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Welcome to The New Merlin Project Forum!

After we buried the Google forum with Merlin version 2 a long time ago, our focus was on Xing and LinkedIn until now. Now that Xing has cancelled its forum without replacement and the forum on LinkedIn is not really alive, we have decided to start our own forum again.

The new forum provides a user-friendly platform where Merlin Project users can network with each other and share knowledge. Ask questions, give suggestions and learn from other experienced users. All of this is free of charge, of course!

The new forum is easy to navigate and offers a variety of features, including a search function that allows you to quickly find the answers to your questions. In addition, you can personalize your profile, track your posts, and connect directly with other users.

We look forward to bringing our community even closer together with this new forum and providing you with more comprehensive support and resources. Feel free to drop by and become part of an ever-growing community!

Friday Again Already?

In the last time it happens again regularly that I ask myself at the latest on Friday around noon the question; "Friday noon, where is this week already again"? Yes, I really ask myself this question in this form. And not as the universally quoted TGIF - "Thank God is Friday"; because I like to work! So my motto is IIFRA - "Is it Friday really again?" ;-)

So now I'm taking some time to review selected topics of the last week. Maybe I'll be able to slow down the pace a bit... or what's the consultant term for that: "deceleration".

PM Camp Hamburg

Finally, the preparations for the „biggest class reunion of German-speaking project managers" (I like to quote myself) are underway. After a few attempts sabotaged by Covid-19, a new orga team has now been found, which has already found a place and a date:

On May 19 and 20, 2023, the PM Camp will
take place on the premises of ISM Hamburg.

More details will follow very soon. Until then, block the date in your schedule. I will definitely be there!

Wizards Web Week – week 14

What Particularly Caught Our Eye

The Internet, endless expanses. We are on a permanent knowledge journey and always discover new things, but also old things anew. In our focus are topics around management - especially of projects, Apple and its hardware as well as software, but also special like software development or software distribution. We choose websites very subjectively and mostly in the context of our mission.

• Apple's Find My app officially works with non-Apple devices
  The first new compatible products will arrive next week.

• MacBook and iPad production delayed as supply crunch hits Apple
  US tech giant's headaches suggest even worse chip shortages lie ahead

• M87’s Black Hole
  Astronomers Image Magnetic Fields at the Edge of M87’s Black Hole

• Competitive advantage with Project Management
  Good project management in your company gives you a great advantage over your competitors.

Wizards Web Week – week 12

What Particularly Caught Our Eye

The Internet, endless expanses. We are on a permanent knowledge journey and always discover new things, but also old things anew. In our focus are topics around management - especially of projects, Apple and its hardware as well as software, but also special like software development or software distribution. We choose websites very subjectively and mostly in the context of our mission.

• How retailers can (could) team up to market themselves
  Holger Zimmermann shows how a package plus retail store could secure the future for retailers and summarizes the klever for many retailers. (German text)

• Agility? We tried it! Does not work!
  A brilliant series of articles (here part 1) by Heiko Bartlog.

• 20 years of Mac OS X
  An interesting retrospective

• Building Gantt charts with Markdown
  A great gimmick with Markdown files.

• Have I been pwned?
  Last week some security breaches were reported again. Here is a contact point for verification.

Wizards Web Week – week 11

What Particularly Caught Our Eye

The Internet, endless expanses. We are on a permanent knowledge journey and always discover new things, but also old things anew. In our focus are topics around management - especially of projects, Apple and its hardware as well as software, but also special like software development or software distribution. We choose websites very subjectively and mostly in the context of our mission.

• The Great Mac Developer Survey
  Are you working as a web or software developer on the Mac? Participate in our short survey for a chance to win over 100 awesome prizes!

• Apple Failure Modes
  Apple has avoided the types of failures that have beset so many tech giants.

• Researchers measure the gravity
  Researchers measure the gravity exerted by a 90 milligram object.