Author: Patrick Sauerwein

Malteser Social Day 2016 – thanks for this great experience

September 26, 2016

Since the last three years Matrix42 is volunteering once a year for the Malteser Social day. This year we were volunteering at several projects and we had the pleasure to organize a festivity for elderly people at theSankt Katharinen und Weißfrauenstift Frankfurt-Niederursel. The day started at 10am with setting up the room with tables, chairs and … More Malteser Social Day 2016 – thanks for this great experience

The Solution with Criticism

September 4, 2016

As this might be coincidence or destiny, Seth Godin always inspires me in my daily life: Seth's Blog: The paradox of the flawless record https://t.co/f9fw92oQ6e < differ between useful criticism & stuff worth ignoring — @Virtual_Patrick (@Virtual_Patrick) September 4, 2016 Being a sensitive person, criticism hits me sometimes like being caught by a train. Working on software products and building features is … More The Solution with Criticism

Microsoft Windows 7 Challenges for Enterprises and the Hardware Dilemma with Intel

July 17, 2016

There is a lot of noise about Windows 10 and the upcoming release on August 2nd this year. Microsoft is still trying to push Windows 10 into their customer base with free installations, in order to hit their self proclaimed goal to run Windows 10 on 1 billion devices by mid 2018, which is unlikely … More Microsoft Windows 7 Challenges for Enterprises and the Hardware Dilemma with Intel

Nonviolent #Communication for #agile teams

July 28, 2015

I’ve written before about the communication challenges of a scrum team. For me communication is nothing special to scrum, but it is very important to find a common understanding when comes to collaborative work building features and talking about user stories. It also improves our daily lifes working on our behaviors and attitudes. I’ve bought an audio … More Nonviolent #Communication for #agile teams

Three thoughts about #mobile is changing the world and strategies of #Microsoft #Windows10

June 21, 2015

The latest blogpost from Benedict Evans again showed some great figures and insights that mobile is changing the world. Here are three thoughts about how mobile is changing the world and strategies of Microsoft Windows 10: Microsoft is no longer dominant and has been outpaced due to the amount of sold mobile devices. The upcoming Microsoft Windows … More Three thoughts about #mobile is changing the world and strategies of #Microsoft #Windows10

#Microsoft is selling a vision while blending #Windows10 reality at #Build2015

May 3, 2015

This week there have been a lot of announcements at #Build2015 and I am expecting more concrete to come next week at #Ignite2015. My view about Microsoft is that they are still running after the mobile internet since desktops are no longer dominant. I have written another post back in 2013 about how important mobility … More #Microsoft is selling a vision while blending #Windows10 reality at #Build2015

#Agile: Improve your daily life while working on your basic roots of paradigms

April 11, 2015

Vacation is reflection time for me as well, so I bought a classic from Steven R. Covey. For some some of you this might be boring or bathetic, but Covey taught me a real big lesson about attitudes and behaviors. For most of you, it may be an easy one to understand that attitudes and behaviors … More #Agile: Improve your daily life while working on your basic roots of paradigms

Two Fundamental Sources About Why #Mobility Is Changing The World

March 25, 2015

Understanding mobility and what it does right now and in the future to our environment is huge. So I’d like to share two sources of  presentations which explained the challenges and situations very sharp and brief to me. The first one is from Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) who is a partner at A16Z about “Mobile is eating … More Two Fundamental Sources About Why #Mobility Is Changing The World