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Photographic Workshop in the Black Forest

Christian Velten — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 12:23:37 +0000

People who know me a bit better also know that photography is my personal passion. Even provided it is not really my preferred genre, but I took an opportunity to improve my capabilities on landscape photography at a 1-day small-group workshop in the Black Forest, Germany. Together with a professional photographer we started in the [...]

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Müllheim Chamber Choir performing “Sunrise Mass” and “Tango Mass”

Christian Velten — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:08:00 +0000

Music was my first love … and I really enjoy playing it. As a young man I had been a quite active trumpet player. For the last ~20 years I switched to singing in a choir. I particularly enjoy doing music together with others, forming one orchestrated musical body, listening to each other, contributing to [...]

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Living where other people spend their holidays

Christian Velten — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 21:54:00 +0000

My wife and I have a new project. We are renovating a new home in the Black Forest. A truly lovely place to be. The woods around produce a lot of good air, oxygen and positive energy. Hiking trails are nearby. We instantly perceived a kind of ‘revitalization’ on the spot. And it is an [...]

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The Art of Aquascaping

Christian Velten — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 14:38:00 +0000

During the boring COVID-19 lock-downs I rediscovered one of my childhoods hobbies, fishkeeping. I wanted to fight a bit the personal lows with my department, all being stuck at home alone for a few months already and likely a few more. So, I gave ourselves a summer-at-home challenge to do something creative. Something fun also [...]

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Following passions: CX Inspiration Hub has been published

Christian Velten — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 12:57:00 +0000

What can be better and give you more energy than combining two passions? In my case, this happened while working on the “CX Inspiration Hub”, which brought together my professional passion for customer experience (CX) and my personal enjoyment of creating digital media. It is also about giving something back. On my personal journey to [...]

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Right, I’m off then …

Christian Velten — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 16:05:40 +0000

How to smartly manage being off for 2-3 weeks without caring for business email and phone.

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About self-perception

Christian Velten — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 06:39:53 +0000

Humorous realization about mistaken perceptions over time.

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Leaving 2015 positively

Christian Velten — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 12:44:29 +0000

2015 has been a good year! It might not appear as such on the first view. And unfortunately there are always enough "devaluators" who are first and foremost fixated on crises and conflicts. But a lot of positive and good things happened in 2015 which are worth to look back on. In the German newspaper DIE ZEIT (#52, 23.12.2015) Hannes Soltau, Merlind Theile and Doreen Borsutzki published a remarkable collection of facts.

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What are Trappers famous for?

Christian Velten — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000

You might have asked yourself already, why I once selected “TrapperPhD” as my online nickname? The story behind TrapperPhD … To make a long story short … during my university time my nickname was “Trapper” (honestly spoken, one out of a couple). And after finishing my doctorate, “Trapper PhD” was a logical consecutive consequence … [...]

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Sense and sensibility

Christian Velten — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:47:37 +0000

Traditionally an old years end is the time of reflections. No, I do not mean the bright glittering snow in some people winter holidays. I am talking about thoughts regarding the sense of life. Did I get the best out of the old year? Could I have done something better? What will be in the [...]

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