Christian Heilmann

7 tricks to have very successful conference calls

January 10th, 2017

I work remotely and with a team eight hours away from me. Many will be in the same boat, and often the problem with this is that your meetings are late at night your time, but early for the others. Furthermore, the other team meets in a room early in the morning. This either means […]

Taking my G-Ro for a spin…

January 9th, 2017

Almost two years ago the G-Ro travel bag kickstarter did the rounds and all of us travelers pricked up our ears. It sounded revolutionary and a really cool bag that is a mix of carry-on and laptop bag. It’s unique physics and large wheels promise easy travel and the in-built charger for mobiles and laptops […]

First Decoded Chat of the year: Paul Bakaus on AMP

January 5th, 2017

Today on the Decoded Blog I published the first ever Decoded Chat I recorded, where I grilled Paul Baukaus in detail about AMP. This is an hour long Skype call and different to the newer ones – I was still finding the format :). There are quite a few changes that happened to AMP since […]

Web bloat isn’t a knowledge problem

January 2nd, 2017

There is a consensus among all browser makers and lovers of the web: the current state of the web is a mess. The average web page is 2.4 megabyte big and has over 200 requests. We spend more time waiting for trackers and ads to load than we spend reading content. Our high-powered computers and […]

Enjoying the silence…

December 27th, 2016

It is a strange love I have for the web. Ever since I used the web for the first time it felt like taking a ride with a best friend. I knew I had to start working on it to never let it down again. Many people who started with the web when I did […]

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