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Education with an additional twist

Restless and eager to learn, my interest in culture and upcoming trends led me to a few stations within the last years. Sharing knowledge, bringing together different aspects of culture and modern technology is something that I intensively enjoy.

Exchange student (PGPM)
Alliance University, Bangalore (India)
Jul 2010 - Jan 2011

Participating in the PGPM (Post Graduate Program in Management) along with a DAAD scholarship in the exciting Silicon Valley of India.

Business Informatics (B.Sc)
Berlin School of Economics and Law
Oct 2008 - Jun 2012

Focusing on Information and Communication Management, Ubiquitous Computing and social aspects of the information age.

Community Activities
Gartenarbeitsschule Ilse Demme, Berlin
Aug 2008 - Jan 2010

A big garden full of small haptic adventures with numerous plants and animals for young kids. Teaching the CMS Joomla for the school's website was my part of the general community contribution.

A-levels & job training as a Technical Design Assistent
Heinrich Hertz Berufskolleg, Bonn
Aug 2004 - Jul 2007

Finishing my A-levels and aquiring additional skills in the field of media analysi, design history and media production.

Student Exchange Program
Mitchell High School, Oregon (USA)
Aug 2003 - Jun 2004

Enjoying the American spirit in a village with 150 people in the far west of the United States.

Brainwork, using the left and the right side

My motivation and interest are technology and design driven. For me, it is all about using innovative tools and designing these contextual properly according to the endless For the future I focus on the crucial part of bringing together people with different backgrounds, different knowledge and different culture. From my point of view there is nothing more exciting than sharing my knowledge with others at the cutting edge of technology, the beauty and the social function of design.

T-Systems MMS
Mobile- & Webdevelopment
www.t-systems-mms.com
Berlin
May 2011

Researching the opportunities and limits of state of the art frontend technologies such as Html5 & CSS3.

Thomas Manss & Company
www.manss.com
London & Berlin
Jun 2009 - Jun 2010

Creating effective websites with a timeless design and Drupal. Moreover developing and designing a CMS with the Thomas Manss philosophy at its heart and the open-source powerhouse Drupal as an engine.

Creation of core idea, online concepts and information architecture
Technical realisation with Drupal, PHP, Javascript/jQuery, Ajax
Operating process optimisation (SVN, OpenAtrium)
Introduction of social media activities

Thomas Manss & Company CMS
www.manss.com
www.dti-verband.de
www.danielalerchner.de
www.seidelfriends.de

Radical Inclusion
www.radical-inclusion.com
Berlin
Apr 2009 - May 2010

Supporting Holger Nauheimer and the management team with some digital handcraft and ideas for the first Real Time Collaboration Workshop.

Evaluating online tools like Mindmeister and Etherpad for the workshop's sessions
Adjusting the website to the workshop requirements
Providing help and keeping good contact with workshop participants
Social Media evaluation

Freelancing Webdesigner
Berlin
Jul 2008 - Jun 2009

Creating corporate websites for small businesses in Berlin.

Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress
PHP, Javascript/jQuery and CSS

www.triadent-steglitz.de
www.quadratmeter-berlin.de
www.freundeskreis-koeln-indy.de

Stiftung Naturschutz Berlin
www.stiftung-naturschutz.de
Berlin
Aug 2007 - Jul 2008

Taking part in the program of voluntary work in the environmental sector (FÖJ) at one of the major ecological players in Berlin.

Restructuring the complex website
Developing campaigns for the yearly event, the "Langer Tag der StadNatur"
Creating print ideas

www.stiftung-naturschutz.de www.langertagderstadtnatur.de

iE e.V.
www.ie-edu.net
Lohmar, near by Cologne
Jun 2004 - Jul 2005

I was very fortuned to get a scholarship for my "international Experience" in the United States, I wanted to give back. I did this by helping out in the main office of this non-profit association by ...

organising events
maintaining the CRM database
making parents and students happy

Words are very unnecessary

If you are keen on music, take a look at my personal collection.

SPU 20.000 feet

154 - Abrighterday
154 - Sun
Space Dimension Controller - Mercurial Attraction
St. Plomb - Precious Soul
154 - Themurderpeople
The Knife - Seeds (Portable Remix)
Morning Factory - Maiden Voyage
Legowelt - Ocean Arrow
Roman Lindau - Keppra
Himan - Empire Of The Sun
Kink & Neville Watson - Metropole
40 Thieves & Qzen - Don't Turn It Off (Brennan Green Remix)
Ripperton feat. Christina Wheeler - At Peace (I:Cube Tape Mix)
154 - Daze

SPU 20.000 Feet by Gracy Q Mace

Tschakkah

Arandel - In D#3 (Over You Vocal remix by Bruno Pronsato)
Taho - Typo Dub
Axel Boman - Arcimboldo
Axel Boman - Brass Fanatic
Foog - Open Your Eyes
Architectural - Architectural 03 Intro
Architectural - Architectural 03.1
Pandemrix 202 - Planetarium
Teemu T. - Plateau
Suedmilch - Floating Nights
Pulshar - Mantistyle (Deeps Edayar Remix)
Wasserfall - Grits

Tschakkah by Gracy Q Mace

From time to time...

there are ideas, that shape and redefine the patterns of our all behaviour. Despite the high importance of details in this context, I personally think, it is damm healthy and thrilling to look at the bigger picture frequently.

I love venues like UXcamp, Socialcamp or Educamp, where those ideas are developed and shared. I also regulary tweet a few tweets on those ideas.

If you feel like sharing your thoughts and questions with me,
drop a few lines or contact me on the plattform of your choice.

A Darwinian theory about beauty with Denis Dutton

Beauty always plays an essential role in the evolution of men. Denis Dutton shows why beauty is not only a sensual measurement, but is a measurement for skill and a better chance to survive. On top of that the speech is complemented with an incredible picture story.
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Where good ideas come from with Steven Johnson

Ideas do not come from nowhere. In this video Steven Johnson gives a short insight on how and why innovation is happening. You can find more in his book!
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The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology with Pranav Mistry

Pranav Mistry from the MIT Media Lab introduces us to his augmented reality research prototypes. The future will be so tasty. Love it!
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Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web with Kevin Kelly

The world wide web is so ubiquitous and powerful that Kevin Kelly considers the web as one big machine. Always running. No shut down. I guess Kraftwerk were right. The men machine will exist exists.
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