‘Life’ Archive

Fwd: Sebastian Deterding: What your designs say about you 2012-06-02 No Comments

I would like to share this talk with you for two reasons: I find his statement “You cannot not persuade” and its consequences to communication and daily life important to become aware of, and this view on design has implications on the user interfaces of software we build, too. See for yourself…

New shoes? New shoes! 2012-04-10 2 Comments

I have never blogged about shoes before. So let’s see what it’s like. After all for being shoes these make me quite happy right now. Shoes! My old sneaker’s started to die so with a single pair of shoes only I had to do something. I liked the fresh look of the red ones so [...]

Fwd: Brené Brown: Listening to shame 2012-03-17 No Comments

Raining inside: rain as an ambient sound 2011-12-31 1 Comment

I recently discovered that the sound of rain makes a great ambient sound for working. Unlike with real music I do not have to switch artists or albums every few hours and there are no foreign words injected into my thinking process so it’s easier for me to focus. Finding a good recording of rain [...]

Fwd: The power of vulnerability 2010-12-26 No Comments

Another TED piece well worth my time: Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability.

Fwd: Let’s talk parenting taboos 2010-12-19 No Comments

Despite the fact that parenting is not on my radar yet, when I spotted Let’s talk parenting taboos: Rufus Griscom + Alisa Volkman on the TED RSS feed I was curious what it was about. Various aspects made the talk well worth my time. Maybe it’s worth yours, too.