Finished Spanish course "Beginner 3"
06/2015
First visit to Apulia, Italy.
05-14/06/2015
Acquired a new skill: Web server setup with nginx.
05/2015
Acquired a new skill: Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) with Behat, PHPSpec, Mink, Goutte, Selenium, and PhantomJS.
05/2015
Designed and implemented a new faceted browser front-end for
Erfgoedplus.be.
05/2015
Went to "Ronin" at Tanzhaus NRW in Düsseldorf, Germany.
30/04/2015
Went to "Chaos" at Kulturforum Alte Post in Neuss, Germany.
17/04/2015
Went to Flamenco Festival at Tanzhaus NRW in Düsseldorf, Germany.
06/04/2015
First visit to Valencia, Spain.
03-06/04/2015
EndlessWair photo shooting with Airdit and Robin Preston at our apartment.
15/03/2015
Released
SCSS Watcher, a Watcher and CSS generator for SCSS files spread across multiple directories.
02/2015
Went to House Dance Workshop by Rabah in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
08/02/2015
Acquired a new skill: HomeMatic scripting
2015
Went to B-Boying Workshop by Poe One at JC Academy in Düsseldorf, Germany.
19/10/2014
Went to
BOTY 2014 in Braunschweig, Germany.
10/2014
First visit to Singapore.
15-18/09/2014
Trip to Jimbaran, Bali, Indonesia.
03-14/09/2014
First visit to Belek/Antalya, Turkey.
19-28/06/2014
First visit to Istanbul, Turkey.
15-19/06/2014
Went to Hed Kandi Party at
Gibson Club in Frankfurt a.M., Germany.
13/06/2014
First visit to Bilbao, Spain.
18-21/04/2014
First visit to Bruges, Belgium.
24-27/02/2014
Acquired a new skill: Web development with BackboneJS and UnderscoreJS.
2014
Acquired a new skill: Web development with NodeJS and ExpressJS.
2014
Acquired a new skill: Web development with requireJS.
2014
Acquired a new skill: Web development with JavaScript Promises.
2014
Went to the "Great Gatsby Party" at
Monkey's Plaza in Düsseldorf, Germany.
31/12/2013
First visit to Prague, Czech Republic.
12/2013
Implemented an XML importer and various data inferencers for
brox IT-Solutions' enterprise data wiki.
12/2013
Went to Flamenco show "Con Corriente" by Compania (Maria) Angeles Gabaldon, in Düsseldorf, Germany.
11/2013
Went to
BOTY 2013 in Braunschweig, Germany.
10/2013
First visit to Mahé, Seychelles.
10/2013
First visit to Abu Dhabi, UAE.
09/2013
Went to
school reunion (20ths anniversary) in Isernhagen, Germany.
09/2013
Implemented 2 data navigation prototypes for a major financial organisation. (Client:
proXML)
09/2013
Started learning a new sport: Wakeboarding.
08/2013
First visit to Mallorca, Spain.
08/2013
First visit to Lanzarote, Spain.
05/2013
First visit to Lisbon, Portugal.
04/2013
Started learning a new dance: House.
04/2013
Learned a new tool: Vector graphic (and Web) design with
Sketch.
2013
First visit to White House, Jamaica.
02/2013
Started learning a new dance: B-Boying.
01/2013
Christmas trip to Brussels, Belgium.
12/2012
Went to
BOTY 2012 in Montpellier, France.
11/2012
First visit to Oman.
11/2012
First visit to Venice, Italy.
09/2012
Trip to Pellworm, Germany, first time again after 12 years.
08/2012
First visit to Peloponnes, Greece.
06/2012
First visit to Curaçao.
02/2012
Learned a new skill: Responsive Web Design.
2012
Started learning a new sport: Waterskiing.
08/2012
Christmas trip to Birmingham, UK.
12/2011
Started learning a new sport: Kiteboarding.
11/2011
First trip to Boa Vista, Cape Verde.
11/2011
Trip to Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
09/2011
Went to a Prince concert in Cologne, Germany.
07/2011
First visit to Kos, Greece.
06/2011
First visit to Cancún, Mexico.
03/2011
Learned a new technology: Git.
2011
Learned a new skill: Test-driven development.
2011
Learned a new skill: Graph database development with SQLite.
2011
Implemented a team management and messaging tool for football clubs.
(Client:
TeamThing)
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2011
Acquired a new skill: Test-Driven Development (TDD) with PHPUnit.
2011
First visit to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
10/2010
Learned a new tool: jQuery.
2010
Implemented an RDF/SPARQL-based faceted browsing prototype for a cultural heritage project.
(Client:
proXML)
2010
Implemented a "Dynamic Semantic Publishing" demonstrator using CrunchBase and ReadWriteWeb data.
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08/2010
Weinwanderung in Randersacker, Germany.
05/2010
First visit to Titisee, Germany.
