Flashtronaut

Just to let you guys know, I’m exited to be heading to FotB this year. Last year was a blast and I hope to see as many people as possible there this year again. Definitely something to wait for. Outshine the rest, check the box on the right hand side for more info.

See you in Brighton.

My old server had a fairly catastrophic crash which left the database in ruins, and in other words all my old blog posts etc.

Well, time to rebuild. Much has happened since the blog went down. I’m nowadays working for AKQA Berlin, having transferred here from the London office to build a brand-spanking-new AKQA office. How sweet is that. I don’t speak German, nor have I ever visited Germany before, so my request to transfer here is either cheer lunacy, delusions of grandeur (and German frauleins), or an openness to new things and a positive outlook. I’m leaning on the former ones, but ask me again in 6 months. The summer here was amazing, and still going on a few days of the week, so I’m off to a good start here.

Living here is much more enjoyable than it was in London. While in London you had the feeling of constantly being in a hurry somewhere because there were so many people packed into such narrow streets, here there are less people and the streets are build wide. I’m talking German wide. Like the front opening of a Biergarten waitress in a traditional Bavarian dress. It’s less hectic here and people feel chilled out.

I’m on a rooftop bar @ Soho House Berlin, which I heartily recommend, and I’ll go back to my drink and see if I can get this blog up and running like a German engine.