Long Thoughts

Living in a complex world, everyday we’re moving from friend groups, to work, to chores, to dreams, to drama. Each and every area of life has such depths, that it seems like a world in itself. What can be gained, by looking at it through the metaphor of the game of games?

Yesterday I’ve seen “The Boy and the Heron”, or with its original japanese title “How Do You Live?” (君たちはどう生きるか). A grandious movie full of symbols, with much room for interpretation.

Early 2019 I joined a local Tai Chi school in Hamburg. After 4 years of weekly practice in an unusual sport, the time has come for a pivot. The time has come for reflections.

I decided to take one week off to go hiking while also working on personal projects. Explore with me how this turned out in the great area of Harz!

Visiting was a blast. Notes, links and impressions from this years NodeConf EU.

The Indian guru Bhagwan - also later known as Osho - has been one of the most widely known mystics of our time. After his death in January 1990, suddenly his media coverage seems to rise again. An investigation in numbers…

Pull Requests kicked around and asked apart, questions flinged at a presenter after the “thank you” slide, that judgmental moment of silence after an ill-placed question. Does decency have a place in tech? A question I asked myself 3 years ago, and finally some answers.

A post hyperfocussing only on the element of approach, it’s impact and implications. Which role does approach play in day-to-day lifes? What significance does it have, and what difference does it make?

Highlights of recent config changes to my code editor, my text vehicle, my passion project: emacs.

Getting by Tai Chi knowledge is not so easy. Most teachers (of the far east) are stingy with their knowledge. But it is a dying martial art, so the knowledge is slowly forgotten. And not everybody has such amount of time to learn. So let me share the best learning resources I know.