My bachelor thesis, which received its final touches at a kitchen table in Cebu City, deals with the rather philosophical question: »How revolutionary is microfinance really?«. As this doesn’t really make it a treatise on sustainability, I double-checked with the people at oikos international(a student initiative for sustainable economics) before signing my thesis in for […]
Continue Reading →In February 2010, I was selected to go to the Philippines with a scholarship by the German government’s ASA scholarship. This included not only a three-month field study in the Philippines from August to November 2010, but also two preparation seminars in Germany. With my project partner Sarah, I did research on microfinance as a […]
Continue Reading →Back in my hardcoding PHP days, I built a homepage for the honorary consulate of Nepal for my father. Looking back, I can’t really agree with my concept of good webdesign back then (just look at that old page). However, one idea still strikes me as good for a consular homepage: Showing random images from […]
Continue Reading →While replacing the terribly outdated homepage of the honorary consulate of Nepal in Cologne for my father with a easy to maintain WordPress installation, I stumbled upon a useful little trick at TechCounter for running WordPress from a subdirectory while keeping your URLs uncluttered. Here is the gist: In WordPress‹ General Options, keep your WordPress address, […]
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