Field notes
Things that happened to me. Sometimes also photos.
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Management Consulting: My life working 60 hours a week on things I didn’t care about
A consultant is a guy who borrows your watch and tells you what time it is Howard Gossage I used to work for a large,…
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Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich Schiller was the Jack Kerouac of Germany. Both were rebellious, youthful writers that didn’t only inspire a generation, but represented some feeling that still…
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Los Angeles: Post-pandemic exuberance during a scientific conference
The first conference I went to after the pandemic of 2020-2021 was in Los Angeles. It was my first visit to the city. I had…
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Miami Consul
To get my Austrian passport renewed, I needed to visit one of the consulates my native country maintains in America to hand over my documents.…
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The Egely Wheel: A device to measure psi, or more likely, the heat coming off your hands
As a kid, I had a device that proved that I had the ability to move physical objects with my mind. It consisted of a…
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Playing the Harmonica: Not going to make you seem more attractive
A few years ago, I decided to learn how to play the harmonica. I started by watching a few YouTube videos, buying a $20 harp,…