20 Years of Merlin Project – A Milestone in Project Management Software
Today we are celebrating a very special birthday: Merlin Project is turning 20! Two decades in which the software has developed from an ambitious tool to an indispensable companion for project managers worldwide.
Over these 20 years, many millions of lines of code have been written, continuously improved and expanded to meet the needs of users and set new technological standards. Behind every line of code is the goal of providing the best project management tool on the market – and we are proud to say that we are very close ;-)
Read more...My Conclusion about the ProjectWizards Workation
At the end of July, I reported here that we would be traveling to Leeuwarden in the Netherlands with the entire ProjectWizards team for a workation. Now that we've been back for a few days, it's time to summarize our time together.
Our boss, Frank Blome, sent a rough plan for the workation to everyone before they arrived:
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We meet every morning at 9:00 a.m. at breakfast and discuss, who is planning which activities for the day.
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A table has been reserved for dinner in the evening. Everyone is invited to join.
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Have fun and enjoy yourselves.
Workation - a Different Form of Collaboration
Anyone who knows and follows us is aware that we work remotely here at ProjectWizards, letting everyone choose their favorite place to work from. We only gather once a quarter for 1- or 2-day team meetings somewhere in Germany.
For our 20th anniversary of Merlin Project this year, we decided to have a longer meeting, a Workation.
Read more...40 Years of Macintosh
A (My) Personal Review
It's that time again. It's the Apple Macintosh's birthday again. It's now its 40th birthday - a special anniversary. I don't like to admit it, but most of the time in history I have somehow used the computer, or not. But read for yourself.
Before the Macintosh
After Steve Wozniak's groundbreaking tinkering, which was introduced by and as the Apple Computer in 1976, Apple sold the Apple II very successfully from 1977. The second version, the Apple II+, was released when IBM introduced its PC in 1981. With more than a wink, Apple greeted the former typewriter manufacturer with a full-page advertisement.
But by then, an important step had already been taken: Steve Jobs visited the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) with a team for the first time in 1979 and was particularly impressed by one idea: Operating a graphical user interface with the mouse.
However, it would be another four years before the Lisa appeared as a mouse-operated computer in 1983. Although it offered groundbreaking functions such as the graphical interface and the drag & drop option, it remained commercially unsuccessful due to its high price of over $10,000.
Read more...The Perfect Christmas Tree -
My Christmas Project
The festive time of year is here - and with it the annual search for the perfect Christmas tree. But wait a minute! Have you ever thought of tree-buying not just as a festive ritual but as a project? Here are a few fun parallels between the Christmas tree hunt and our beloved project management:
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