Emerging Tech & Empowered Citizens
My company, and the organizational backend for all the various activities and projects I engage in. Founded in 2014, The Waving Cat is a boutique strategy, research & foresight company. We explore the impact and opportunities of emerging technologies—especially like Internet of Things (#iot) and…
A Trustmark for IoT: For Mozilla, we explored the potentials and challenges of a trustmark for the Internet of Things (IoT). (website)
The ThingsCon report The State of Responsible IoT is a collection of essays by experts from the inter-disciplinary ThingsCon community of IoT practitioners. It explores the challenges, opportunities and questions surrounding the creation of a responsible & human-centric Internet of Things (IoT). (website)
View Source: Shenzhen is an exploration of the Shenzhen hardware ecosystem & the importance of creating a responsible IoT We went to Shenzhen to explore opportunities for collaboration between European Internet of Things practitioners and the Shenzhen hardware ecosystem—and how to promote the creation of…
Zephyr Berlin:Pants that travel well and are built to last. For women and men. Made in Berlin with environmentally friendly Swiss performance fabric. Successfully funded via Kickstarter. Co-founded with Michelle Thorne. (website)
Dearsouvenir is a digital travel and shopping magazine that helps explore a destination through souvenirs and the delightful stories behind them. In collaboration with Wolfgang Macht (Netzpiloten) & Carry-On Publishing. (website)
The Good Home is a multi-disciplinary exploration of the future of living in our homes Co-founded this collaboration with Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino, with a growing line-up of collaborators and contributors.(website)
Understanding the Connected Home is a collection of essays about the questions, challenges and opportunities brought about by increasingly connected homes. Co-authored with Michelle Thorne, published as a free ebook. First published in 2015, fully revised and updated second edition published in June 2016. (website)
ThingsCon is a global initiative to explore and promote the development of fair, responsible, and human-centric technologies for the IoT and beyond. We create events, resources, publications and tools for a diverse community of practitioners to promote and implement better practices across IoT, artificial intelligence,…
An independent conference for serious iOS developers, and also Berlin’s first English-language iOS developer conference. Co-organizing this as an independent event with Matt Patterson and Chris Eidhof since 2013. (website)
The only client project listed here: I’ve been working with NEXT for a long time, partly freelance partly through my old company, first as a curator, then starting 2012 as Program Director. (website)
Enlighten us, but make it quick! That’s the motto of Ignite, a fantastic global format of lightning talks – slides auto-forward, you get exactly 5 minutes per presentation. I’ve been co-organizing Ignite Berlin since 2010. (website)
If anything, a meta project: THE NODE is an irregular newsletter of the things I’m involved in. The simplest, lowest-frequency way to keep track of what I’m up to. (read more)
The easy way to find top notch iOS developers. It’s as easy as filling out a form. Brought to you by the team behind UIKonf. (website) (Discontinued.)
Making should be easier: Currently an early stage company, Natasha Carolan and I co-founded Makers Make to allow independent product designers more easily to get from idea to market. (website) (currently hibernating)
Observing the things that matter. The Alpine Review is a (currently print only) semi-annual magazine founded founded by Louis-Jacques Darveau and Patrick Tanguay in Montréal, who kindly took me on as editor-at-large. (website)
In 2010, I co-founded Third Wave, part digital strategy consultancy, part think tank. While I left in 2012 to pursue other projects, the company is still going strong.
In 2011, our conference CoCities looked at how technologies can change cities, how data & sensors can make urban spaces more responsive. Organized as one of the first projects with Third Wave. (read more)
Twice (2009, 2010) I co-organized TEDxKreuzberg with Christoph Fahle of Betahaus – with a full house and fantastic, inspiring speakers.
In 2009, we ran a festival to celebrate DIY culture. To quote from the announcement: “a&b is a meet up for visionaries, tinkerers, activists, geeks, and artists – in short, everyone that celebrates a new culture of collective endeavor, and do-it-yourself, as well as internet…