Here is a good example of information density to the extreme! Professor Dr. Peter Mertens, who was the first professor for information systems in Germany in 1968, created 5 printed pages of knowledge every workday for over 37 years.
All he needed was a 900ft2 office and effective time management that uses milliseconds as the smallest unit. Read more in my interview with him about why he believes that trends in science and business are unproductive. (German only)
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
Spreading the word against lopsided graphics
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Friday, November 11th, 2011
You can close your eyes but not your ears
Friday, October 21st, 2011
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Friday, September 9th, 2011
Simply wrong is downright difficult
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Friday, July 29th, 2011
Furthermore, I believe PowerPoint must be destroyed
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Professor Peter Mertens
is emeritus at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. With his professorial dissertation dating back to 1966 he established Information Systems in the German-speaking countries. His first chair of Information Systems (Lehrstuhl zur betrieblichen Datenverarbeitung) in Linz has been the prototype for about 140 chairs of Information Systems today. His standard book "Integrierte Informationsverarbeitung" has been published in 15 editions.
His achievements have been acclaimed and distinguished in numerous forms. Prof. Mertens is Fellow of the German Gesellschaft für Informatik, honorary member of the Association of University Professors of Management , honorary doctor at five universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, bearer of the ring of honor of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and of the “Ehrennadel” of the 1. FC Nürnberg.
