tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-235060062024-03-13T04:42:28.479+01:00Guido's BlogPersonal Blog for Guido OswaldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-23438674038217195092013-10-11T20:30:00.001+02:002013-10-11T20:30:05.658+02:00DSLR Photography – how I do it…<p>I am sitting in our hotel room in Greece, working on the pictures I took in the last days and recognizing that my toolset (software and hardware) has gotten somewhat complex since my first steps with digital photography a couple of years ago.</p> <p>Time to make a note to myself on the stuff I am using (and how). Let’s start with the hardware:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/EOS_500D" target="_blank">Canon EOS 500D</a> (in the US this is a EOS Rebel T1i) </li> <li>Canon EF-S 18-200mm 1:3,5-5,6 IS </li> <li>Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 II (nifty fifty – mainly for portraits) </li> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.de/Hama-00027205-Quick-Shoot-Strap/dp/B005M29YW6" target="_blank">Hama Quick Shoot Strap</a> </li> <li>Canon Speedlite 430EX </li> <li>A small and a full-size tripod </li> <li>Two 16GB SD cards and two batteries (I get along with this) </li> </ul> <p>For Geo-Tagging I use <a href="http://www.everytrail.com/" target="_blank">Everytrail</a> for iPhone and download the gpx file from their website (after upload from the iPhone). <a href="http://www.geosetter.de/en" target="_blank">GeoSetter</a> will put the lat/lon data into the EXIF part of the picture. The tool works smoothly, but it can be tricky to sync the time between the phone and the camera – it is a good idea to sync them beforehand. Everytrail can be a little tricky as well, esp. after a longer stay at one place… make sure it is still running an recording the location info properly from time to time. Otherwise there will be gaps (and manual edits can be a pain in the ass with a large number of pictures).</p> <p>My next DSLR will definitely have a built in GPS, the iPhone tracking can only be a workaround… I hope that the <a href="https://moves-app.com/" target="_blank">Moves</a> app will also make the tracks available as gpx files some day (since this is always running anyway – just not very frequent waypoints).</p> <p>To review, sort and upload pictures, I am using <a href="http://picasa.google.com/" target="_blank">Picasa</a> for quite a while now. It has perfect integration into Google+ (ex Picasa Web) and somewhat into Facebook and Flickr. It also does some basic enhancements of the photos – like red eye removal (improved dramatically from the older versions…), add light, auto improve contrast and many creative filters. It is very seldom that I need to do further processing in <a href="http://www.gimp.org/" target="_blank">gimp</a>.</p> <p>All my HDR photos are processed in <a href="http://www.hdrsoft.com/index.html" target="_blank">Photomatix</a> – the algorithm depends on my mood. Many RAW images also get some drastic improvement, but it takes some time to experiment.</p> <p>Panoramas are stiched using <a href="http://hugin.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">Hugin</a>, which has a usable UI now and creates pretty good results, even if you do not understand all the 1 million parameters it offers. There is a custom button available to stich right out of Picasa.</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-66363803230438295222012-12-11T18:45:00.001+01:002012-12-11T18:45:18.176+01:00TOGAF 9 Certified<p><a href="http://www.opengroup.org/togaf/cert/" target="_blank"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="togaf9-certified_web" border="0" alt="togaf9-certified_web" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-f8ONAu3AEg0/UMdxLMl8TdI/AAAAAAABK4I/QwZuv3tyYzM/togaf9-certified_web%25255B7%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="240" height="91" /></a></p> <p>It’s official now -  I passed the exam and are allowed to carry the TOGAF 9 Certified logo!</p> <p>It was quite some work to prepare for the exam and took much longer than expected, but I learned a lot about Enterprise Architecture and TOGAF as a framework and method for establishing an EA capability and doing actually architecture work.</p> <p>Now I feel much more confortable discussing Enterprise Architectures with customers and can better position our solutions and products into existing environments.</p> <p>I gotta look for some new goal, though…</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-19032083364662452482012-03-10T12:01:00.001+01:002012-03-10T12:01:25.450+01:00Premium products and premium service<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-H0otWaGdrFY/T1s0gCTGDvI/AAAAAAAAy6w/b-yReoDVuzM/s1600-h/IMG_0082%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: left; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="IMG_0082" border="0" alt="IMG_0082" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EWEplL84hgg/T1s0hHANv6I/AAAAAAAAy64/6Y4n80r_9tE/IMG_0082_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="240" height="160" /></a></p> <p>We are finally fixing our chairs from the dining table…</p> <p>I am positive surprised that Rolf Benz actually sent us a set of replacement parts at no cost. <br />Sometimes premium products also have premium service – great! This feels a little like getting an iPad or iPhone repaired at Apple.