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Bonnieux, Provence, France

Wed, 30 May 2012 09:35:22 +0200

Bonnieux, Provence, France

I finally got around to getting an Arduino. Bought a book,...

Wed, 30 May 2012 08:22:00 +0200

Unboxing porn

Cosmic ray gun!

I finally got around to getting an Arduino. Bought a book, started reading, got me a Fritzing Starter Kit (Berlin local team) and built a “Cosmic Ray Gun” as a first project. Luisa found it entertaining for about 30 seconds. Time to build some real hacks!

Google being scary. Here are some filters for my search...

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:00:02 +0200

Google being scary. Here are some filters for my search “chicken legs marinated”.

Photo

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:06:01 +0200

Happy Mother’s Day! For this occasion, I will keep my eyes...

Sun, 13 May 2012 15:17:27 +0200

Happy Mother’s Day! For this occasion, I will keep my eyes closed in all photos. (Taken with Instagram at Flugzeug Spielplatz)

Kicking’ this train building up a notch. Bridge time....

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:48:58 +0200

Kicking’ this train building up a notch. Bridge time. (Taken with instagram)

Today was a big day — I signed with SoundCloud and will be...

Thu, 10 May 2012 22:08:00 +0200

Today was a big day — I signed with SoundCloud and will be starting June 1 at a new job. It’s been a long road to get here, but the time is right on both sides.

A little over 1.5 years ago, I considered leaving Nokia for SoundCloud, having been at Nokia for two years and starting to run out of patience with the many things grinding my gears. But with little Luisa due to be born shortly thereafter, I decided sticking it out at Nokia was the right thing to do for me and my family. I changed positions at Nokia anyways, built up my own little team, learned a bunch of new and very useful technology and don’t regret that decision in any way.

Fast forward to about 10-months ago and everything seemed to be repeating itself. Me getting sick of Nokia, looking around for work, talking to every startup within earshot and another chance to join SoundCloud. The decision that time was more difficult since there were suddenly a lot of options. Berlin is bursting with interesting, passionate startups ripe for success. I chose to go to Amen however for a few big reasons — small team, secured funding, potential and the possibility to learn and do some interesting new work.

The last 8-months at Amen have taught me a lot. I remember now what it’s like to work at a startup, to wear lots of hats every day, to be excited about product again, and most importantly, I learned about the things I have come to value as an employee and a software engineer. In the end, it just wasn’t the right situation for me.

Then along came SoundCloud, once again. This time around, everything fell into place very quickly. The culture is solid, the product is proven and the team is flying. The work I’ve been wanting to do (search, machine learning, natural language processing, large-scale architectures, yadda yadda) is now more of a concrete reality at SoundCloud. This is big stuff for me! Don’t get me wrong, it was at times a difficult decision since I still believe in the team and product at Amen, but I went with my gut on this one. I’m not one to quote, but I think this sums it up nicely.

When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choice of a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.

Thanks Freud.

Long story short, I’m super excited to be finally joining the SoundCloud family in a few weeks! But first, a vacation…

Awesome doodles about the German language, by an ex-pat Aussie,...

Wed, 09 May 2012 14:16:01 +0200

Awesome doodles about the German language, by an ex-pat Aussie, Carla. Do follow.

sabine: joshdevins: My first cup of coffee. Ever. (Taken with...

Wed, 09 May 2012 13:58:46 +0200

sabine:

joshdevins:

My first cup of coffee. Ever. (Taken with Instagram at Amen World HQ)

Yeah, but did you drink it?

Ricki made it. I drank it. All of it! Apparently the look on my face was, “like a kid who just had their first taste of alcohol”. I have no doubt…

My first cup of coffee. Ever. (Taken with Instagram at Amen...

Wed, 09 May 2012 13:44:14 +0200

My first cup of coffee. Ever. (Taken with Instagram at Amen World HQ)

Let’s go!

Sat, 05 May 2012 15:16:00 +0200

Let’s go!

“This project isn’t about making actual images, it’s not...

Fri, 04 May 2012 12:25:00 +0200

“This project isn’t about making actual images, it’s not about creating the worlds largest camera it’s about doing what you love.”

Watch this video. Follow Ian Ruhter on Tumblr. Very inspiring photography.

nonobvioussolutions: How to dry your hands with one paper...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:08:17 +0200

nonobvioussolutions:

How to dry your hands with one paper towel.

Faust on a single 70x100cm page. (via fabian, se)

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:11:20 +0200

Faust on a single 70x100cm page.

(via fabian, se)

(via medformat, everydaydude)

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:33:11 +0200

(via medformat, everydaydude)

Best part of my journey to work every morning (Taken with...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:49:58 +0200

Best part of my journey to work every morning (Taken with Instagram at 2. Friedhof der Sophiengemeinde)

New quarter features glow-in-the-dark Alberta dinosaur The...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:57:00 +0200

New quarter features glow-in-the-dark Alberta dinosaur

The image of a dinosaur whose remains were discovered in Alberta’s Peace Country will be featured on our newest quarter — the first Canadian coin with a glow-in-the dark picture.

The quarter, being released by the Royal Canadian Mint April 16, features Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai, a large herbivore whose bone fragments were discovered by Grande Prairie, Alta., science teacher Al Lakusta in 1974.

He plans to pick up one of the new coins for his 10-year-old grandson.

“I think almost anybody who reads about it thinks, ‘We can’t wait to try this,’ ” he said Sunday from his Grande Prairie home.

For Sabine, who’s now “halfway there”.

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:45:10 +0200

For Sabine, who’s now “halfway there”.

tweektv: A new show is on its way… This is probably going to be...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:23:17 +0200

tweektv:

A new show is on its way… This is probably going to be a good one! HBO’s GIRLS.

The new series by young director Lena Dunham and “Knocked up” maker Judd Apatow tells a story most of us mid-20/ 30 year old females know too well. In the vise words of Margaret Talbot from the New Yorker: “The girls in “Girls” are fundamentally all right. They’re smart, verbal, and clearly the protagonists of their own lives, though in the way that Woody Allen used to be the protagonist of his movies, because—especially in the case of Dunham’s character, Hannah—they are neurotic and over-thinky, with a comic tendency to get in their own way. They have a fair amount of sex with boyfriends and sort-of boyfriends, and the sex is often awkward—“awkward” being a word that these young women seem notably attuned to. What disappoints them more often than boys do, however, is the post-recession economy: the regimen of unpaid internships, jobs that don’t match up with their estimation of themselves, and crazy rents”.

Have we caught your attention? Well, the show will start on April 15th in the US and come to Germany in Fall.

Love,

Team Tweek

Preparing for the flight home (Taken with Instagram at London...

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:39:52 +0200

Preparing for the flight home (Taken with Instagram at London City Airport Jet Centre)