[Nerd-Content] Coming up: Music Hack Day Berlin

In three weeks on May 28/29th Music Hack Day Berlin is going to happen. I’m super psyched about it, because it’s Roel and me organizing it. MTV is giving us their awesome venue right at the Spree and we also lined-up some kick-ass sponsors like Ableton and Spotify to pay for food and other comforts.

If you want to come as well, be quick and sign-up.

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[Music], [Personal] This month, I breathe

Télépopmusik – Breathe

When I played a gig a month ago, I was overly excited, maybe even a bit frantic. Just before I went on stage, the sound engineer of the night noticed and told me: “Don’t forget to breathe. That’s the most important thing.” So I did and the gig was awesome. Since then, I like to stop … and breathe. I give myself 10 seconds to focus. It helps in tense situations. And it feels good to do this with full awareness. It creates a feeling for the current situation and channels concentration.

Another thing I like to do is giving names to things. Especially days, weeks and months should have a motto. With this I try to figure out, what is important and remind me of it. This month, I breathe. After traveling and stress I want to regenerate, give myself space and time. Yoga, good food and parties. Concentrated work and laid-back leisure. And ever day I listen to “Breathe” by Télépopmusik. To remind me what month this is.

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[Nerd-Content] Roundup #28

• The awesome short story “The Last Question” by Isaac Asimov
• “[...] my advice to artists is: ditch the manager and hire a programmer. Link“
• Naivity is a virtue
• Idea on money in social networks/sharing platforms
• The State of the Web (as seen by The Oatmeal)
• Our hack “Ask Imogen” from Music Hack Day Midem Cannes. It is live here (with Imogen Heap answering questions!)
• My hack “InstaSamples” from Music Hack Day New York. Video
• Who said art has to cost money?
• If in doubt, go out
• This will be our response to violence | Pic
• Funktion One’s owner on why they’re the best | Video
• Managing Nerds
• Why Should I Care What Color the Bikeshed Is?
• A short intro to screen
• Nicer JSON in Chrome

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[Nerd-Content] Upcoming: Midem & New York Music Hack Days

This weekend I will be at Midem in Cannes to build awesomeness at the Midem Hack Day. Mid-Feburary I’ll give New York a spin at Music Hack Day NYC and stay a bit longer afterwards to eat big apples. Come and say “Hi!”.

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[Nerd-Content] Roundup #27

• My workplace
• Rule of thumb in Software Design: Zero One Infinity. Do not limit to arbitrary numbers.
• So, Why is Wikileaks a Good Thing Again?
• On the reasoning behind Wikileaks
• Wikirebels is a very-recommended documentary about Wikileaks
• Everytime I open the news, I’m curious if they finally announce the end of the world. Most of the time they don’t.
• Notes Of Berlin
• utf-h8te
• Enjoy Acid Rock
• My Zoom H1 field recorder (with custom-made wind shield from a sock and reminder to turn it off after use)

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[Music] Disko DNA Liveset

It has been quiet here lately, mostly because I stepped down into the realms of making music again. The result for now is a live set with own music only. This is a recording of my first gig:

Liveset 17.12.2010 @ UJZ Berlin by DiskoDNA

My live set-up: a laptop running Ableton Live, an APC-40 with custom midi mapping and a microphone.

At home my main instruments were a Novation Bassstation and a Casio Casiotone MT-400V. And a lot of samples …

Let’s see where this path will lead me. I am excited!

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[Mobile Photos] Never Grow Up

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[Nerd-Content] Roundup #26

• We got lego in the office. Yeah!
• Korg has released the wonderful iMS-20 iPad app. I demo the SoundCloud integration in the video in this post.
• SoundCloud is hiring API developers
• Music’n'Code #everyday
• I read “Why’s (poignant) Guide to Ruby” and I can well relate to both, his way of coding and his insanity
• If you never break it, how will you learn to fix it?
• I am in the hustling business
• Good presentation on Ruby’s Object Model

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[Nerd-Content] Good easy video on how the Internet works

Youtube Directlink

Note: It is an advertising video …

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[Nerd-Content] Roundup #25

I have started a small blog on Tumblr, where I put code-related findings. Nothing fancy. Check http://freenerd.tumblr.com

• Started to use Vim again, mostly because of this post.
• htty is a good curl alternative.
• 5 Astounding Workspaces of Successful Internet Companies
• I was at Music Hack Day Barcelona. I wrote this blog post about it for the SoundCloud Backstage Blog. My hack is SoundCloud Social.
• Everytime I am in a plane there is this moment where I think: “Fuck, I am sitting on a chair in the sky”
• Fucking best criminal scene investigation scene ever.
• “A bad design forces the user to deal with complexities that belong to the wrong domain.”
• Using Pomodoro to structure my workday. It is doing good …
• Heroku Social App Workshop Videos are an API goldmine.
• Started to put stickers on my Macbook again.
• I was giving a speech at the HPI graduation ceremony. Watch it online (in german) here.
• I love you but ive chosen disko

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