Ralf Rottmann

Investor & retired founder. Passionate about the Internet, social effects of new technology, net politics & digital culture.
#netpolitics #energytransition #dortmund #nrw

2024-12-26

Installed Apple iCloud for Windows on a new Windows 11 Pro laptop. Sign in works. Then iCloud seems stuck (Drive, Photos). Did the usual uninstall/reinstall dance multiple times. None of it helped. Anyone experienced the same and found a solution?

2024-12-20

Netzwerk, bitte wirkt: chng.it/CyTtF2dmSh

2024-12-11

Dem ganz wunderbaren Account von #HerzStattMerz tut Reichweite gut. Folgt gerne: toot.houbahouba.de/@herzstattm Hintergrund: herzstattmerz.com

2024-11-26

When I want to distribute a new podcast to multiple outlets (not live), which are good services these days. Commercial and free are ok.

2024-11-21

In case there is an intersection of people who are also on Bluesky, I'd love to re-connect there: bsky.app/profile/rottmann.net

2024-04-17

@afuerstenau Same
here. Does it correspond with your "time awake"?

2024-04-17

I usually find Apples UIs pretty intuitive. Not the Fitness app one. Can anybody point me as to what the 85/30 mean and the little gray 15 MIN.? And I also don't understand, what the Total (Gesamt in this German screenshot) means? Your help is greatly appreciated. #apple

2024-04-04

Hey, @kevinpowell, I've been following you on YT for a very long time and think of recommending your paid courses to friends. Question: Are you constantly updating CSS Demystified to cover e.g. nesting and newer features?

2024-03-26

Manchmal gibt es sie auf Insta, diese Geschichten, die zutiefst berühren. Voller Menschlichkeit, Hoffnung, Mut und Stärke.

Auf einganzeshalbesherz erzählen die Eltern von Leni über ihre Reise mit der Diagnose #Pulmonalatresie, einem komplexen Herzfehler. Tief bewegend und ehrlich:

instagram.com/einganzeshalbesh

Ich veröffentliche hier sonst keine Insta-Follow-Empfehlung. einganzeshalbesherz lässt mir keine Wahl. ❤️

2024-03-23

Gibt es hier #Meteorologie Experten? In dieser Vorhersage ist die Niederschlagswahrscheinlichkeit bei 82%, die "Probability of Precipitation" bei 6%. Wie kann das sein? Was ist der Unterschied?

2024-03-22

Quick question: Is anybody else having issues with multiple accounts switching on the latest #instagram for iOS app? I still see the accounts I'm logged into when long pressing the little profile icon in the lower right corner but cannot switch.

2024-02-19

Always mind blown when I use the zoom on the iPhone camera! (Here my wife playing golf in South Africa.)

2024-02-08

Good Morning, Cape Town, where a room with a view is a dream come true. 🇿🇦☀️❤️

Scenic view of a coastal city with a prominent flat-topped mountain in the background, marina with boats in the foreground, and clear blue skies.
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2024-02-05

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#ProjectTapestry #Fediverse #iOSDev

2024-02-05

@BenBen Not surprising, though. Apple is a for-profit tech giant. The DMA (like the dreaded cookie banner regulation) has been crafted in a way that it addresses non existing problems. Can't blame Apple for that, no matter how much one might hate big tech.

2024-02-05

Free iOs apps with an EU installed base > 1 million and no commercial background (as in Free Software) can't realistically move to alternative app marketplaces. The commercial terms of Apples response to the #DMA would immediately bankrupt the makers. But then again: If you've been using Apples free distribution channel for years without paying for it, why move to a potentially worse alternative anyway?

2024-02-05

@makzr @gruber @leoncowle @stroughtonsmith I disagree with the "will of the European people" part. The DMA - like many other Internet related regulations - tried to solve the wrong problem. In a poor way.

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2024-02-04

Daring Fireball: Apple’s Plans for the DMA in the European Union daringfireball.net/2024/01/app

Long, but very much worth your time to read (even the footnotes!), summary from @gruber

2024-02-04

@Abdelkader Nichts...

2024-02-04

@Abdelkader Furchtbar. Es gibt scheinbar wirklich keine Lösung.

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