I’m enthusiastic and excited about all things Free and Open, be it knowledge, data, or software. I’m currently on the board of Wikimedia Deutschland, the German chapter of Wikimedia. This is the non-profit organization that supports projects such as Wikipedia or Wikidata (and many more). I am also a member of the jury for the Prototype Fund, a funding program for independent developers and small teams creating innovative open-source software that is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
I like communities and technology. I co-authored a piece on building a hackerspace, the Hackerspace Design Patterns. I prefer the word “hacker” to be applied to those who approach computers with creativity, playfulness, and critical thinking, not criminals.
I also co-authored two books together with very smart and wonderful people. One book is about sparkling and caffeinated soft drinks for hackers, and the other is about the principles of functional programming in Javascript and cooking curry dishes. Both books are written in German and were published by O’Reilly.
I strongly believe that you can create art and beauty with or without a computer. From the beginning in 2012, I’ve been a member of the collectivdrama c-atre theater troupe that plays sci-fi theater plays published under Open Licensenses. I appeared in movies made by the Austrian art-technology-philosophy group monochrom and thus have an IMDB entry.
I have worked as a software developer, project manager, and journalist in the past. I currently work in cybersecurity, which is another interest of mine. Software I have worked on as a coder include Wikibase and MediaWiki. Two games I have written or co-written live on this site: a classic text adventure and a roguelike game where all the items in the dungeon are generated from Wikidata. I love languages. Among the more interesting languages I speak are Python, Lua, Korean, and Esperanto.
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