Rocus Microblog

Apr 2015

The magic of small steps

I discovered the secret how you can achieve your goals. A secret that can change your life. Forever. When we look at peo...
Apr 2015

Multiple use

Today, many products have only one use. Waffle irons, rice cookers, fondue sets, popcorn makers, toasters… While many of...
Apr 2015

Getting rid of ads

I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things. Franz Kafka Often I feel bad after watching...
Mar 2015

Saving for a rainy day

Photo by Linas Drulia on Unsplash How often do you get surprised by live and are not prepared? How often do you use your...
Mar 2015

Jack of all trades

Photo by Nico Smit on Unsplash Today, our society tends to move more and more towards specialization. You can buy everyt...
Mar 2015

Living a good life with less money: Books

Photo by Shir omani Kant on Unsplash I love reading. When I was young, my parents heavily subsidized my book purchases. ...
Dec 2014

Life: Glorios improvisational theatre. Out now! Lean back and enjoy!

Nov 2014

A world without time

Imagine there were no days, no hours and no seconds. And no time. How would you feel about problems in the future? How w...
Feb 2014

Reminders to myself: Change what you can change

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to ...
May 2013

A short primer on Pair Programming

When I started to pair-programm I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I sat next to another programmer and we start...
Jan 2013

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

I just finished reading Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin 📚. The book really strikes a chord with me. Essen...
Jan 2013

How to manage and share your dotfiles using homesick

Castle 11 from Bill Ward’s Brickpile. (CC BY 2.0) Since quite a while, I try to find a good solution for sharing m...
Sep 2012

Script to disable internet connectivity for Mac OS X

From time to time, I really want to make it hard for me to seek for distractions. I found myself using the nice Mac OS X...
Sep 2012

Lessons from the prime factorization dojo

Last week, my colleagues at Gutefrage.net, and I had our second Coding Dojo. I learned an important lesson — even though...
Sep 2012

Ruby Tapas

I am quite excited about Avdi Grimm’s new project Ruby Tapas. Three times a week, Avdi post short videos about dif...