The article includes affiliate links that can give you a free stock worth up to 200€ when you sign up for Trade Republic. Before 2020, I was confused when reading stock market reports about my favorite tech companies or looking at the stocks app on my phone. Today, I still…

Spoiler: you will need Homebridge. Suppose you’re into home automation, but you live with someone who doesn’t use the same mobile operating system as you do. In that case, you know exactly how limiting it can be. In my case, I use an iPhone, but I didn’t manage to convert…

This series became a small tradition for me. I have been documenting what’s on my homescreen for the past three years (read the 2019, 2020, and 2021 installments). Every time, I’m surprised how much I changed my setup. It’s not different this year. But first — a hardware update. I…

Under public pressure, companies like Apple have been introducing new features into their products to help us maintain digital wellbeing. In iOS 12, we got Screen Time, Downtime, and App Limits. Those features were intended to make us more aware of the time we spend using specific apps. They didn’t…

The German Wallet Trifecta — The article includes affiliate links that can give you up to 4,000 Payback points for signing up for the Payback American Express card. During the pandemic, I got into a black hole of YouTube content about many different topics, like making great videos or getting better at CS:GO. I’m confident…

Review of Sony Bravia X81J with Google TV — I never cared too much about owning a TV. When I moved out from my parent’s place, I took their old 37" LCD TV that I used for Spotify together with the original Chromecast. After getting a dedicated Bluetooth speaker, I no longer needed the TV, so I sold it. …

Perfect Day-Trip Idea For Berliners — Since moving to Germany three years ago, I have visited a handful of cities around the country. One of them is Hamburg, the second-largest German city after Berlin. In some ways, Hamburg feels similar to the capital — it’s full of expats, startups, and cool places to visit. …

What we learned about 3D avatars in 7 years of making them Christoph Niemann is an illustrator whose work was featured on over thirty covers of the New Yorker magazine. In the first episode of Netflix’s docuseries “Abstract,” Niemann introduced a concept called abstract-o-meter. It suggests that every idea has a just-right way to represent it. It can’t be too abstract nor…

Over 40,000 avatars created from a single Reddit post Cyberpunk 2077 was one of the most anticipated game releases of the past decade. Ever since we saw the first teaser trailer back in 2013, the hype around the game kept growing. Of course, there was a delay or two on the way, which made some people quite impatient, like…