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The basics you should know about GDPR for your next app

Next year the European Union’s new privacy guidelines GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) will roll out and cover the handling of personal data. So these are the items to consider for your backlog.

Please note that most areas are already covered in the EU data protection directive. The GDPR adds a little bit on top of that and clarifies details.

The consent for the use of private data.

The…

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#data #GDPR #privacy

Latest editions to my unsplash collection

I have been quite quiet lately, so here is something from my unsplash portfolio of public domain pictures. I stayed in Augsburg (Germany) last weekend and this detail on the dome caught my eye.

Some of you will say: Wait, that picture is not centered! This is because I needed it that way. Feel free to crop to your liking.

Find more pictures to use freely on my unsplash portfolio.

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A walk in the park – my pictures are still waiting to be approved at pixabay.com

Meanwhile you can use them from here. Follow the links behind the picture and use at your own risk (all pictures are cc0).

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Can services keep pace with development?

Can services keep pace with development? #iot

To make one thing clear: I work in IT and I know that I might be biased and see the world with different – digital – eyes. I have been travelling back from the West coast of the US in the last few hours. Enough time to reflect on some things, because – let’s be honest – watching movies for 9 hours makes you feel like a vegetable… …not only because of the quality of the movies.

Some of the…

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Please fix this one thing on your social media dashboard!

I had a look on plenty of marketing dashboards in the last few days. And there is one thing which is always there: The number of followers (or whatever it is called in the various streams: circles, friends,…).

So here is what I think about this number: It does not matter as you think it does. Here is what that number tells you: It tells you the size of your potentialconnections with others. This…

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#activity #dashboard #followers #interaction #social media #twitter

Human perception is reliable: One cannot not see 3D

I have no idea when I read Paul Watzlawick’s How Real Is Real? the first time. I was amazed by the theories buried deep within the book and read everything I could. One sentence is still sticking – and seems to be a paradigm of my thinking: One cannot not communicate.

I nearly forgot this sentence, when I raced through visualisation books for my master’s thesis someyears ago. Human perception is…

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#3d #design #flat design #perception #visualization

So you want to create a short video...

I really liked the storytelling when I first heard it. And when the video went live on the company web site I thought: How can I share that on my blog? Well, maybe you are interested in the steps it took to make the video.

I recorded Gerd standing at a flipchart and telling the story.

I watched the story and made a first draft video.

Got some feedback on this video.

Made a second refined version.…

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Building something - a nanoblock time-lapse There are some things which can be called an exercise for having patience. Building with nano blocks is one of these things.

#iphone #nanoblocks #time lapse

Elsewhere: Advice from a Newbie Testers Future Self I have been guest blogging on the company blog. If you are into software test, this might be interesting for you.

Cinemagraph: The Autonomous Kicker Teamwork is on my mind. What is a better metapher than a sports team. Feel free to use the GIF when you need it for a presentation.

#animated gif #cinemagraph #presentation

Tunnel to the future with many exits

The tunnel is an old symbol for a passage. On photographs they also make good models: Symmetry, interesting shape, often intriguing details.

I love this one in particular. It always reminds me of the fact that even if you do not see the exit and it looks like a dead end, there are plenty of exits to this tunnel – always. Why would there be a tunnel?

Feel free to use this picture in your…

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#A7 #future #public domain #tunnel #Vienna