Today we had our first Continental European IT Summit since ages. It was the first really big hybrid event, with close to 50 participants meeting in their respective offices, from their homes or on the road. All at a distance and no huddling.
There’s an app for that (2)
You already know that I know nothing about football. I have to quote the next best English ex-kicker to be able to say something about it. But I do know something about Tech. And as a German, of course, I also know about Data Protection. The Corona-Warn-App (which we proudly helped with) is now a year old and, in my eyes, a huge success!
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The weather this week is fantastic! We’ve been able to play tennis outside for a few weeks, our public outdoor pool is open again and we’ve already been lane swimming twice. I’ve also been out to eat at a restaurant with my wife once. Many people in my bubble have been vaccinated once, some already fully. In the family all those who want to and can also at least once.
Working from Home (21)
Yesterday we were all in the office together as a team for the first time in over a year. We tested with spit self-tests provided by Clifford Chance to all employees who need or want to come into the office. After all the tests came back negative, as expected, we sat in our famous/notorious Innovation & Best Delivery Hub for several hours and worked together. The hub is big enough that we can sit at a distance. It faces the quiet courtyard and has floor-to-ceiling windows that can be opened wide. Well, we didn’t just work in a concentrated way, we also just talked about private and personal things and practiced our social skills. It was great and we plan to repeat it at least once a month while we are still working mostly from home due to the pandemic.
Working from Home (20)
In March 2020 we were in our offices, factories, schools, shops, theatres, doing our business. We had heard that there was a new lung disease in China, but…
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Was war ich so stolz, als ich im Dezember 2005 über einen Clifford Chance-Kollegen in New York sven.richert@gmail.com für mich registrieren konnte. Damals™ war es noch Stand der Technik, dass man sein Passwort häufig ändert. Ich ändert also immer mal wieder mein Passwort für dieses Google-Konto und irgendetwas ging das schief, das war 2008. Zwei Jahre lang habe ich versucht, wieder Zugriff auf „mein“ Konto zu bekommen – vergeblich. Auf meine Anfragen per E-Mail habe ich überhaupt keine Antworten bekommen, eine Telefon-Hotline gab und gibt es nicht und Website-Support auch nicht. Über einen anderen Ex-Kollegen aus Washington, der zwischenzeitlich einer der unzähligen Google Vice Presidents geworden war, habe ich versucht, zu eskalieren. Erfolglos. Er teilte mir lapidar mit, dass man ihm gesagt habe, dass ich als Deutscher ja gar nicht Inhaber des Kontos sein könne (s.o.).
Say Their Names
Exactly one year ago, a right-wing extremist shot nine fellow citizens in my neighbourhood, in Hanau, for racist reasons. #SayTheirNames Nesar was born, in school, studied, worked here, it was his Heimat. He had tattooed the postcode!
Hello JHP
Monday was the first day at the JHP. Officially.
Marketing pictures of the new office Junghofplaza
Working from Home (19)
I have received eleven invitations to #clubhouse this week, but have no appetite for the new hot shit. We had enough of it in the last few months.
Working from Home (18)
It has never felt as dark as it does this year. This is not only a sensed, „alternative“ fact. Looking out from 24th floor of one shabby skyscraper at other shining skyscrapers is nowhere near as dark as to when looking out on ground level at your desk at home. What I have mainly done this winter.
View from my desk on 24th floor of FBC on 13 Januar 2017