| Sunday 11.10.2009
Back on Board
After month of expected and unexpected events, live seems to go on in normal ways. In the matter of unexpected events, I would like to say thank you to my family and all my friends for their support and excuse myself for the chaos. It is good to know that someone is missing me when I am out of order. So thanks a lot and be sure this would not be for forgotten ;-)
As you know me, the logical procedure now is to keep the head over the water and go back to business. As result the business-section on gellertstreet has to be updated. My studies are over and I signed for a new job near Bremen. Unfortunately, Dresden has to be left behind for some time. As many people before I felt in love with this city and it is good to know that the infrastructure for spontaneous visits is already prepared (thanks to Christoph).
Like 2007 and 2008 I spend some days for sailing in Croatia. This year the trip was done with two yachts. In this point I have to say that sailing is always good for social studies and beside the enormous nature and the feeling of being free, this trip was very valuable in the matter of social behaviors. In conclusion my sailing fever is getting stronger and I am looking forward to the next sailing adventure.
The journey section will be updated next time with some more details about Croatia and his Islands.
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| Our two yachts |
Last for today, I would like to point out that gellertstreets lex-search is now supported by Siegward Giese (lawyer and notary) to make this service more valuable and proffessional.
Sunday 23.8.2009
Still alive
The last weeks, my diploma thesis keeps me away from updating gellertstreet. But now, I am ready since quite happy. There will be a meeting at my academy in early September where I get my chance to present my work and finally get the grade. The study at all is going to finish at third of Octobre with a formal ball organized by lovely fiancee and a close friend Frank.
Of course, the last weeks also included some moments for keeping away from scientific work. For example there was a beautiful weekend at my fiancées place near Bonn at the beautiful Rhine. The picture above provides you an image of German summer.
There was also a weekend at my parents place. We took some time for a visit in Görlitz, one of the European cultural hot spots. The beautiful architecture in this city is indicated by the picture above.
Coming soon
In order not to bore you, gellertstreet.com will present two features soon. The first will present you some high dynamic range pictures of Dresden. The second will be a discography of a young and highly talented songwriter.
Have a nice week, Thomas ;-)
Thursday 16.7.2009
Lex Search @ gellertstreet.com
Hello and welcome, gellertstreet.com is now providing a new service. If you click on lex in the main menu above, you will find a search engine for all European and German laws. The idea for this was born while writing my diploma thesis. Searching for all laws I needed uses much of my time. The solution was to use a customized google search. Please try out and have fun -> www.gellertstreet.com/lex.htm
Erfinder und Innovationen gesucht
Aufgrund der Relevanz, möchte ich heute in Deutsch auf eine neue Innitiative von business-consulting-wolf.com hinweisen. Unsere Partnerseite startet ein neues Kompetenzzentrum zur Förderung von Unternehmern, die ihre Innovationen und Erfindungen zur Marktreife führen möchten. Hilfe wird dabei in den folgenden Bereichen angeboten:
- Erstellung eines nachhaltigen Business-Plans
- Akquisition von Fördermitteln
- Auswahl geeigneter Banken und Investoren für ihr Projekt
- Unterstützung bei der praktischen Umsetzung des Vorhabens durch ein erfolgsorientiertes Coaching und Controlling.
Informieren Sie sich auf business-consulting-wolf.com und nutzen Sie die Chance einer Zusammenarbeit.
Saturday 4.7.2009
Summer in the city
Welcome to all gellertstreet followers! As I mentioned on twitter, diploma examination is over and in my opinion I just did well.
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| Dresden Neustadt |
After leaving Plauen finally, my home for the next three month is a comfy and well furnished flat direct in the heart of Dresdens "Neustadt". This special part of town is taken over by young families, artists, students and all kinds of individualists. In fact I keep myself away from becoming an artist, an individualist more than healthy or founding a family right here and now. But the fresh atmosphere is a welcome contrast and keeps my mind positve.
Main task at the moment is to finish my diploma thesis for leaving the status of beeing a student behind me. So I spend most of my day with reading, writing, clearing and writing again. In conclusion there is big sorry to all of my friends, which know I am here but heard nothing of me. After the last point on the last page, I call immediately.
Yesterday I take some minutes for supporting business-consulting-wolf. The latest news will provide you some information about strategic and operational controlling. Learn more...