</p> <p>From a customer retention perspective this works out very well. I would always recommend Rolf Benz products after this positive experience…</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-18701701580197122622011-12-22T17:53:00.001+01:002011-12-22T17:53:15.546+01:00Waze–free turn by turn navigation<p>…check this out!</p> <p><a href="http://www.waze.com">www.waze.com</a> (and in the AppStore)</p> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" WIDTH="602" HEIGHT="500" id="waze_guided_tour"> <param NAME="movie" VALUE="international_tour.swf"> <param NAME="quality" VALUE="high"> <param NAME="bgcolor" VALUE="#FFFFFF"> <embed src="http://www.waze.com/guided_tour/international_tour.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" WIDTH="602" HEIGHT="500" NAME="waze_guided_tour" ALIGN="" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"> </embed> </object> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-51090990718826255962011-10-09T14:56:00.000+02:002011-10-09T14:56:23.373+02:00RigiTrip to Rigi Kulm (from Vitznau)<br /><a href="http://goo.gl/photos/pwKLwpMdtn" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nnC-hvoUipY/TpCRXS90dwE/AAAAAAAAvnM/v63t1V5E_1s/s160-c/Rigi.jpg"></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-81292464391253728952011-09-21T17:03:00.001+02:002011-09-21T17:03:51.396+02:00Why 30 days?<p>Here is the guy that says you need to try new things for 30 days to make an impact:</p> <object width="526" height="374"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><br /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><br /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><br /><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param><br /><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011U/Blank/MattCutts_2011U-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/MattCutts-2011U.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=1183⟨=&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days;year=2011;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=a_taste_of_ted2011;theme=how_we_learn;event=TED2011;tag=Culture;tag=success;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><br /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="526" height="374" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011U/Blank/MattCutts_2011U-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/MattCutts-2011U.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=512&vh=288&ap=0&ti=1183&lang=&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days;year=2011;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=a_taste_of_ted2011;theme=how_we_learn;event=TED2011;tag=Culture;tag=success;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"></embed><br /></object> <h3>Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days</h3> <p>Find his 30-day challenges here: <a href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/type/30-days/">http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/type/30-days/</a></p> <p>Find my current status here: <a href="http://runkeeper.com/user/guidooswald/profile">http://runkeeper.com/user/guidooswald/profile</a>  (add 1 day that is was not tracked with RunKeeper)</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-73016134043105072442011-08-22T20:45:00.001+02:002011-08-22T20:45:13.855+02:00Biking to work–day 2 of 30<p>Looks like <a href="http://runkeeper.com/user/guidooswald/profile" target="_blank">RunKeeper</a> is more battery efficient than <a href="http://www.everytrail.com/profile.php?user_id=92476" target="_blank">Everytrail</a>. Despite the speed and distance announcements all the time… What´s missing is a heart rate sensor that transmits directly to the iPhone (maybe Bluetooth or so?).</p> <iframe height="345" src="http://runkeeper.com/activityMap/t1o8i" width="425"></iframe> <p><iframe height="345" src="http://runkeeper.com/activityMap/t3erj" width="425"></iframe></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-25204145084670335582011-08-20T11:49:00.001+02:002011-08-20T11:49:10.288+02:00Route option two…<a href="http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1247422">Office -> home (road route) at EveryTrail</a> <br /><iframe height="300" marginheight="0" src="http://www.everytrail.com/iframe2.php?trip_id=1247422&width=400&height=300" frameborder="0" width="400" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> <p> </p> <p>also this route along the main streets is a little shorter, its no fun biking next to the cars all the time… I’ll probably stay with the route along national bike trail No. 5…</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-88898498677457374942011-08-19T12:03:00.001+02:002011-08-19T12:03:37.067+02:00Biking