After all those years Duran Duran came back to Vienna for a concert. Though the location was not my favourite one (Bank Austria Halle at Gasometer - far out and far from brillian acoustics), last time I'd seen them in the Stadthalle near the city centre, I so much enjoyed the show: a proper life concert, old and new songs, great involvement of the band, interaction with fans had me and the other fans singing, dancing, shaking like a mad house. As proper kids of the 80ies everybody seemed to totally ignore the invite to tweet during the concert! The set list included many of the old favs and quite a couple of new songs. The only thing I really missed was Save a Prayer. Two hours later I knew for sure that time travel works & is so rejuvenating. Duran Duran took us back to the 80ies, and left all their fans happy feeling two decades younger (at least!).
To read on: Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut by Rob Sheffield

Jan. 2, 2012: Me at the chocolate factory. What was usually scheduled for an hours or so, lasted for 2.5hrs. A visit at the organic bean-to-bar chocolate factory of Zotter based in the South of Styria, Austria, Europe. 2.5 hrs of mere pleasure of tasting and indulging in lovely chocolate beans, cream and bars. While our friends had already taken the shop by storm, we're still making our way through the bowels of the factory tasting all different sorts of solid and liquid chocolates. It was like in paradise! Check out for yourselves: Zotter
Didn't know that tonka beans had such an amazing smell!

I've always been interested in sharing knowledge with otheres. That's why I've done a 2 day project work on knowledge work in 2009 and a seminar on the subject matter the last two days. It's a bit disappointing tought to realise that although you might have fabulous ideas in this field, you know you won't be able to realize them due to lack of support by your superiors. Any suggestions on how to deal with this problem?