Monday 15.6.2009
Food retailing and corn
Since last entry, the world has turned several times (15x). My last exams are over and I am just prepearing for my oral diploma examination. My lovely fiancée and I decided to learn at ours place in Western Germany directly near Bonn at the beautiful right Rhineside.
taken from Lebensmittelzeitung - Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH,
Mainzer Landstr. 251,
D-60326 Frankfurt am Main, http://www.lzjobs.de/bewerber/karriere/news/Nachwuchs+F%FCr+Handel+und+Industrie-74069.html
The image above was taken at the careers day organized by the Lebensmittelzeitung. Yes, the one left is me, listening to a selection of speakers of German and international food retailing. It gave me a good orientation for market situation right now and some future perspectives.
Last but not least there is a new picture at redbubble.com. My fiancée made it while exploring the fields behind my aunts garden.
Tomorrow, business-consulting-wolf.com is going to post a new article about financing. So check out for changes and have some nice summer days!
Sunday 31.5.2009
Liquidity and some improvements
Today, all fans of lyric blog entries will be a little bit dissappointed because this entry has got to be quiet technical.
But first of all, there will be a new article on business-consulting-wolf about problems by decreasing Liquidity in some companies. This is one of the most challenging tasks today.
Site improvements: I found a new community. Yes, one more. I start a blog on my.opera in order to use the RSS and mobile view functionality. Every blog entry is now available everywhere you go. You will find everything under:
http://my.opera.com/gellertstreet and
http://my.opera.com/gellertstreet/xml/rss/blog There is also a way to use gellertstreet as an opera widget, which is going to show you the latest updates.
At the moment there are no more new pictures at redbubble. But for my surprise I won a competition started in the group "trains". The winning picture is the one above.
Thanks for visiting today and have a nice week ;-)
Sunday 24.5.2009
Yes we ... do well
This might be the modern way to describe the German way of live. Since yesterday Horst Köhler was voted again for being president of Germany. The election was not very sensational, the election campaign also. This might be the only country where a campaign for president will be rewarded when it is silent and modest. But this is the way most of us like it. So congratulation to Horst Köhler and please do well.
I found a nice video on spiegel.de which presents a good profile of German feelings and thoughts.
The date of my last blog entry is making me shocked. Fourteen days with no update. At least, I posted a new article on business-consulting-wolf a few days ago. I am just concentrated on my final exams. The first test will be at the end of this week, business English. It is followed by political economics, special business economics, controlling, management of human resources and company management. All in all, I am looking forward to present my knowledge in the very best way I can.

As you imagine learning sometimes drives you crazy. Today I got the chance of entering the world behind the window. My fiancée and I spend some hours at Lake Pöhl and try to philosophize about globalization in English language. This will be an important part in the English exam. I took a picture of Lake Pöhl as you see above. Springtime is excellent for swimming a longer distance. The quality of water was extraordinary, very clear and very fresh. Hopefully my mind will become as fresh as the water in exams.

Learning with hunger is not a quiet good idea. So cooking is always a pleasant change. We always try to keep an eye on healthy cooking and as you see, it is not less delicate ;-)
Sunday 10.5.2009
Web 2.0, 3.0, 4.0.... and a discount
Good morning on this rainy sunday here in good old Saxony. Beside learning and writing there are some new features on gellertstreet.com. Because of the "Web 1.0" character of this page, I am trying to connect gellertstreet.com with different social networks. After using twitter an being present at facebook, I launched a myspace page. The ability of creating a profile with an own design seems interesting to me. So I tryed to fetch myspace in the gellertstreet design. The first result is not as good I hoped so there will be some changes next time. At least, you have the chance to comment all my work on the myspace page. Try out, myspace.com/gellertstreet.

The picture above was taken on a little walk after a day of learning, writing and pushing paper at home. Sometimes fresh air and something green can be very healthy for mind.
This small flower is available on redbubble.com like most of my other pictures. All of these now have a discount of about 10 percent. So watch for your favourite.
Tuesday 5.5.2009
Prague in detail
Just back from a little trip to Prague with my fiancée, I immediately post some pictures. Trying not boring you with typical tourist pictures, there are some pictures of details found in this stunning city. We had a warm and very nice day and enjoyed our trip. See for yourself in the journey-section. Four of these pictures are also available on redbubble, in case you just want to decorate your home with some impressions from Prague.
And now back to work. The diploma is waiting and time is running out.
