Oliver Erlewein on August 16th, 2008

Well, what about me?! First off this is my website. Welcome! Nice of you to drop in.

I really don’t know why I’m blogging but I think it is because I want to learn how to communicate a little better in text. The other reason for me is to share some of the important/wonderful/curious/cool/geeky stuff out there with you.

For those who do find something interesting here and want to link/copy/steal something from here that usually isn’t a problem. Drop me a comment or an email so that I know. Please watch out for any other trademarks and copyrights that might apply.

As for myself I’m what my wife calls a daylight compatible geek. I think what she means is that I’m a geek and I’m still socially somewhat acceptable. I sincerely hope she’s right (well she did marry me….so it can’t be THAT bad). Well, what am I geeky about?

  • Computers in general especially Macs and Ubuntu stuff
  • Testing as that’s my job (more to that later)
  • Photography
  • Reading & Podcasts
  • Much more stuff that changes as the day goes by

So those are generally the topics you can easily strike up a conversation with me. Things like “Quantum Mechanics related to Alcohol Consumption of Fruit-Flies” won’t really peek my interest (…with a topic like that it really only speaks to your character!). But don’t feel put off and do try to engage me with whatever topic you want. I do need to broaden my horizons on occasion.

My work is IT too. I am a Test Manager for a company called DATACOM. Short explanation what a tester is: “A tester is to a developer what a food critic is to a chef”. Most people can do something with that explanation. One of my specialities is performance testing. That again is like being what Clarkson (ref. TopGear)  is for a Ferrari just for software. Sometimes it is even as exhilarating. ;-)

More to come….

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