December 2019

EP. 18: Sauna

“Each and every pore on your body feels refreshed” – Vinz

Episode 18 of convinzed is about Sauna.  While this may seem like a cut and dry topic where Vinz has a lot of detailed information, because of course…. his Dad built one, Brian breaks down the cultural experience of going to the enormous sauna and spa facilities available around Europe from an American perspective. BE ADVISED…. this is not a kid friendly episode.  Brian talks about his own experience of going for the first time to the “textile free” saunas. Enjoy the hilarious conversation that ensues.  Thanks for listening!

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Check out the awesome Sauna facility that Vinz’s Dad built with is boys on their farm in Börlas Germany.

Here is a couple of links to some of the more popular sauna and spa facilities in the area in which we live:

https://www.therme-erding.de/en/tropical-spa-sauna/spa-area-saunas/
https://www.aqua-dome.at/en/thermal-spa/
https://www.therme-badwoerishofen.de/vitalbad-saunen/?lang=en

Thanks for listening & take care!

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EP. 17: St. Nikolaus

“I was a grown adult man… and I was absolutely terrified” – Brian

Episode 17 describes the rich holiday traditions surrounding Saint Nikolaus day which is celebrated in many parts of the world. While this holiday and the wild traditions are not celebrated in the United States parts of it may seem familiar as Santa Claus is in fact derivative of “Old Saint Nick”.  Brian and Vinz share their experiences with the cultural phenomenons and explore some of the interesting traditional ways in which the holiday is celebrated in Austria and Bavaria Germany..  From Krampus to Clausen and from Angels and Santa’s little helper this is a very fun and entertaining episode.  As always… thanks for listening

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Read more about St. Nikolaus & the “Krampus.”

Here’s a representation of 1896

Brian with his fam in Bichlbach
(05th of December 2019):

  • Naughty or Nice?
  • Bichlbach Krampus Gang
  • Brian with lil Julia (is she scared? :o)
  • Nicholas reads from his omniscient book.

There you can see how the Krampus in austria looks like:

  • © vorarlberg-alpenregion.at
  • © tuiflverein-reutte.at
  • © tuiflverein-reutte.at

And there you can see the difference… That’s from Vinz’ region:

  • © all-in.de
  • Missen (village next to Börlas) © Radio AllgäuHIT
  • © bayern.by – Bernhard Huber

Brian mentioned these weird hay dudes… Check it out:

see more + © : https://www.berchtesgaden.de/tradition-brauchtum/advent/buttnmandl

Here are some crazy videos to see how crazy the tradition is:

Reutte (very close to Brian’s home)
Osttirol (Brian talked about this and it is as crazy as Vinz imagined) Damn…
Sonthofen (near Vinz’ hometown)
Immenstadt (the village where Vinz went to school).
At 4:29 you can see a “Bärbele” (The female version)

Thanks for listening & take care!

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EP. 16: Design UX/UI with Tim H.

“I went into the meeting with a real eagrness to learn…engaged…hungry…….” – Tim H.

Episode 16 features once again our first guest Tim H. Tim offers some incredible insights into the world of design, specifically the world of UX (user experience) and UI (user interface). Tim and Vinz both being being heavily involved in design but both share a deep passion for the topic.engage in a terrific dialogue on design concepts.  Tim takes us through his design journey starting at being a 12 year old designing a website for a video game clan to working on one of the most popular food delivery apps in the World. Check out the blog to get some visual support for reference while listening to this great conversation. 

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Check out Tim’s YouTube Channel here:

This is the video that Vinz had already come across before meeting Tim or knowing that Brian and him were good friends. Featuring Dansky!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KwoGxnEPk

Here are some great links for Design Inspiration:

Gavin Strange was mentioned as a favorite designer of Tim and Vinz:

Tim also mentions a design excersise known as Daily UI:

Here is some of the old work that TIm references in the episode:

The yellow flare is one of the first things Tim ever created in Photoshop.
Here is an example of a technical drawing Tim created and rendered during is University studies.
Tim answers the difficult question… “What are some designs you are least proud of?”
loads of stuff wrong with this
>    – full screen background image doesn’t add any value and would make the
>    site slower, poorly defined colour palette and way to many greens, unclear
>    site navigation…etc

Thanks for listening everyone!

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