scale jitsi - make videochat more efficient

I run a jitsi installation - like described previous - that gets used more and more. I had to learn that jitsi does not only use peer-to-peer communication, that all is done also in parts via the server. The initial statement that you can happily run it on small scale…

see the tree in the woods - github notifications and google mail

When you start working with Github you might be overwhelmed by all the notificiations that are suddenly in your inbox. It looks like every action that everyone does creates an e-mail that just floods you. Github themself already provide help with that topic in the github help center but you…

update on xmpp / jabber

as a short update on the self hosted jabber post I like to add some more security related information. Various options are available to secure your site even more. Not all are useful, but some might have some impact. If you use IM Observatory to check the status of your…

modern selfhosted xmpp / jabber

I had my own jabber server running since a very long time. But, to be honest it was never my favorit. I had it just to have it ... the nerd problem. Short before I turned it off, I had a reason to look again at it. If you want to…

Die Zeitung im Netz

Es gibt viele unterschiedliche wege in der heutigen Zeit sich über Artikel auf Webseiten oder Texte zu informieren und diese zu konsumieren. Damals(tm) als es den GoogleReader noch gegeben hat, war dieser schnörkellose Dienst genau das richtige. Als der Dienst abgeschaltet wurde, wechselte ich regelmässig zwischen den verschiedenen Diensten…