Monday 27.4.2009
Into the wild
Finally redbubble is back and here they are, three new pictures. Helga a very nice present by one of my friends is now getting famous. It is a lamp made of strongest steel I ever saw. Below you see a nice picture taken near the city of Plauen. Plauen is not one of my favourite cities but if yout take a chance to get out of town, you will see some beautiful places. Last but not least there is one picture like emotion, published earlier this year. You will find all in the shop.
Have a nice week!

Into the wild
Sunday 26.4.2009
Dad 2.0
Hello on this sunny Sunday. I just tried to place three new pictures at redbubble.com, but the member area is down since morning. Hopefully it will work tomorrow. Instead I correct some small page errors, which occur in using Internet Explorer.
I also publish a new link under my picture. It is the twitter link of business-consulting-wolf.com. So I am proud to say, my dad is now a dad 2.0. Please enjoy!
Monday 20.4.2009
Advertising on gellertstreet.com
Today, I would like to provide you with some information about advertising on gellertstreet.com.
At first gellertstreet is using google adsens. In my opinion it chooses quite good context matching links and it is configurabele in my page colours. The page search is also provided by google and adds external familiar links.
There are some partnerlinks spreaded all over the pages. A new one is placed at the right. It provides literature about expoloring and journeys. Some of it may be helpful, if you are a restless explorer ;-)
You may see the small opera link. It is non commercial. I just use Opera by myself and just be satisfied by its usability. So please enjoy trying out the different links and don't forget revisiting gellertstreet.
Monday 13.4.2009
Spring in high-key
After a time of getting dust on the lens of my camera, I added three new pictures in special-section. They are taken on a very nice weekend with my fiancee near Bonn and Cologne. We spend these first real warm days by meeting friends an taking time for family.
After such a long winter, the warm colerful scenery was just a little bit unfamiliar. To express this feeling, I choose to create the three new pictures in high-key to let them be a bit surreal.
Spring Break
Monday 6.4.2009
Inflation
This entry is providing some articles which discuss situations which may follow the financial crisis. In 2006, I recognized first thoughts about problems in the property market in the USA. So it should be a good idea to discuss risks about inflation following the huge subsidies given by governments, these days. I collected these links beneath for an entry in this discussion:
spiegel.de - Angst vor Mega-Inflation wächst
handelsblatt.com - Die Welt spielt Inflationsmonopoly
handelsblatt.com - Weimarer Verhältnisse
Monday 30.3.2009
skype and vodafone
Today, skype announced a version of his voip-software for iphone and Blackberry. In conclusion the discussion of blocking skype in 3g networks is becoming more public. If you are using a windows mobile phone and the vodafone live! internet flat in Germany you may take a look on skypes mobile functionality. Just enter the https proxy 139.7.29.1 and port 80 in skype settings and try out. You may start the opera browser or any other internet using program to establish a connection.
Remember Vodafone excludes the using of skype and other instant-messaging programs in the general terms of business ;-)
Saturday 28.3.2009
impressions
To get a better impression how my pictures are looking in real life on your wall, I rebuild the shop-section and added some framed previews.
rose of paris
experts
Welcome to all fans of gellertstreet. The last three days I got the chance to visit a part of Lidl headquarter. The greater view on the company I am working for was very impressiv and gave me some new facts and inspirations for my dissertation. Maybe there are also some future perspectives in the matter of finding a place in the company after finishing my studies.
In order to create some new pictures, I didn't walk any metre without my camera. Sadly I have to say, that the city, I spent the last days, wasn't one of the most beautiful Germany is able to provide. So hopefully spring is coming soon and will give some beautiful perspectives.
Monday 23.3.2009
back in action
After spending weeks in Lampertswalde by passing a practical training as head of department in the shipping area of the local Lidl company, I am now back concentrating on my studies. In conclusion there will be more updates on diplom.gellertstreet.com for my fellow students. Today I also added a new article on business-consulting-wolf.com. As always it discusses relevant matters in keeping business successful in times of financial crisis.
Besides handling with crises and imminently exams, my camera is always by my side. I am looking forward to take some new pictures for my profile on redbubble. Because all my pictures are getting grey at the moment, spring is hopefully comming soon. By then here is an older picture, showing Lampertswalde, my working place for the last weeks.
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| Lampertswalde |
Tuesday 10.3.2009
keep in touch
Gellertstreet is now available on twitter. The gellertstreet microblog keeps you informed about latest changes on page.
education
I am sorry, but there is no new picture today. While doing some researches, in the matter of educating myself to get a better feeling faced to final exams in three month, gellertstreet is suffering by little boringness.