to work–day 1 of 30<p>Today I took the bike to work instead of train or car. Goal is to do this for 30 days now…</p> <p>There is still room for improvement regarding the route I’d say…</p> <p><a href="http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1246724">To the office at EveryTrail</a> <br /><iframe height="300" marginheight="0" src="http://www.everytrail.com/iframe2.php?trip_id=1246724&width=400&height=300" frameborder="0" width="400" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-1145298433161309782011-07-12T10:20:00.001+02:002011-07-12T10:23:44.664+02:00Dana's First Steps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='540' height='330' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/GsgVHVZhKY4?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-42068874876796307522011-06-22T09:48:00.002+02:002011-06-22T09:51:24.379+02:00LucernePictures from our trip to <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/Guido.Oswald/Luzern">Lucerne</a>...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/Guido.Oswald/Luzern"><img border="0" height="228" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kbGTMG5PWKo/Tf3diFLaCDI/AAAAAAAAtFc/yeZBJhlSShA/s320/DSC00257.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-89334955111138033502011-06-07T14:48:00.001+02:002011-06-07T14:49:47.694+02:00Skype experiencing problems (again)<p>Skype crashed on all windows PCs about an hour ago… again!</p> <p>At least they are working on it: <br /><a href="http://heartbeat.skype.com/2011/06/problems_signing_in_to_skype_f.html">http://heartbeat.skype.com/2011/06/problems_signing_in_to_skype_f.html</a></p> <p>Is this the influence of Microsoft already?! Hope not, I really love that service, since this is our main telephone line for all our German friends and family.</p> <p>Good that the standalone Skype-Telephone still seems to work…</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-39271478265643543002011-04-06T10:20:00.000+02:002011-04-06T10:20:34.759+02:00Wohnung Würenlos<a href="http://goo.gl/photos/FHI8L2Qpa4" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/TZjkCo3iJpE/AAAAAAAApuU/KXgm8mELiqg/s160-c/WohnungWurenlos.jpg" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-54081770082709462752011-03-06T10:30:00.001+01:002011-03-06T10:40:12.215+01:00Dana Shorts (Part 1)...learning to walk<br />
<p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='540' height='330' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/EwPD3qOLs84?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-50601996427790743142011-01-18T15:43:00.000+01:002011-01-18T15:43:18.528+01:00Rüsler<a href="http://goo.gl/photos/NcIs00JHe9" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em"><img border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/TTNRH4qb-LE/AAAAAAAAoWg/ZibWG4FJBUE/s160-c/Rusler.jpg" /></a><div>test from PicasaWeb..</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-18198654773560544012010-04-11T17:34:00.001+02:002010-04-11T17:34:25.652+02:00iPad<p>just bought the brand new iPad – and I am pretty happy with it. Despite all the drawbacks in terms of missing functionality, the experience is awesome.</p> <p>Unfortunately there are no iPad Apps on the German or Swiss AppStore, yet, but the Apps from the US AppStore are pretty good already (although not all relevant to Europeans…)</p> <p>Now I am hoping for a new Skype App that supports the big screen and the new OS 4.0, which is due in summer, to add multitasking and some other new features…</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-60216107045013382172010-03-26T15:04:00.001+01:002010-03-26T15:04:53.057+01:00Getting my new camcorder…<p>I ordered a new camcorder last week, since there will be a new actor joining, soon…</p> <p>I had a long discussion with a close friend and finally decided against the Panasonic HDC-SD 707 (/ HDC-HS-700 / HDC-TM 700) and for the Sony HDR-XR550VE – which I will pick up later on.</p> <p>I am really curious how the quality compares to the Panasonic, since it offers 1080/50p and has three sensors compared to one on the Sony. <br />The reasons for getting the Sony is the availability / price here in Switzerland and the built in GPS, which I will definitely use to geotag my videos (still looking for a solution for my Canon DSLR).</p> <p>Comparison report will follow here when I had the time to properly compare the two… stay tuned!</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-59053763162476545102009-12-31T12:25:00.001+01:002009-12-31T12:25:42.155+01:00Google Nexus One?<p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/SzyKMYmA-vI/AAAAAAAAZAI/V64669AbGu8/s1600-h/image%5B5%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/SzyKNXiH3XI/AAAAAAAAZAQ/4Zl1PK4uJx8/image_thumb%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="68" height="123" /></a> I am thinking of getting a Nexus One (Android based) phone when I’m over in the US in Jan…</p> <p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5436673/leaked-nexus-one-documents-530-unlocked-180-with-t+mobile">http://gizmodo.com/5436673/leaked-nexus-one-documents-530-unlocked-180-with-t+mobile</a></p> <p>The question is if i really want to spend 530 US$ on another mobile phone? My iPhone 3G is actually doing pretty much all I want it to and there are only few downsides with it.    