I’ve worked with lots of agile teams, and some of the symptoms of a well functioning high-perfoming teams that I see are: They start their daily standups on time. They tend to laugh a lot and have fun. Everybody in the team gets to express themselves. They correct and edit each other when they go… Continue reading Symptoms of high-performing teams
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Halbfinalist der Herzen
Es war ein kühler Abend in Dortmund. Am Horizonz der letzte Streifen der Sonne – über unseren Köpfen dunkle Wolken. Ein Regensturm zog heran. Es waren die Vorzeichen für den Sturm, den der BVB an Real Madrid vorbeiziehen lassen sollte.
The Designer’s Guide to Freelancing
The Designer’s Guide to Freelancing ist ein E-Book vom walisischen Designer Nathan Powell, der zur Zeit in Spanien lebt. In seinem Buch versucht er auf humorvolle Art und Weise zu vermitteln, wie man sich in die Welt der Freelancer begibt und nicht sofort mit Schnappatmung wieder abhaut.
Soulwax Cover Tutorial
I believe this is the first time, that I actually write a short tutorial on anything. Last days I got one of those mails again, asking how I recreated the Soulwax CD-cover some time ago. Since I am fairly lazy, I will now write a blog post on how to do this cover in Adobe Illustrator. You will be able to use this for printing purposes.
Zweitausenddreizehn
Jetzt sind wir alle im neuen Jahr angekommen und trotzdem hängen noch so ein paar Gedanken am letzten Jahr. Das habe ich 2013 geschafft und abgeschlossen:
Schulverband Aachen-Ost
In early 2013 I was contacted by the coordinator of the school union of eastern Aachen to produce a corporate movie. These three individual schools are threatened to be closed due to lack of pupils. To counteract the closure, the headmasters decided to try out a concept of cooperating to grant their pupils better learning possibilities.
Summer Plan
So for a change, I actually made a list of things I wanted to do during the summer break so that I can later on check, what I really had done.
Communication and Multimedia Design
As part of my university studies, I had the opportunity to create a corporate video together with Christian, Christoph, Julien and Nina in our third semester. We were asked to let mostly students speak about their impressions and experiences studying Communication and Multimedia Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Aachen.
From Paper to Screen
2013-07-28, Aachen
That Sunday 28th was one of these days, were I needed to get outside, grab a camera and just tour around fishing for nice shots and a great time with friends. It was Christian und Christoph accomponying me through my adoptive hometown, Aachen.