Anyway I would like to keep my fellow students eyes on a quite good page to prepare especially for questions in poltical economics and business economics. So just visit the Harvard Business manager from time to time and try to discuss the articles.
Wednesday 4.3.2009
emotion
Hello to all redbubblers, who reached this page over the link beside my picture emotion.
I am sorry to say, there are no more in this kind on gellertstreet. But I am very surprised about the attention created by this picture. Creating such a picture isn't as easy as I thought. Surprisingly "emotion" was a product by chance. This might be the key for creating mind touching motives in any kind. So please enjoy my other works and maybe there will be more like emotion in future.
Thankyou to the model for her support ;-)
Monday 2.3.2009
business news
Today, I would like to keep your attention to business-consulting-wolf, one of gellertstreets associated pages. There you will find periodical news concerning relevant challenges in business.
Sunday 1.3.2009
by the way
As I mentioned before, there is much work for me right now. But there will always be some time for gellertstreet left. So I used my daily commuting trip to take some photos of the freight depot in Dresden and get some experiences with black and white long exposure picutures. Of corse it is not quiet easy especially if you work without a tripod. But see for your self in special-section.
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| direction |
Friday 27.2.2009
the art code experiment
Today there is something new for all the gellertstreet enthusiasts (now should be one more since 5.2.09). The shop is now including prints in colour codes used on gellertstreet.com. For example the green one in this blog. This idea is inspired by a print I saw in a friends office, which only appears to be grey. So watch for yourself in special-section and enjoy the beauty of simple colours.
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Monday 23.2.2009
man at work
As you noticed, the blog frequency on gellertstreet.com is getting lower. There are many things to do for me right now. I am just preparing my degree dissertation and this keeps most of my attention. But work on gellertstreet will move on. So I hope to recieve new pictures for journey-section from all over the world. A friend of mine will start a world tour next week and just like me he is alway armed with his digital camera.
Last week I made some improvements in handling this website. You can now use the google search engine to discover gellertstreet and business-consulting-wolf.
Saturday 14.2.2009
Valentine - of course
In my last entry, I promised to post some pictures about Dresden. And here they are - posted in the new special-section! Starting point are some small items but be sure, some larger ones will follow. One example:
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As always, something to read. In my opinion the biggest point to discuss right now. See for yourself, an article on ft.com concerning protectionism.
Sunday 8.2.2009
on the move.
Just before end of the weekend, I announce a new topic on gellertstreet. In next time there will be the start of Dresden-section. Cause the city I am living in is one of the most beautiful I ever saw. So there is the decision to start a series of Dresden-pictures to show the beauty of this world heritage. As foretaste below, the picture "on the move". It is taken out of train and pictures the historical city centre.
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| on the move |
To keep in touch with the news, here something about political developments in Germany. The economics minister wants to resign. You see, federal elections this year are coming closer.
Thursday 5.2.2009
Vive la France and some financial things again.
Hello to all friends of gellertstreet.com (should be at least five now). I added some pictures and comments about Paris in journey-section and the picture of Trogir (Croatia) is now available in the shop.
For all my fellows in misery in Plauen, there are two interesting articles on spiegel.de and handeslblatt.com. Just take a minute and think about.
Tuesday 3.2.2009
Financial crisis and process management
Today, I spent most of my time at the library of the Technical University of Dresden doing some researches for my degree dissertation. The subject will be close to relevant challenges in process management in my current job at Lidl. So I am looking forward to safe some ideas from theoretical view into the real life.
In order not to be a publisher of a boring page, I spend a little time for some changes.
- the journey-part is filled with some describing words
- the shop now features a flash-plugin for viewing all my works
Please also have a look on Business Consulting Wolf, there you will find an interesting new comment concerning problems caused by financial crisis. Concerning this I read a very interesting article on spiegel-online. Have a look and send me comments to publish here.
Monday 2.2.2009
Have a look!
Business and Shop are now ready. Please stay a while and visit the linked pages.
Monday 2.2.2009
Relaunch
After several weeks doing nothing on my pages, i decided to ralaunch my pages. I completed the links above and did an other very important change. All the texts and comments are going to be written in English. So i do not have the work twice and hope the range of reciepients will be larger. In fact I am not a native speaker, so feel free to comment harder mistakes.
I concentrate on completing the "business"- and "shop"-section. Later there will be some writings in the "journey"-section.
So thanks for visiting and have fun,
Thomas
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