I guess I need to think that over and make sure I have it physically in my hands before I buy it.</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-29513802665827435132009-11-04T21:50:00.001+01:002009-11-04T21:50:37.207+01:00iPhone or Android?<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/SvHpE8GYT_I/AAAAAAAAWTE/gdwn5iQTpMc/s1600-h/image%5B5%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/SvHpFkXHaNI/AAAAAAAAWTI/9V1TMYSf9mo/image_thumb%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="126" height="95" /></a> As it looks like Google and Apple finally discovered they are competitors (and Schmidt Resigns His Seat on Apple's Board), I might have to make a decision soon if my next mobile device (I am avoiding the term phone here :) will be a new iPhone or an Android powered one.</p> <p>Following the latest <a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/10/16/android-2-0-screenshot-walkthrough/" target="_blank">news</a> about the increasing functionality and the upcoming <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology/2009/11/04/stat-clash-motorola-milestone-v-sony-ericsson-xperia-x10-115875-21797422/" target="_blank">hardware</a> I think this might get an easy choice…</p> <p>Maybe Apple should re-think its decision to ban Google apps from the iPhone (like Latitude). Google ‘power-users’ like me will go for the free and independent OS and hope that the hardware will become somewhat stylish as the iPhone.</p> <p>Looking forward to be eligible for a new phone in four month…</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:de1015d4-38e0-4366-bb45-64df000063da" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent">Technorati Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/iPhone" rel="tag">iPhone</a>,<a href="http://technorati.com/tags/Android" rel="tag">Android</a></div> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-55939649987102860042009-10-11T22:53:00.001+02:002009-10-11T22:53:04.136+02:00Throwing hats…<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/StJFrBURm2I/AAAAAAAAWQc/-YBVItZv-sc/s1600-h/image%5B3%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" align="left" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/StJFr3kXixI/AAAAAAAAWQg/-gYuNGH1jiI/image_thumb%5B1%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="244" height="139" /></a> I got the invitation for the graduation ceremony, which takes place Oct. 23rd in Munich.</p> <p>Unfortunately I will be in UK the whole week and my flight back arrives in Zurich late Friday evening. I hope it will be possible to change flights and get to Munich in time (instead of Zurich). Maybe I could also leave a day early and drive to Munich on Friday… I really don’t wanna miss that event!</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-90806119032276815352009-09-21T14:50:00.001+02:002009-09-21T14:50:15.636+02:00Finished the Thesis Defense and my MBA studies…<p>So – I am finally done with my MBA studies :)</p> <p>I successfully finished my Thesis Defense on Saturday and now waiting for the invitation to ‘throw hats’ in October.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/Srd2gHnr3sI/AAAAAAAAV_o/B7YtCBmt128/s1600-h/L_FOM01_CMYK_SOLO%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="L_FOM01_CMYK_SOLO" border="0" alt="L_FOM01_CMYK_SOLO" align="left" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/Srd2hmWwHEI/AAAAAAAAV_s/5VIe4yB6AqM/L_FOM01_CMYK_SOLO_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="48" height="48" /></a> I’d like to thank the whole FOM team (especially the <a href="http://www.fom.de/hochschulstudienzentrum-muenchen.html" target="_blank">Munich team</a>) who did an amazing job organizing the classes and dealing with all the issues we had!</p> <p>Of course a big Thank-You to all the Professors that ran the classes and evaluated our assignments. Special Thanks to:</p> <ul> <li>Dr. Charles Savage (for teaching us how to think out of the box and using refreshing new teaching methods – and of course for all the support during the Thesis!)</li> <li>Dr. Thomas “Tom” Peisl (for his open door policy and the nice <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/gio72muc" target="_blank">Summer School in Wales</a>)</li> <li>Dr. Thomas Städter (for the nice discussions at the defense)</li> <li>Christina Regul (for the <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/SummerSchoolCharlotte2007" target="_blank">Summer School at Pfeiffer University in Charlotte NC</a>)</li> <li>Dr. Niklas Lampenius (for making me understand the NPV, APV, WACC and all the other obscure financial terms.. quote: “is nur n’ simpler Dreisatz!”)</li> <li>Dipl.