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Stockholm Coffee RoastersPlace tip3 days ago
John Fluencer@johnfluencer
Stockholm Coffee RoastersHamburg

Very cozy and delicious 😋

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Hensel BurgerPlace tip3 days ago
John Fluencer@johnfluencer
Hensel BurgerHamburg

Just good burgers.

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ScarfRecommended11 days ago
Lo G@stephanieg
ScarfCashmeritaly

Best quality/price, not the best cashmere but is very practical and does the work. Get it!!! The store is in Rome and the service is lovely :) 👤 Who it's perfect for: souvenirs from Rome.

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MX Master 3SRecommended22 days ago
John Fluencer@johnfluencer
MX Master 3SLogitech

For me, the MX series from Logitech is the perfect series for working. I use the mouse exclusively in the home office and occasionally take it with me when I travel or drive to the customer. The rubberized surface is of course a bit susceptible to dirt, but the surface can be cleaned well with isopropanol.

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iPhone 18 ProRecommended22 days ago
John Fluencer@johnfluencer
iPhone 18 ProApple

Why I've only been buying iPhones as a managing director for years: because it works. For me, a phone is a work tool and not a toy — it has to work in the morning, work after the update and still work in two years. Apple builds hardware and operating system from a single source: one manufacturer, one system, a manageable fleet of devices. If you have to span an operating system across dozens of third-party manufacturers, it is much more difficult to deliver the same quality everywhere. In addition, the requirements for the App Store, which developers like to complain about — these are precisely the reason why everything fits together in the end. Quality and reliability cost money, and I'm happy to pay for it. Viewed soberly, the 18 Pro is still not a leap, but a clean step. Sober I mean as a judgment and not as a condition: Burgundy is a case color here and not a glass of wine. The camera was my real question when switching from the 16 Pro. My guess was that the sensor hasn't grown, and the main lens is correct: Type 1/1.28, 1.22 μm pixels, exactly the same area as in the 16 Pro and the 17 Pro. No lens, no matter how good, gets out what the sensor doesn't collect. Apple has nevertheless turned two things at exactly this point: The aperture has become variable and opens to f/1.48 instead of fixed f/1.78 — a good half stop more light when you need it, and f/4 when you don't need it. And the telephoto goes from 12 to 48 MP, its sensor is over 50 percent larger than in the 16 Pro. So the area has certainly grown, just with the telephoto and not with the main lens. When it comes to storage, I've always taken the smallest level and let OneDrive do the work — I need that anyway, so I don't need a separate iPhone backup. After two years, however, the 128 GB in the 16 Pro were simply full. This time, the 256 GB is less a luxury than a necessity. I like the color, but it's not the first time Apple has been brave here: The 17 Pro had Cosmic Orange, and Burgundy is exactly its successor in the range. What is new is the direction, not the courage — a deep dark red instead of a beep. Of the old series, only silver has survived. The big hype is absent because most of the nice features already came with iOS 27 and thus also ran on the old device. But that's exactly the point from above: A manufacturer that provides two-year-old devices with the new features is the reason why I'll buy here again next time.

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KopenhagenTrip report2 months ago
John Fluencer@johnfluencer
Kopenhagen3 days · Copenhagen

A beautiful city with a high density of restaurants. Perfect in midsummer.

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