science. magic. mischief.

This is my personal blog (again). Perhaps it feels a bit antiquated in 2026, posting on Blogger while the world moves to Substack, but I’m returning to the open web because I value the lack of walled gardens. I want to write, to think, and to have conversations without conditions. The last two decades—living and working between London and Köln—have been a long exercise in intentionality. Since leaving the USA in 2006 to complete my doctorate in medical physics, I have tried to live at the intersection of deep science and human impact. My stories from this journey will live here, under #StoriesITellMyself. For the past six years, my primary focus has been Project Singfinger . Alongside my wife, Meike, we built a platform to help not-yet-speaking children—like our son—communicate through German Sign Language. We successfully navigated the complexities of design thinking, AI integration, and hardware/software deployment, building a YouTube community of 6,000+ subscribers, producing inclu...