About me

In my day job, I blow stuff up. In my private life, I try to mend things. I enjoy organizing and leading people just as much as listening and learning from anyone. I've officially been named a hero, which is neat.

Born sometime during the ‘90s in the bountiful farmlands of northern Germany, now residing in warmer climates.

I like the idea of personal homepages, diversity of opinion and approaches, instead of feeding the Silicon Valley content silos with ephemeralities.

If you’d like to get in touch, do so at the Contact Page.

Please find an overview of RSS feeds at RSS/Atom feeds.

Interests

Hobbies & Mojo™

I like being in nature a lot. Camping, running, hiking, rock climbing, … those are my idea of a fun time.

Apart from those, I also tend to enjoy:

Inline-Skating
Cycling
Swimming
Cooking & Baking
Martial Arts

Some moving pictures I think are decent:

Projects & Writing

I find myself having to have a "project" to stay sane in my free time. My woodworking, art etc. are probably junk, but give me zen-like pleasure. The world will also never be set on fire by me as a writer, yet there's some of my writing I'm modestly proud of.

Writing

Projects

Have a look at the Projects page for a birds-eye view of some of my better-known works.

Mastery of machines

While I am apparently not made for life in an office, I do enjoy telling computers what to do. My involvement with the Open Devices Project has won me some accolades, and I have a knack for digging in and figuring things out.

Code & tech writing, hosting

Git server with a plethora of projects
Technology blog and docs
Debian & Ubuntu cheat sheet
Open Devices Corner - Documentation and Guides for Sony Xperia phones

Mobile ventures

Have a look at the Mobile Projects page for an overview of my work in the Android-adjacent sector.
Open Devices Community Page - I maintain an unofficial page about the Open Devices project for newcomers
AOSP Contribs - Commits I have made to Android, which are most likely running inside your phone right now.

Tango & older ventures

I used to have a serious infatuation with Argentine Tango a good while back.
Here are some remnants:

Video collection with exercises, high-quality performances, illustrated articles (password-protected).
You can view a documentation of the whole project here.
Tango Homepage

Music tagging tools for working with MusicBrainz Picard, tango.info & tango-dj.at
Tango log (old)

I enjoyed taking responsiblity when working with my peers at my old student union. At the “Fachschaft W” — which is also a legally registered club of about 90 members with discrete finances — I ran:

Finances as CFO, as such also part of the board (ret. June 2018)
Tech infrastructure, including Cloud Document Sharing, Knowledge Management, Homepage, Business Application Suite
Office affairs

Sports commissioner of college-wide student association
Liaison with deans of faculty (ret. June 2018)
Liaison with nationwide student association
Seat on college senate committee on IT