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Actually, it does matter: the choice of your “home instance”. Supposedly, you can “chose ANY server” to start with #Mastodon and enter the #fediverse – and (they say) you don´t have to worry about it. Well, it turns out, this is not completely true… But before I dig a little deeper into the “why?”…
from twitter to mastodon? … well, how does this feel like? “This is the beginning of the end for twitter!” say many and leave – either completely or with a packed bag, while simultaneously opening accounts on Mastodon, counter.social or even starting alternative ideas. And yes, this is what it feels like – the declining…
A brief overview of Apps in crisis-times like Corona In these extreme times many of us are forced to stay home and (re-) discover digital tools and ways of living and working from the confiment of our own 4 walls. One way to stay in touch with relatives are video-calls. Many of us are at…
The digital transformation of society is nothing new anymore. We are already in the midst of its development. It is not anymore the question IF we are entering the “digital age” as a (former) “information society”, but HOW. Observing modern life all around me makes me realize certain particularities and patterns, while at the same…
Last December an odd feeling began flowing through my veins; a sense of general unease occupied my mind and I could not shake it off. It was not the usual pre-Christmas blues, but rather a deep rooted nausea. First it seemed like a minor fatigue – a headache, which can not really be localised, but…
Roaming around in the halls of re:publica / Media Convention Berlin, I wonder how much lines of text are filled with words of banalities, when only occasionally, interesting insights show up in the steady stream of tweets, posts and messages. Not that I criticize in any kind of way the possibility to freely express our thoughts…
Did you know, that the World Wide Web turns 25 these days? Yes, there has been a time before the internet and people my age do remember. For a quick and interesting overview of the history of the net, read this article, published on a blog of a new website service company – both terms,…
Wondering today, how much (more) I should present myself publicly online. This is not an easy question for a self-employed professional, who is dependent on networking connections and online showcasing. On the one hand, there are the privacy advocated, who rightfully criticize the fact, that every digital move leaves traces, which are picked up by…
“content is king” – I remember hearing this message already in the first years of the millenium from various internet companies. In a time, when AOL was buying TimeWarner and the executives focused on creating constantly new “distribution channels”, it became quickly clear, that there will be an ever growing need of (good) content. So,…