Nach einigen, eher spontanen Bewerbungen und daran anschlie\u00dfend \u00fcberw\u00e4ltigendem Feedback, orientiere ich mich jetzt, Mitte 2022, etwas um.
\nD.h. die Gespr\u00e4che haben mir u.a. gezeigt, dass ich, wenn ich denn meine Selbst\u00e4ndigkeit erhalten m\u00f6chte, diese besser, griffiger, detailierter aufstellen und definieren muss.
\nDa ist zum einen meine fachliche Ausrichtung: Weiterhin Web Developer / Frontend-Designer, was ich auch ab und zu mal als Gegenst\u00fcck zum DevOp bezeichne, so etwas wie »DevDes«. Die Gewichtung hat sich, auftragsbedingt, in den letzten Jahren st\u00e4rker Richtung Entwicklung verschoben, so dass das Verh\u00e4ltnis bei ca. 60% Webentwicklung und 40% Webdesign & Usability liegt.
\nZum anderen ist da noch das, was ich tats\u00e4chlich an Leistungen durchf\u00fchre:
\nWie ich das jetzt griffig im Portfolio pr\u00e4sentieren kann, ohne wie ein Bauchladen zu wirken, ist der n\u00e4chste Schritt. Es ist ja nicht so, als w\u00fcrde ich alles in gleichem Umfang durchf\u00fchren – so sind Notfallaufr\u00e4ge mit gehackten Websites eher nicht der Standard. Das macht im Jahr vielleicht 5%, maximal 10% des gesamten Arbeitsvolumens aus.
\n", "content_text": "Nach einigen, eher spontanen Bewerbungen und daran anschlie\u00dfend \u00fcberw\u00e4ltigendem Feedback, orientiere ich mich jetzt, Mitte 2022, etwas um.\nD.h. die Gespr\u00e4che haben mir u.a. gezeigt, dass ich, wenn ich denn meine Selbst\u00e4ndigkeit erhalten m\u00f6chte, diese besser, griffiger, detailierter aufstellen und definieren muss.\nDa ist zum einen meine fachliche Ausrichtung: Weiterhin Web Developer / Frontend-Designer, was ich auch ab und zu mal als Gegenst\u00fcck zum DevOp bezeichne, so etwas wie »DevDes«. Die Gewichtung hat sich, auftragsbedingt, in den letzten Jahren st\u00e4rker Richtung Entwicklung verschoben, so dass das Verh\u00e4ltnis bei ca. 60% Webentwicklung und 40% Webdesign & Usability liegt.\nZum anderen ist da noch das, was ich tats\u00e4chlich an Leistungen durchf\u00fchre:\n\n(Klassische) Website-Erstellung, also Konzeption, Design und Umsetzung\nIndividuelle Programmierung (Integration, API-Anbindungen) und Plugin-Entwicklung (WordPress, ClassicPress, andere)\nWeb Performance (Ladezeiten, Responsive) sowie Usability / Accessibility-Optimierung\nShopsysteme (WooCommerce, OpenCart, ..) und E-Commerce-L\u00f6sungen\nTechnische Beratung / Consulting\nProjektrettung, -\u00dcbernahme (etwa wenn der ursp. Auftragnehmer weggefallen ist) und: Notfallprojekte (z.B. gehackte Websites wieder flott bekommen, extrem schlecht gewartete WordPress-Installation auf Stand bringen u.\u00e4.)\nAdministration und Wartung (Updates, auch mit Staging, um Ausf\u00e4lle zu vermeiden)\n\nWie ich das jetzt griffig im Portfolio pr\u00e4sentieren kann, ohne wie ein Bauchladen zu wirken, ist der n\u00e4chste Schritt. Es ist ja nicht so, als w\u00fcrde ich alles in gleichem Umfang durchf\u00fchren – so sind Notfallaufr\u00e4ge mit gehackten Websites eher nicht der Standard. Das macht im Jahr vielleicht 5%, maximal 10% des gesamten Arbeitsvolumens aus.", "date_published": "2022-06-22T12:42:48+02:00", "date_modified": "2022-06-22T14:55:41+02:00", "author": { "name": "fwolf", "url": "https://wp-devil.com/de/author/fwolf/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c2a31599f60eec1232806bfc26066ed2?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://wp-devil.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/biwm-utpvvc.jpg", "tags": [ "development", "Life and let die", "Webdesign", "wordpress", "Work vs. Life" ] }, { "id": "https://wp-devil.com/de/thoughts-about-the-future/", "url": "https://wp-devil.com/de/thoughts-about-the-future/", "title": "Thoughts about the future ..", "content_html": "Beware: An essay of sorts.
