Hi, I'm Benedikt Deicke. I'm a web and software developer at flinc. I'm mainly building user focused web applications using Ruby on Rails and JavaScript. Additionally I'm currently finishing my studies for my master's degree and enjoying photography in my spare time. Feel free to get in touch with me!

February 19th, 2008
Web-/Screendesigner needed!

I’m a total moron when it comes to web- and screendesign. I totally lost the ability to build visually appealing websites (or maybe my demands just grow) over the last few years. Unfortunately a good looking design is a must for every website or -application. I’ve some ideas in mind that I’d like to realize. To do so I definitely need help! As a result I’m looking for a

Web-/Screendesigner

for cooperation on these (and maybe even more) projects. Knowledge of (x)html, css, and javascript is a plus but not necessarily required. So, if you’re experienced in designing websites please contact me by mail using benedikt at synatic dot net or comment below.

I’m looking forward to your message! :-)

Thanks!

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February 15th, 2008
Mplayer patented technology joke

I just played a mms-stream using mplayer in the console. After it was done I read this in the console:

Everything done. Thank you for downloading a media file containing proprietary and patented technology.

(Looks like this is my shortest blog entry ever … ;-))

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January 7th, 2008
Getting Things Done with Tracks

As my current term at university is crammed with projects, presentations and term papers, it is quite hard to remember every deadline. I was constantly worrying about them and pretty badly needed a way to manage all my tasks. As I mentioned Getthing Things Done on this blog some time ago but hadn’t tried it yet, I decided to give it a chance. I didn’t buy the book by David Allen, but searched for a simple tool to implement GTD in my everyday life. (Rails applications preferred, of course) What I found was Tracks – Doing Things Properly an open source rails app providing everything I needed. Its slick interface makes it easy to manage actions, projects and contexts. Additionally actions can be exported in RSS or iCal format, although I customized the RSS a little to reverse the order and display the due-date.

After using it for about one month now, I really recommend it! No more worrying about forgetting deadlines or entire tasks!

If you want to try Tracks without having to set it up on your own, just contact me and I’ll add an account for you.

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November 26th, 2007
Processing is fun

I’m currently attending a course called “Animation programming with Processing”. It’s a blended-learning course lectured at my university. I heard about processing before but never looked at it closely. Processing is a simple programming language build on top of Java and comes with its own, simple IDE. It includes some basic functionality and can be extended with a variety of libraries (Audio, Video, 3D, Network, ...).

It’s amazing how easy it is to write stunning animations with very little lines of code. Combined with a simple webcam and a projector you’ll get cool interactive installations:

Presence

I, Ball

Check out the exhibition at processing.org too!

Maybe I’ll upload some of my own sketches during the next weeks.

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October 14th, 2007
Nightwish.com Design Update

We’ve just updated nightwish.com’s design to match with the new album “Dark Passion Play”. We also introduced to new languages: swedish and portuguese. Check it out! ;-)

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