My Not So Private Tech Life

That sentence used to be one that I’ve let slip quite a few times during the last 8 years or so. Depending on who I was talking to it either trickered an awestruck gaze telling me “That’s a real man! How can he possibly spend his evenings and weekends without falling dead from boredom?” Or the other person would just respond: “We don’t have one either. How can other people possibly spend their evenings and weekends watching TV?”

To be frank, claiming not to watch TV has stopped feeling right for me. Not that we have a TV set now, but:

• I spend most of my “working” time online – checking news, mails, feeds, forums etc
• I manage to get the most recent episodes of my favourite TV shows as soon as they are available somewhere (don’t ask!). And I do watch them every other night.

That’s why Paul Graham really struck a chord with me when I read his most recent essay on Distractions.

I now have to confess: I’m an addict to new media and high-tec distractions.

If you have been planning to get some TDD teaching you might consider to come to Munich on June 9 & 10 and attend my workshop on TDD with C#. The course is supposed to be in German but I will do it in English if necessary.

There are a couple of seats available; you’ll get special conditions if you book via me. Just drop me a mail.