Roland Weigelt, Bonn, Germany
About me
- 80s: Computer Kid
- Basic, Pascal, Z80 Assembler
- TRS 80 Color Computer, CPC 464, DOS PC
- BigFont, Artworx
- 90s: Student (physics, computer science)
- C, x86 Assembly, C++, Java, Visual Basic
- DOS/Windows PC, NetBSD, Linux
- 4PRMPT, R8WORX
- 00s: Professional software developer
- C++, JavaScript, C#, HTML, CSS, XSL, WinForms, XAML
- Windows PC
- RemoteCanvas, GhostDoc
- 10s and later: Senior specialist product design/user experience, developer/designer digital
signage
- C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, (S)CSS, WinForms, XAML
- Windows PC
- AthleticPixels, CamProps, Emaroo
For a more detailed timeline see my 40 Years of Computing
articles (1983-2002
and
2003-2023)
Links
Jobs
- Comma Soft AG - The company I work for (full
time) as a senior specialist in product design and user experience. I also take care of our documentation, both from a technical and content point of view.
- Telekom Baskets Bonn - The basketball
club I work for (part time) as a digital signage developer / designer / advertising support
technician.
Social
Hobbies
- Weblog (2003-2023)
- Articles in English and
German about
- CamProps - A free utility for quickly adjusting and managing the properties of webcams and other video capture devices.
(English).
- Emaroo - A free utility for browsing
the most recently used (MRU) file lists of programs like Visual Studio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more
(English).
Misc
Conference / user group talks and workshops
- 2023
- Developer Week 2023 (Nürnberg, June 2023)
- 2022
- Developer Week 2022 (Nürnberg, July 2022)
- 2021
- UI/UX Workshop on Twitch, part 2 (guest speaker on Gregor Biswanger's channel, June 2021)
- UI/UX Workshop on Twitch, part 1 (guest speaker on Gregor Biswanger's channel, May 2021)
- 2020
Developer Week 2020 (cancelled due to COVID19)- DWX Home 2020 (Online, June 2020)
dotnet Cologne 2020 (Köln, May 2020) (cancelled due to COVID19)
- 2019
- UXBN (Bonn, August 2019)
- Developer Week 2019 (Nürnberg, June 2019)
- dotnet Cologne 2019 (Köln, May 2019)
- 2018
- GUI&DESIGN Konferenz (Berlin, December 2018)
- Developer Week 2018 (Nürnberg, June 2018)
- dotnet Cologne 2018 (Köln, May 2018)
- 2017
- GUI&DESIGN Konferenz (Berlin, December 2017)
- dotnet Cologne 2017 (Köln, May 2017)
- 2016
- .NET DevGroup Göttingen/Kassel (Hann. Münden-Laubach, Oktober 2016)
- .NET User Group Rhein/Ruhr (Ratingen, June 2016)
- 2015
- NRW Conf 2015 (Wuppertal, Oktober 2015)
- UXBN (Bonn, September 2015)
- UXCGN (Köln, March 2015)
- .NET User Group Bonn (March 2015)
- 2014
- GUI&Design Konferenz (Berlin, December 2014)
- .NET User Group Bonn (November 2014)
- UXCGN (Köln, September 2014)
- User Experience Lisbon (Lissabon, June 2014)
- 2013
- GUI&Design Konferenz (Frankfurt am Main, December 2013)
- dotnet Cologne 2013 (Köln, May 2013)
- 2012
- .NET User Group Frankfurt (November 2012)
- .NET User Group Rhein-Neckar (Oktober 2012)
- Developer Open Space (Leipzig, Oktober 2012)
- .NET User Group Hamburg (July 2012)
- .NET User Group Osnabrück (July 2012)
- .NET User Group Braunschweig (July 2012)
- .NET User Group Leipzig (July 2012)
- .NET User Group Dresden (July 2012)
- .NET User Group Niederrhein (June 2012)
- .NET User Group Bielefeld (April 2012)
- .NET User Group Koblenz (March 2012)
- .NET User Group Bonn (February 2012)
- 2011
- GUI&DESIGN Konferenz (Führt/Nürnberg, December 2011)
- .NET User Group Köln (Oktober 2011)
- .NET User Group Bonn (September 2011)
- See# Party Kreuzlingen (Schweiz, August 2011)
- .NET User Group Dresden (August 2011)
- .NET User Group Leipzig (July 2011)
- .NET User Group Berlin (July 2011)
- dotnet DevCon (Nürnberg, June 2011)
- dotnet Cologne 2011 (Köln, May 2011)
- 2010
- .NET User Group Bonn (November 2010)
- .NET User Group Niederrhein (September 2010)
- See# Party Kreuzlingen (Schweiz, August 2010)
- Keynote-Sprecher der dotnet Cologne 2010 (Köln, May 2010)
- 2009
- .NET User Group Köln (December 2009)
- Keynote Speaker dotnet Cologne 2009 (Köln, May 2009)
- Informatiktage 2009 (Bonn, March 2009)
- BASTA! Spring 2009 (Darmstadt, February 2009)
- 2008
- .NET User Group Ulm (August 2008)
- .NET User Group Koblenz (May 2008)
- AfterLaunch Event (Köln, April 2008)
- BASTA! Spring 2008 (Frankfurt, February 2008)
- .NET User Group Köln (February 2008)
- 2007
- .NET User Group Köln (December 2007)
- SummerCamp 2007 (Leipzig, September 2007)
- BASTA! Herbst 2007 (Mainz, September 2007)
- .NET User Group Frankfurt (September 2007)
- NRW07 Community Conference (Wuppertal, August 2007)
- .NET User Group Braunschweig (July 2007)
- .NET User Group Leipzig (July 2007)
- .NET User Group Paderborn (April 2007)
- .NET User Group Bonn (2006/2007)
Contributing author (engl.)
- Windows Developer Power Tools, O'Reilly, November 2006
- Visual Studio Hacks, O'Reilly, March 2005
Community organizer
- .NET User Group "Bonn-to-Code" (2006-2017)
- https://www.bonn-to-code.net
Conference co-organizer
- dotnet Cologne 2017 (420 attendees)
- dotnet Cologne 2016 (420 attendees)
- dotnet Cologne 2015 (400 attendees)
- dotnet Cologne 2014 (380 attendees)
- dotnet Cologne 2013 (350 attendees)
- dotnet Cologne 2012 (350 attendees)
- dotnet Cologne 2011 (320 attendees)
- dotnet Cologne 2010 (300 attendees)
- dotnet Cologne 2009 (160 attendees)
- Afterlaunch 2008 (160 attendees)