My new book "Status: Offline - The Guide to more Balance in a Technology-Dominated World" will be published on March 6, 2023. At this date in German only, the English version is under planning. In this podcast episode I introduce the book, go through the most important chapters and read a few paragraphs from it.

While I was walking around CES 2023 in Las Vegas, looking at the exhibits, talking to clients and business partners, or having an after-show beer, a number of topics that were triggered by the event went through my head. They go well beyond the CES and point to the future. In the end, five questions remained, which I will discuss in this episode.

CES 2023 is already history. The Consumer Electronics Show is the largest trade fair of its kind in the world. Vehicle manufacturers and suppliers are using this event more and more to present their innovations. The 2023 edition will be remembered as a return to normality. In this podcast episode, I cover what happened in Las Vegas. It's about trends, vehicles, technologies, and tools.

It's the time to look back at the year and look forward to what's to come. In this episode, I review 2022, talk about the highlights at trade fairs and congresses, and about my personal technology tops and flops. Finally, a brief outlook for 2023 at the end.

The Bosch Connected World 2022 took place in Berlin at the beginning of November. It was a huge and good event with over 1,500 participants on-site and 80 exhibitors. 140 speakers performed on three stages. In this episode, I summarize and comment on the most important statements. It is about trends, megatrends and new technologies, user experience, and the mobility of the future.

I've heard more than enough derogatory and frustrating remarks about the work of HMI, UX, and UI developers in my professional life. Sometimes you need patience and good standing. In this podcast episode, I analyze a few personality development topics and see how they can help you.

I keep asking my listeners which topics are on their minds, what questions they have, and where I can help. In today's episode, I talk about three different topics. 1. HMIs in cars should be different than those on smartphones, even though it's so tempting to just copy the apps. 2. Technology brings both losses and gains in skills. 3. There are good reasons for icons and for fonts in HMIs.

There are various processes, ways, and procedures to make technology sexy in order to achieve a positive user experience. In this podcast episode, I'm talking about user-centricity, context dependency, what role usability plays in the context of user experience, the agility and linearity of processes, and about product testing.

After the short summer break of the human-technology podcast, there is a slightly shorter special edition today, with which I am returning from vacation. It's about my plans for the rest of the year, a book that surprised me, and I'm nagging about Android Auto again.

It's always how we deal with it, how we handle the technology, what we do with it when, and where what makes it good or bad. Our actions, our decisions, and our thinking define the value of technology. That's the good and bad news simultaneously: it's in our hands, we can make the change, and drive thought and action forward. We can surrender, abandon the catches of Big Tech, of product manufacturers and service providers. We as individuals, we as a society, and we as humanity have it in our hands.