\nSo recently, when dabbling into live coding, and seeing almost nobody except regular listeners (to my shows) around, I decided to dig back into „how to promote stuff“.
\nAfter all, next to nobody knows I‘m also doing „this live coding thing“. And then, there is so much stuff I usually research when looking into topics. So much effort, and nobody benefits from it, because there hasnt been much exposure of it in the last few years? Eg. my old blog silently died a few years ago (4 years? 5 years?), and getting back on track took waaay too long.
Yes, this weblog is my current home for all my writings and ramblings, but I dont think most ppl know about it.
\nThis got me thinking and tinkering, about all the options to promote oneself, inherant possibilies with using other platforms, and in the end, I decided to do a lot more than I originally thought I‘d do. Thus, lets talk about my plans for all of this, the immediate future, as one may say \ud83d\ude42
\nOriginally, I only wanted to promote this lovely piece of live programming show, but – so many things are not working well as a live show, and while writing tutorials and how-tos are a good way for reference, showing things to you directly, in a self-contained format, does help a lot more.
\nMy thoughts went into things like:
\nWhich leads to more thoughts – what do persue?
\nMe thinks, its going to be several ventures.
One is, „classic“ self-contained videos on YouTube and maybe Vimeo, ie. tutorials, how-tos (eg. „x ways to achieve a ‚current song‘ feature for OBS“), but also podcasty-like, lengthy feature shows.
\nThe other, quite different formats within the live streaming „commmunities“. So, for once, the classic DJ shows are gonna continue, but are going to be slightly refined. I really want to do some kind of album feature thingy, eg. „listening session“, every few weeks. Maybe bi-weekly or on set dates. Plus, adding some pop-up shows here and there, cause I totally miss that .. just when this urge hits you, DO the show! DJing helps me to relax and unclutter my brain from unneeded garbage \ud83d\ude42
\nThirdly, some intermedia formats, for instagram, and other „shortish media“ (for want of a proper name).
\nWhich by now should be a big bear-like cavern.
\n", "content_text": ".. or what to do with all my online thingies \ud83d\ude42\nBeware: An essay of sorts.\nSo recently, when dabbling into live coding, and seeing almost nobody except regular listeners (to my shows) around, I decided to dig back into „how to promote stuff“.\nAfter all, next to nobody knows I‘m also doing „this live coding thing“. And then, there is so much stuff I usually research when looking into topics. So much effort, and nobody benefits from it, because there hasnt been much exposure of it in the last few years? Eg. my old blog silently died a few years ago (4 years? 5 years?), and getting back on track took waaay too long. \nYes, this weblog is my current home for all my writings and ramblings, but I dont think most ppl know about it.\nThis got me thinking and tinkering, about all the options to promote oneself, inherant possibilies with using other platforms, and in the end, I decided to do a lot more than I originally thought I‘d do. Thus, lets talk about my plans for all of this, the immediate future, as one may say \ud83d\ude42\nThis future looks not so bad anymore.\nOriginally, I only wanted to promote this lovely piece of live programming show, but – so many things are not working well as a live show, and while writing tutorials and how-tos are a good way for reference, showing things to you directly, in a self-contained format, does help a lot more. \nMy thoughts went into things like: \n\npodcasts – a friend of mine repeatedly told me, over the last few years, why I wouldnt just do my own podcast? One to talk about all that tech stuff, ie. web development, with WordPress, HTML 5, JavaScript, Usability, all that jazz that makes me tick and want to look further; esp. those „This is only a test“ committed by (Adam Savage‘s) Tested are stuck to the back of my brain, but also „The RTFM Show!