Wow. This is simply beautiful. Watch the mysterious flights of the Common Starling. Filmed by filmmaker Jan van IJken. I could watch this for hours.

⇾ Visit: The Art of Flying – Movie

The French photographer Romain Thiery created a stunning set of photos called Nature Takes Over, in which nature takes back buildings and landscapes.

A beautiful and melancholic atmosphere.

⇾ Visit: Nature Takes Over

Lovely to see that Brendan Dawes opensourced his Plastic Player. I’d love to have one and now, if I find time in any corner of my room, I am able to build one myself. Don’t know about Bren’s Plastic Player? Check this:

⇾ Visit: Bren’s Plastic Player now Open Source

Next Saturday, numerous workshops around the world are held to help people becoming more experienced in public speaking. I was getting notice of these events way too late, as I woiuld have loved to organise one. But if you are around Berlin, you might want to check what Stefan Judis is organising.

Great idea. I hope there will be more of it.

I just backed the iA Writer for Windows version on Kickstarter with a Premium Supporter package. I don't even use Windows. But you know, I am constantly using Writer on my Mac. I think it is the most used tool on my computer – right after Apple's Mail program. So, I thought I support iA with a few bucks to get a good version for Windows kicked off and I say thanks with that.

Furthermore, why shouldn't Windows users not get a fantastic writing and productivity tool finally?

Danke. Ich liebe dich.

I never loose the excitement in creating the schedule for an event. Pure joy, even though stressful joy with a little bit of pressure, if people are going to like it.

So, I sat down again and made a playlist for the mixtape called #btconf Munich. And this is the playing order aka schedule:

• Tuesday
• Wednesday

⇾ Visit: The Schedule for beyond tellerrand Munich 2018

Right in time for Christmas it finally arrived. »Change is Good« – a Kickstarter project by Louis Rossetto, which I backed. Designed by Erik Spiekermann and produced at p98a in Berlin.

Photos obviously and of course shot while drinking Letterpresso. ;)

Reading time now …

Question: If I’d work for a delivery service and someone is not at home, would I then throw a package with things someone ordered over their fence into the garden, to let it lie in the rain for the whole day?

Yesterday, when I cam home around 10pm, a parcel was lying on the wet lawn, totally soaked. I was completely speechless and wondered: Who the fuck would really think “Hmm … no one at home. I wonder if it is a good idea to throw the shipping into the dirt while it is raining heavily?” I mean, come one, that is something that does not fit into my head. How damn stupid must someone be?!

So please, I am sure the one who did it will never read this, but if you work for Amazon Logistics and ever think of doing this: Please don’t! There might be things in that parcel, that can’t stand rain and might be damaged after being thrown into my garden. Thank you!

I know Joshua Davis since 2001, when I met him the first time at Flash Forward in Amsterdam. I am always happy, when he comes back to my event and gives a talk. In Berlin he was back with some of his latest projects. One of the messages he transports through his talks is something like

The work you put out there, is the work that people hire you for. So, if you put out shit, people hire you to do shit.

Tobi Lessnow, aka Baldower joined the beyond tellerrand family 2013, when he suggest doing Sketchnotes in Music and it has grown into being part of beyond tellerrand at every event. His latest track, “Weird Shit”, which he made from what Josh said in his talk in Berlin, proves, that he not only plays a bit of music and samples random quote into it to use it as kind of lyrics. I think Tobi completely got this message out of the talk by Josh and also made a great song out of it. Crazy, yes, but if you know Joshua, than you see that it perfectly fits ;)