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Notes expressing the moment

Comment Sara Soueidan in…
Tobias Tom 14th August 2018 at 17:13

Sara Soueidan in Just write makes a great point:

Even if only one person learns something from your article, you’ll feel great, and that you’ve contributed — even if just a little bit — to this amazing community that we’re all constantly learning from.

This is similar to what I wrote here:

Starting today I’ll try again to use this thing more again. […] Because if one word or link helps someone else out there, it’s better then nothing.

Except that she has much nicer words for it.

In terms of her large articles, that kind of blocked her, I can also very much relate to. That’s why I never wrote long articles anymore until I broke the cycle with Gone surfing.

Writing is still hard for me, but it’s a skill one can get used to. That’s what I plan to do.

Just write.
Comment I just realized that…
Tobias Tom 13th August 2018 at 18:34

I just realized that I can watch World Surf League events again without a stupid Facebook account. Thank you.

Seriously.

🏄‍♂️🌊🏄‍♀️
Comment More or less I’m…
Tobias Tom 13th August 2018 at 18:13

More or less I’m seriously considering to buy a car. One that would not need to be fill up with fuel or energy at all – if I stick to less then 20km rides to the beach and back. Sounds impossible? Maybe it’s not.

The Sion looks pretty promising for this:

The Sion is equipped with 330 integrated solar cells, which recharge the battery through the power of the sun. […] Under proper conditions the solar cells generate enough energy, to cover 30 kilometers per day with the Sion.

This would still create all the practical problems of a car like parking, traffic road tolls and repairs, bit it would be a great option to go to any close beach in a fraction of the time I need now with public transportation.

Obviously this is for now all a mind thought because it’s not available yet, but that does not mean that one cannot consider it.
Comment If you are doing…
Tobias Tom 10th August 2018 at 14:02

If you are doing open source work, and thought about restricting it to only people doing “good” things, maybe the Just World License is for you:

The Just World License is for developers that agree in general with the principles of open source software, but are uncomfortable with their software being used as part of efforts to destroy lives, our environment and our future.

The idea is pretty great, not sure what implications it might have.
Comment For me notes,…
Tobias Tom 10th August 2018 at 12:42

For me notes, photos, howtos, articles, whatever are all considered blogging. I don't care what we create, as long as we create something nice.

Good luck for your challenge. 😀

In reply to wwwtech.de/notes/406.
Comment I try to kept an eye…
Tobias Tom 10th August 2018 at 10:35

I try to kept an eye on all the paid digital subscriptions inside my Apple ID. When I wasn't using one enough I cancelled it. Today I have three active ones, and I was satisfied with myself.

The problem is: that is not even close to the truth. After being reminded by Christian that I now have a subscription for Tower, I started to think. Unfortunately there are far more paid solutions that I take for granted. Two surf forecast services, two macOS applications, five web based applications, one streaming service and one hosting provider.

The good thing is that I still want to keep all of them. They are worth paying for.

One question remains: which subscriptions did I forget because I don't use them anymore. If they have yearly payments activated, there's even a good chance that I'll miss to cancel them. Maybe some one should build a subscription app that reminds me of the subscriptions that I have.

How do you keep track of your digital subscriptions?
Comment Starting today…
Tobias Tom 10th August 2018 at 9:56

Starting today I’ll try again to use this thing more again. More short notes, more links and even more howtos.

Why? Because if one word or link helps someone else out there, it’s better then nothing.

I’ll also try to force it into my habit. Starting goal is one post a day. Including the weekends. Phew.
Comment Amsterdam will…
Tobias Tom 20th July 2018 at 23:08

Amsterdam will always be one of my most appreciated girlfriends. The future will not change that.
Comment 1352 days since the…
Tobias Tom 20th July 2018 at 23:01

1352 days since the mind blowing concert in one of the greatest cities in the world. 357 days since the band does not exist in the form that I saw them. 1 day I’ve being thinking about the right words to publish here. In the end it’s just about appreciating the things how they are.

Thank you Linkin Park. Thank you Chester. You all honestly changed my life.
Comment Anselm Hannemann in…
Tobias Tom 20th July 2018 at 11:00

Anselm Hannemann in 15 Minutes On The Bus

This is a story how we fixed a complex task while one of us sat in a bus without a computer in 15 minutes.

That 15 minutes of work have been one of my favourite moments this week. It was personal, it was fun and it was productive. It's not about the perfect work environment you read somewhere, it's about making it work for you and your team. For us there was a bus involved this time, for you it might be something different.

That afternoon, I celebrated the success and went biking in my home mountains.

If there is only one thing that I could choose people would related to our team, it would be that we work full hearted on our company but we also don't forget about all the other things in life that we like. It's all about the balance.
Comment I'm considering to…
Tobias Tom 4th June 2018 at 12:48

I'm considering to bringing back my dev diary. Not sure how and what I would be able to write about client projects, but for Colloq and my other personal projects I'm really tempted.
Comment After all: really…
Tobias Tom 12th May 2018 at 20:05

After all: really great event for now, just the things around it could be… organized. At least tried to be organized. 😃
Comment Third rule of the…
Tobias Tom 12th May 2018 at 20:36

Third rule of the song contest: you better used your toilet at home, these ones are just for decoration.
Comment Second rule of the…
Tobias Tom 12th May 2018 at 20:03

Second rule of the song contest in Lisbon: you don’t go there if you expect something to drink, whatever you want.
Comment First rule of the…
Tobias Tom 12th May 2018 at 20:50

First rule of the song contest in Lisbon: you don’t get there hungry.
Comment Watching the…
Tobias Tom 10th May 2018 at 19:34

Watching the semifinals of the ESC. I feel old. Watching all the Portugal advertisings in between is worth it. This country is beautiful.
Comment Frankfurt ✈️…
Tobias Tom 9th May 2018 at 17:35

Frankfurt ✈️ Lisbon. Flying home after an excellent Beyond Tellerrand. So nice to meet all the existing friends and getting to know new people. Thank you to everyone who was a part of it and a special thank you to the conference genius Marc Thiele.
Comment In about an hour the…
Tobias Tom 6th May 2018 at 15:12

In about an hour the team of Colloq (Anselm, Holger and me) will reunite in person for the first time after we started this Company. Of course this has to happen at the conference where we all put our head together to build this thing.
Comment Siegburg 🚂…
Tobias Tom 6th May 2018 at 15:35

Siegburg 🚂 Düsseldorf. Last part in my journey to Klassentreffen at Beyond Tellerrand. As I missed last year, I‘m really looking forward to this one.
Comment Things that don’t…
Tobias Tom 5th May 2018 at 21:33

Things that don’t make your day: the connection train is delayed by 80 minutes. This will be “fun”.

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