-Kfm. (univ), Mag. rer.soc.oec. Bjørn Lillegraven (for admitting that some of this stuff is just common sense)</li> <li>Dr. Sven Winterhalder (for being so convincing in the introduction sessions)</li> </ul> <p>Not to forget all my fellow students – we had a nice time despite all the pressure sometimes! I’m gonna miss the group assignments…</p> <p>Looking forward to spend my weekends with…. *thinking” …. whatever people do on weekends again…</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-31236028095672792122009-09-13T11:38:00.001+02:002009-09-13T11:38:04.913+02:00Thesis Defense<p>Got my confirmed date for the thesis defense for next <strong>Saturday, Sept. 19th</strong>.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/Sqy9ee7qLEI/AAAAAAAAV-w/3NsSH02rN5k/s1600-h/image%5B4%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" align="left" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/Sqy9fDb2eBI/AAAAAAAAV-0/59Jx1r9AIxA/image_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="115" height="90" /></a> Currently preparing a 20 minute presentation for the defense, which will take about one hour in total. It will probably take place in the new residence of the <a href="http://www.fom.de/studienort_muenchen.html" target="_blank">FOM</a> near the Munich station. Looking forward to an interesting discussion and a nice celebration afterwards…</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-45475424200629281072009-08-23T21:09:00.000+02:002009-08-23T21:09:54.423+02:00Sundown over Bodensee...<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/SpGUAerj1VI/AAAAAAAAV6k/_wuoduri-bg/s1600-h/Bodensee_pano.jpg"><img border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/SpGUAerj1VI/AAAAAAAAV6k/_wuoduri-bg/s400/Bodensee_pano.jpg" /></a><br />Sundown near Bregenz, Bodensee (Lake Constance)</div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-38742679073119866882009-08-18T12:23:00.001+02:002009-08-18T12:23:30.948+02:00Thesis is done and filed…<p>…now waiting for a confirmed date for the defense. Looking forward to present the results and answer some nasty questions :)</p> <p>Writing the thesis was a great experience. I could have worked for much longer, but the 3 month time limit is a good thing, cause otherwise it would be a never ending story!</p> <p><a href="http://crm2-0.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img style="border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px" title="CRM 2.0c_mirror" border="0" alt="CRM 2.0c_mirror" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/SoqBIVh5plI/AAAAAAAAV6E/t0eaN0pTx9I/CRM%202.0c_mirror%5B7%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="452" height="283" /></a> </p> <p>Now I have time again for my private life, my job and (not to forget) blogging. </p> <p>As <strong>Windows 7</strong> showed up on the MSDNAA for download end of last week, I couldn’t resist and install it on my desktop and my netbook on Sunday. It actually runs quite smoothly – except of some immature drivers for the netbook (notably the Intel GMA500 display driver). <br />The current Vista driver works, but crashes with a BSOD after a couple of minutes when turning on the Aero (glass) UI. At least the standard theme works pretty stable.</p> <p>Funny enough, Microsoft does not have any Bluetooth headset drivers included anymore, so I had to install the Broadcom (Asus package) BT-Stack to get my headset working with Skype and the SIP phone…</p> <p>Will test a nice little device driver tool this evening (Device Doctor) that is already tested on Windows 7. Let’s see what that will find…</p> <a href="http://www.devicedoctor.com/"><img border="0" alt="Free Driver Update Software" src="http://www.devicedoctor.com/images2/ddbadge1.jpg" /></a> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506006.post-90808256481435850962009-05-15T23:38:00.001+02:002009-05-15T23:38:31.823+02:00The Clock is ticking…<p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/Sg3g1CrTlbI/AAAAAAAAS5c/m0aewTfDQYk/s1600-h/image%5B4%5D.png"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" align="left" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_A5ybe5TYzTo/Sg3g1zq7vVI/AAAAAAAAS5g/IGpIISIJ18E/image_thumb%5B2%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="190" height="252" /></a> </p> <p>I got my topic for the Masters’ Thesis officially fixed now. This means the clock is ticking… deadline is <font color="#ff0000">August 13th</font>.</p> <p>Topic is : “<strong>CRM 2.0 – Next Generation Customer Relationship Model</strong>”</p> <p>This means full steam ahead and keep writing for the next 3 Month.</p> <p>Research is pretty much all done. I just need to get some more data (probably from analyst reports) to fortify the statements made in the thesis. Often difficult to find the right book to cite from – the topic is so transient that some of the data or knowledge is already outdated (although only 2-3 years old).</p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705671110030853655noreply@blogger.com0