Microsoft is accelerating Teams, final version scheduled for release this June Mar 29, 2023 Internet Digital Savior during the pandemic, resource-wasting monolith: While opinions conflict in regards of Microsoft’s collaboration platform, a severe speed bump may finally stop harming CPU and RAM while using Teams. The Fediverse officially connects with WordPress Mar 14, 2023 Internet The Fediverse in on the rise. While many already know this, Automaticc's latest acquisition now deeply connects all the WordPress-blogs with those ActivityPub-sites out there, pushing the Federation-based integration into WordPress to a whole new level. It’s about time to do spring cleaning with your passwords and accounts again Mar 1, 2023 Security Every year (or twice a year in the meantime) I venture through my passwords and accounts and do some spring cleaning or harvesting. Twitter officially bans third-party clients Jan 21, 2023 Internet It has been a tough ride so far since Elon Musk took over at Twitter, the lovely microblog-service for many, many years. Having seemingly the task not to only cut costs for all sake but ruining every user experience simultaneously, this story's next chapter now reads that famous third-party clients are finally banned. Climate crisis is no future tale anymore Jan 14, 2023 Environment The world is on the verge of demise and while we still discuss whether to maintain a 1,5°-target or not, a small village in the German Rheinland-area is a synonym for the malfunction of politics and especially of politics here in Germany. Mastodon - more than an alternative to Twitter and definitely here to stay Dec 22, 2022 Internet Whether Twitter is doomed since Elon Musk’s takeover or not (changes for federated services have never been that good!), it’s always an option to think outside the box. One possible alternative already glowing in web for a certain time is Mastodon. Great minds discuss ideas - average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people Oct 10, 2022 Thoughts The pandemic has shown that, sometimes, extraordinary efforts are needed to keep things running. While people separated in many ways, other consolidated to form an even stronger (work-)force, despite the general conditions and underlining Eleanor Roosevelt‘s original citation. New releases: Five Metal-albums to even heat up the August temperatures Aug 25, 2022 Music Music is known to be a healing factor for the soul and an empowerment of one’s own senses but sometimes specific pieces of art stand out that underline a setting like, for example, a devastating year - and turn it to the better. New Work: The Rise of the Triple Peak Day Apr 9, 2022 Work Recently I wrote about the fact that the model of hybrid work is here to stay. A new Microsoft-study also underlines that a 9 to 5 day is obsolete as well. Return to offices is announced, but the model of hybrid work is here to stay! Mar 27, 2022 Work COVID-19 has been one of the riders of the apocalypse during the last two years but, in one special way, it was a driver to change the way we work these days.