarding my Project 366 Zines over the weekend. Part II and III are almost ready and there’s also another chance to get your hands on Part I. Subscribe, if that sounds interesting to you!

Woke up, went to get something to drink from the kitchen, saw the oven clock: 6:20 am. Thought: I might as well not go back to bed. Sat down at the computer. After 20 minutes, I realized it’s 5:40 am. We have yet to change the oven clock to winter time…

In other news: I had a very productive morning!

Still on the train, which of course is delayed. However this gave me enough time to finish editing my #btconf images & I even managed to upload them to the website.

The full gallery is available here.

Thanks to all of the speakers for the inspiration!

Added a little theme switcher to the website:

Clicking a toggle button to switch my website's theme between light and dark mode