Journalist Carole Cadwalladr said it in her TED Talk, and she meant Facebook. It has been proven since the Cambridge Analytica scandal that so-called “social” media are anything but social. They are a catalyst for hate and racism, give more reach to radical and extremist positions, do not comply with laws, and prevent public discourse. Read more

Who would have thought six months ago that Twitter would die so quickly and clearly? My choice of words is not exaggerated. We are witnessing the death of a platform. Not that I ever had an account on this so-called social medium. I use its open API with my own Nitter instance, as introduced here as a blog post two years ago. Read more

Today, I’m excited to write about a special migration. This time, it’s me who’s switching from proprietary to free software. The challenge is navigation - not by car, bicycle, or foot. It’s about flying in the sky with an airplane. Admittedly, this is a niche with only a few players. Read more

years ago, the buzzword and digitalisation project “Industry .” first emerged with nothing less in mind than the intention of unleashing a fourth industrial revolution. Revolution as a term and metaphor is, of course, nonsense. Anyone with the slightest sense in the matter knows that digitalisation is rather like a marathon with many intermediate stages and does not come overnight to a company as a result of a management decree. Read more