“ by JayzTwoCents\nscreencasts – its a lovely format, with the option to enhance it with a live show, but not necessarly requiring one\nlive shows – as mentioned before, these are great, but not everything works as good as the other options do; could also be used for quick reports on progress, some news bulletin format-like show, random ramblings and rants („just chatting“), and so on\nco-programming – working on something, while a clock ticks away, and then doing a quick 10 – 15 recap, after each „burst“; there is a streamer on Twitch (SabrinaSchuh), who does exactly this with „co-authoring“, ie. doing 30 – 45 minutes of concentrated work on your own writing-related project .. this got me looking further in what other streamers do \ud83d\ude42\n(„social“) platforms – which are relevant to what kind of audience? Instagram is for immediate imagery, maybe a bit of music / announcements, simple educational stuff, Facebook is maybe best for event announcements, potentially for live streaming, maybe a bit of a classic page, but not much more; Twitter is .. well .. Twitter. Maybe move more towards Mastodon / GNU/Social, because the geeky / tech-savvy community seems to be lurking there (much more so)? And what about other video platforms (than Twitch, YT Live + FB Live)? What about MixCloud Live?\n\nWhich leads to more thoughts – what do persue?\nMe thinks, its going to be several ventures.\nOne is, „classic“ self-contained videos on YouTube and maybe Vimeo, ie. tutorials, how-tos (eg. „x ways to achieve a ‚current song‘ feature for OBS“), but also podcasty-like, lengthy feature shows.\nThe other, quite different formats within the live streaming „commmunities“. So, for once, the classic DJ shows are gonna continue, but are going to be slightly refined. I really want to do some kind of album feature thingy, eg. „listening session“, every few weeks. Maybe bi-weekly or on set dates. Plus, adding some pop-up shows here and there, cause I totally miss that .. just when this urge hits you, DO the show! DJing helps me to relax and unclutter my brain from unneeded garbage \ud83d\ude42\nThirdly, some intermedia formats, for instagram, and other „shortish media“ (for want of a proper name).\nFurther and further we go, down the rabbit-hole.\nWhich by now should be a big bear-like cavern.", "date_published": "2021-06-15T05:35:55+02:00", "date_modified": "2021-06-15T05:35:55+02:00", "author": { "name": "fwolf", "url": "https://wp-devil.com/de/author/fwolf/", "avatar": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c2a31599f60eec1232806bfc26066ed2?s=512&d=mm&r=g" }, "image": "https://wp-devil.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/g8-putjnbua.jpg", "tags": [ "essay", "future", "podcasts", "screencasts", "thoughts", "DJ", "Life and let die", "Live broadcasting" ] }, { "id": "https://wp-devil.com/de/neue-sendung-code-of-dark-joy/", "url": "https://wp-devil.com/de/neue-sendung-code-of-dark-joy/", "title": "Neue Sendung: Code of Dark Joy", "content_html": "Morgen, also eigentlich heute, d.h. Donnerstag, 18. M\u00e4rz 2021, werde ich den ersten Testlauf f\u00fcr meine neue Sendung namens Code of Dark Joy machen. Selbige ist spezifisch aufs Live Coding, also Programmierung, ausgelegt. Es wird dennoch Musik enthalten, da wir uns erstmal vornehmlich auf Themen wie „ein sch\u00f6nes Interface f\u00fcr und in OBS bauen“ und Artverwandtes besch\u00e4ftigen werden. D.h. prim\u00e4r, um Musik auf Twitch, YouTube Live und anderen Live-Video-Streaming-Plattformen zu senden.
\nF\u00fcr den Anfang habe ich geplant, erstmal an der Oberfl\u00e4che der neuen Sendung zu werkeln; vielleicht den cover „flow“ / Cover-Anzeige zusammenbauen, wor\u00fcber ich schon ein Weilchen gr\u00fcbele. Desweiteren eine schnelle Frage & Antwort-Runde a la „fragt mich irgendwas“. Und dabei wird nat\u00fcrlich fr\u00f6hlich d\u00fcstere Musik aufgelegt (wonach auch immer mir sein mag) \ud83d\ude42
\nZum Ende hin will ich dann r\u00fcberraiden zu DJ Hatemior, die donnerstags immer ihre Sendung "Day Drunk" macht, und gg 18 Uhr los geht (normalerweise 19 Uhr, aber dank dem Sommerzeitgekasper in den USA und Kanada, m\u00fcssen wir noch 2 Wochen ausharren, bis alles wieder parallel l\u00e4uft).
\nWenn alles halbwegs brauchbar funktioniert, werde ich das wohl in eine w\u00f6chtentliche Geschichte \u00fcberf\u00fchren – wobei ich allerdings nicht versprechen kann, dass die Sendung immer an einem Donnerstag stattfindet.
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