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  • why it is soo difficult

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    I’m thinking a lot why “fake news”, “simplistic populism” and other contemporary movements have gained so much momentum over the recent decade (or more). After all, in a world in which information is largely open and freely available, the days of being obviously miss-informed should be over, shouldn’t they? A simple solution for a complex…

  • late November: year end panic

    late November: year end panic

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    Since last year I adopt a practice of choosing – what I consider – my best pictures of the year. Pro-photographer Martin Bailey inspired me to embark on this journey. I gave the process my own spin by choosing my “best of colour” and a separate set “best of black and white”. I find it…

  • Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg

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    First time I saw a picture of this building, I was simply blown away by its outer-worldly beauty. I had to go and visit it. Herzog De Meuron designed something extraordinary. I’m sure archeology professors and students will ponder about the significance of this building and structure when they discover it under water (global warming,,,,)…

  • warning – advertisement!

    warning – advertisement!

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    this is the annual “my company has grown a year older” advertisement message. Head over to the Megrow website to read all the latest and greatest about the tangible business benefits of Enterprise Risk Management, some thoughts about strategy and portfolio underwriting. 

  • here is Gutenberg – move over “classic”

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    After a few month of watching the Gutenberg development by WordPress unfold, I have decided to move over from the “classic” editor. why? The classic editor served me well. I used it extensively for this personal blog and for my company’s website. No bugs, text editing functionality was there and the basic formatting options available…

  • the ultimate stalker app

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    I couldn’t resist and signed up (free nota bene…) for Strava. This is the ultimate stalker app. Join Strave, upload your workouts and make some friends over there. Very soon you will find out what I mean! BTW: if you are a Polar “person” like I am, you can set your Polar account to automatically…

  • Marina Bay Sands, Singapore – Early Morning Glory

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    One day in March 2018, don’t know what got into me, I decided to get up early, cycle from home to the Marina Barrage with the complete photo gear AND the drone to take a few pictures and movies. So, I had the DJI Phantom 3P in the hardcover backpack, a tripod attached to this…

  • more on: hiking in Hong Kong

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    Luck had it that I could spend a number of weekends in Hong Kong between Nov 2017 and March 2018. Hong Kong is a hiker’s heaven all year round, but the relatively cool winter months make it a paradise. Once back home, I started thinking how I could possible blog (aka diary-ise) all these beautiful…

  • Best of 2017, picture by picture, the 8 black and white

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    best of 2017, the black and white winners My thoughts and some technical background information about the eight black and white photographs that survived the “best of 2017” selection process described in an earlier post. Image 1, image 2 and image 3 were all taken in a similar location, in the north western part of…

  • Best of 2017, picture by picture, the colourful 8

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    best of 2017, the top 8 color photographs Some thoughts and technical background information about the  eight color photographs that survived the “best of 2017” selection process described in an earlier post. Image 1 & 2 The first two, very colorful images were taken during a Nikon School workshop. We had the task of capturing…