SERVICE READING DEIN EGO IST DEIN FEIND (EGO IS THE ENEMY) Are our successes and failures caused by our environment? No, says marketing legend and bestseller author Ryan Holiday. Our ego is our enemy. It makes us blind for mistakes and hinders our development. With a rich bouquet of examples from literature, philosophy and history, Ryan Holiday impres- sively shows how overcoming our ego will help us to success. The book offers plausible fi ndings that will help anyone to successfully face their biggest enemy: their own ego. Holiday, Ryan (12 June 2017): Dein Ego ist dein Feind (Ego is the Enemy). FinanzBuch Verlag. Hardback. € 19.99 4 3 2 1 Life is what we make of it. In his book ‘4 3 2 1’, bestselling author Paul Auster takes a skilled look at the coincidences in our lives. He tells us four versions of the life of Archibald Ferguson who grows up in Newark, America of the fi fties: provincial and modest, fi erce but unlucky, concerned and obsessed with contemporary events, a genius artist reaching for the stars. All variants of Archibald’s life are coined by adventure, love and blows of life. ‘4 3 2 1’ is a fascinating experiment and a peak of Auster’s creative work. Auster, Paul (2017): 4 3 2 1. Rowohlt Verlag. Hardback. € 29.95 Solution conneXXt #02 S C M O R A T O R A L E P H L A P E L S T E A L R A G O U T S S L O C R O Q U E T I V Y R S O D A O B E R O N Z N L E Y K I L O H E I R L O O M E M E N D T O O P O P L A R T O Y O V E R A L L APPS SNAPSEED Snapseed is a free professional photo editor developed by Google. The app provides 29 tools and fi lters for you to make the best of your photos. The automatic or manual fi ne tuning of the exposure is only the peak of the iceberg. You can also edit the perspective of your photos, cut crooked lines, add text and light effects or remove unwanted people from group photos. WORKFLOW Workfl ow is a powerful tool. With this iOS-App, you can automate your individual repetitive work tasks. Workfl ow accesses various third party apps, combines certain functions and bundles them in a single button. After that, it is enough to tap that button to trigger a sequence of actions. A simple example is a workfl ow to post the most recent image in your dropbox folder to Instagram. The means are virtually unlimit- ed, which is why Workfl ow is also called the Minecraft of productivity. R S K I D T S C A N B A C H A D E P A R T C O R O L L A L I E N E T U I V E N D E T T A Solution: ENERGY HARVESTING R A M O E B A S N U G L U S T R E IMPRINT Publisher: STILL GmbH, Berzeliusstr. 10, 22113 Hamburg, connexxt@still.de; Verantwortlich: Jan Christoph Sachse, Head of Marketing Communications | Senior Editors: Andreas Bauer, Heiko Görtz | Editorial Team Matthias Klug, Markus Stoll, Gerd Knehr, Claudia Behrend | Art Direction & Layout: Harmony Ehrhardt | Editing: Susann Dettmann, Punkt Punkt Komma Strich, 86150 Augsburg | DM Service Gollner e.K., 22041 Hamburg | Distribution: DM Service Gollner e.K., 22041 Hamburg | Languages: German, English, French, Italian | All rights reserved. Prior approval must be sought from the publisher for reprinting, inclusion in online services and reproduction on storage media of this publication. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any unsolicited manuscripts and photos which it is sent. If you have any comments or feedback for us, please contact us at: connexxt@still.de 30