I'm interested in a wide variety of topics, in learning and sharing. Studied information design. Founded a web startup company & a non-profit project to improve online journalism. Stood for national elections. Now work for a Member of the European Parliament. Spend a significant chunk of my day online. A bit introverted and not that big on small talk. Queer. Couldn't live without music and live concerts. Low-maintainance, non-smoker, cat lover.

PHILOSOPHY

Get in over your head and embrace challenges: The world belongs to those who try, even when they fail. Life is not a zero-sum game, we can all win. Empathy is as critical a skill as intelligence. Hug more. Technology can be an incredibly powerful force for good, but is in danger of being used against us. Secular humanist. I'm a flawed human being but working on it. Every statement is an unjustified simplification. I might be wrong about everything I currently believe.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couchsurfed in Madison/Wisconsin, in Zagreb, in New York and in Amsterdam – was amazed by the people I met every time.

Interests

Changing the world with technology. Making things work better and look nicer. Trying to figure out how to organize society and empower individuals. Self-organized, bottom-up stuctures. Journalism. Urban planning. Indie music and film.

• cats
• arts
• design
• concerts
• festivals
• dancing
• cooking
• technology
• music
• cycling
• business
• journalism

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: surreal/melancholic/dreamlike/subtle/coming-of-age/dysfunctional-family/present-day/dystopian sci-fi
https://mubi.com/users/297436/favourites

Music: One-person bands. Intricate electronic beats, gentle voices, sweet melodies. Bleeps and bloops. Walls of noisy guitars. Boy-girl vocals. Just the right amount of complexity. Indie/electronic/twee/shoegaze/lo-fi/...
http://www.last.fm/user/c3o

Books: Miranda July, J. Safran Foer, George Saunders, Murakami, Kafka,...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

- Throwing a small festival for >100 people with international musicians, speakers and artists.
- Seeing over 50,000 people enjoy a product I've built. Getting to live in London and San Francisco with my startup company.
- Seeing my favorite artist performing open air and unplugged in the courtyard of an antique basilica in Italy.
- Riding a bike, downhill, at night, in the rain, with headphones on and the music turned way up.
- Dancing with someone I was in love with.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know all kinds of nerdy web stuff and can design things. I can also procrastinate like nobody's business!
What I really need to learn: Cooking. Playing some instruments.
Let's make some kind of art, maybe?

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, United States

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