As a result of a constant lack of time to take real care of two blogs at the same time, I decided to re-integrate the content of my former “FloHomebase [en]” tech-blog into this one. You can find these posts in the category “tech talk”. I am rapidly approaching the end of my studies, which means that this “I have no time to blog”-state will be quite constant. By reducing complexity - concentrating - I hope I will be able to make this one blog - floho.com - an enjoyable read for friends, family and the occasional visitor from the wild wild web.
Concentration is also required for the tasks at hand: While being on the job hunt and having interviews all over the country, I still need to finish a number of courses that I took this semester. I guess this means I should be blogging even less then? Gosh, that sounds like no fun at all. But in the end I am doing it to find myself a Job that IS fun and enjoyable in the long run, and I am finishing all those courses to make sure my diploma grade gets as good as possible. So it makes sense to concentrate. Back to work.
Published on March 18, 2007
in general.
On Friday, I had an interview marathon with a company in Munich. First of all and to get it off my chest: I find it totally ridiculous to say that I was not “authentic” because I was too friendly. They must have expected me to be a rude ass, because everything I did was saying “please” and “thank you” where my mum told me it would be appropriate. Maybe slamming to door in front of the interviewer’s nose would have impressed them, who knows. For me this certainly is proving that applying for a job is always a bidirectional process: If they do not want me, there might be a good reason for me not wanting them as well.
Being in Munich also required me to get on an airplane. The way down there was easy, but once you arrive in Munich it becomes clear that Munich airport is the only airport that can really only be reached by an airplane. It is like 50km outside the town. For the simple dwellers like me, they connected it to the public transport, but it still is a long 45 minutes ride by train.
The way back from Munich was a different story, as the airplane had a delay of almost three hours. On the good side, this again had two effects: One, I got a five bucks voucher which enabled me to get the prices of the food-place next to the gate down to a level where it was still quite expensive, but did not make me agressive anymore. Two, I realized that I am quite immune against delays mood-wise, given that some basic requirements are fulfilled: I am not having a fixed time to get somewhere depending on that flight, it is not too cold or too hot, I have access to food and something to drink, and entertainment of some form (laptop, book, practicing group of cheerleaders, etc.). I think that makes me one of the most easy-to-handle persons when a flight I am on gets delayed.
On a sidenote, that exact friendliness that the interviewers perceived as me being all fake and phony made the stewardesses on that awkwardly delayed flight smile all over their face, just because I did not frown like everybody else, but wished them a good weekend when I got off the plane. My mum would be proud of me.
I have been using twitter for a few days now, and it really is a weird mix of broadcasting, SMS, blogging, and “shouting into a general direction”. In other words: It is fun, it is hard to understand why people do it, and all uses for it that are somehow justifying doing it are great ones like “when an earthquake strikes I can tell everybody quickly!”. Well. This is the first thing I would do when an earthquake hits me, too.
Still, it is fun, and for me it replaces my skype status text. If everyone of my friends was using it, even better - until then I am following what Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann and Scoble (who is cheating;-> ) are twittering. Gosh, it feels a bit like legal stalking 
[tags]Twitter, Skype, Earthquake, Scoble[/tags]