01/2010
Implemented FanHubz, a social data aggregator for BBC shows. (Client:
Talis)
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2009
Implemented "DeSpamBot", a small PHP software agent that logs into POP3 accounts to remove typical spam, based on owner-defined rules.
2009
Implemented "Knowee", a social data aggregator.
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2009
First visit to Dubai, UAE.
10/2009
Learned a new technology: Microdata.
2009
Became a member of "The Semantic Web Gang" podcast series.
2009
First visit to Sevilla, Spain.
09/2009
Went to FanHubz kick-off meeting in Birmingham, UK.
06/2009
First visit to Nice, France.
05/2009
Went to an Alicia Keys concert: "As I Am" Tour 2008 in Oberhausen, Germany.
10/2008
First visit to Mauritius.
10/2008
First visit to Santorini, Greece.
08/2008
Received the 1st Prize for "SPARQLBot" at the European Semantic Scripting Challenge at Tenerife, Spain.
2008
Joined the Programme Committee of the "
PICKME" (Personal Identification and Collaborations: Knowledge Mediation and Extraction) workshop.
2008
Attended Semantic Camp in London, UK
02/2008
Went to University reunion in Würzburg, Germany.
08/2007
Released
ARC2 ("ARC RDF Classes"), an RDF toolkit and SPARQL engine for PHP developers.
2007
Joined the Programme Committee of the "
FEWS" (Finding Experts on the Web with Semantics) workshop.
2007
Joined the Programme Committee of the "Scripting for the Semantic Web" workshop series.
2007-2009
Created a set of logo and icon proposals for the Semantic Web technology stack.
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06/2007
First visit to Oostcapelle, The Netherlands.
03/2007
Learned a new skill: Server Administration (basics).
2007
First visit to Mykonos, Greece.
09/2006
First visit to Bielawa, Poland, hometown of my grandmother and my father's birthplace.
06/2006
Started learning a new dance: Locking.
2006
Ran a Semantic Web workshop at
EDEKA in Hamburg, Germany.
03/2006
Learned a new technology: SVN.
2006
Learned a new technology: microformats, RDFa.
2006
Started learning a new dance: Hip Hop Freestyle.
2005
Presented CONFOTO at
ISWC 2005 in Galway, Ireland.
11/2005
First visit to Ibiza, Spain.
09/2005
Visited San Diego and Los Angeles.
06/2005
First visit to Cuba.
02/2005
Learned a new technology: SPARQL.
2005
Enjoyed a few days off in Galway, Ireland.
11/2004
First visit to New Orleans, USA.
06/2004
Released first version of ARC ("Appmosphere RDF Classes"), an RDF toolkit for PHP developers.
2004
Implemented my own blog engine and launched
BNode.org blog.
2004
Scientific Developer at
DERI (Digital Enterprise Research Institute) in Galway, Ireland.
2004
First Trip to Crete, Greece to attend
ESWS 2004.
05/2004
Graduated as Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH) (near-equiv. to M.Sc.) with major in Media and Information Management,
grade 1.7 (equiv. to A/A-) at Würzburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
2004
Completed diploma thesis: "Semantic Campus - Informationsintegration im entstehenden Semantic Web an Beispielen aus dem Hochschulbereich".
2004
Learned a new technology: OWL.
2004
Created a website for the UNICEF Gala Hannover.
2004
Trip to New York City and Philadelphia, USA.
2003
Learned a new technology: RDF.
2003
Learned a new skill: Screen Design (#Photoshop, #PaintShopPro).
2003
Learned a new skill: CSS-based layouting.
2003
Completed the "AEVO-Ausbildereignungsprüfung" (instructor-qualifying examination / Chamber of Commerce) in Würzburg, Germany.
2003
First visit to Antwerp, Begium.
2002
First visit to Bali, Indonesia.
2002
First visit to Fuerteventura, Spain.
2001
New Year's trip to Paris, France.
2000
Learned a new technology: XML.
2000
Tech Lead at newsme GmbH (Munich, Germany).
2000
Learned a new skill: PHP/MySQL development (after Perl, ASP, and ColdFusion).
1999
Learned a new technology: JavaScript.
1997
Studied Business Administration with area specialisation New Media at Würzburg University, Germany.
1996-1999
Learned a new technology: HTML (#WebExplorer, #OS/2).
12/1995
Studied Mathematics and Computer Science at Würzburg University, Germany.
1994-1996
First visit to New York, California, Nevada, and Florida, USA.
08/1993
Received the Higher Education entrance qualification ("Abitur"), grade 12 points (equiv. to A/A-), at
Gymnasium Isernhagen, Germany.
1993
Started learning a new dance: Tap.
1991
First visit to St. Jean de Luz and Paris, France.
07/1990
Started learning a new dance: Ballroom.
1988
First visit to Torquay and London, UK.
07/1987
Started learning a new Language: French.
1986
First visit to Sankt Peter-Ording, Germany.
1984
Started learning a new Language: English.
1984
First visit to Helgoland, Germany.
1982
Born in Hannover, Germany.
14/08/1973