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Short bio

Hey, I’m Jan. I’m a husband with 3 wonderful kids and an amazing wife (and a dog, 2 cats…). I’m living and working in Germany by Aachen, but I was born in east Germany GDR. So Yes, I’m also a refugee!

Since January 2015 I have Diabetes mellitus type 1 which was diagnosed by pure accident. I’m using a pump from Ypsomed and the Dexcom G6 CGM system.

My day time goes on these things:

• Family first
• Work
• Family
• Open source projects
• Family

Projects

Here is a short list of open source projects where I’m doing some stuff (or spent some time to it).

• MahApps.Metro A framework that allows developers to cobble together a better UI for their own WPF applications with minimal effort. https://mahapps.com
• MahApps.Metro.IconPacks Awesome icon packs for WPF and UWP in one library
• MahApps.Metro.SimpleChildWindow A simple child window for MahApps.Metro
• GongSolutions.WPF.DragDrop A drag’n’drop framework for WPF.
• Simple Music Player SimpleMP or Simple Music Player is a simple and easy to use music player for free. It plays the most common music files (mp3, ogg, wma, wav) in a simple way.
• ControlzEx Shared controls for WPF which makes your life easier.

I’m also help(ed) and contribute(d) to these awesome projects.

• Chocolatey GUI A delicious GUI for Chocolatey. Chocolatey GUI is an user interface for Chocolatey (the Machine Package Manager for Windows).
• Hardcodet NotifyIcon for WPF. NotifyIcon (aka system tray icon or taskbar icon) for the WPF platform
• Material Design In XAML Toolkit Google Material Design in XAML & WPF, for C# & VB.Net https://materialdesigninxaml.net

Currently working on

• MahApps.Metro v3.0.0
• GongSolutions.WPF.DragDrop v2.4.0 / v3.0.0
• MahApps.Avalonia.IconPacks for Avalonia UI the cross platform XAML Framework for .NET Framework, .NET Core and Mono

Future (ongoing projects)

• Node, Javascript, Typescript, Angular, Electron, Vue.js …
• Simple Music Player v2.0
• JeoAppardy with Vue.js
• Half marathon (sometime)
• Improving my poor English (it’s terrible)
• Learn Autodesk Fusion 360
• 3D printing

Other stuff

• I love punk music and all other rocking stuff #PunksNotDead
• Yes, I’m a Vinyl junkie
• I love reading criminal books
• Arduino, Raspberry Pi, 3D printer interested
• Since February 2021 I have a Prusa Mini+ 3D printer
• Maybe a Nerd

Conferences

In 2021/2022…

…on hold

MVP

I received the MVP award in Visual Studio and Development Technologies in 2015.

Currently I received the MVP award for the fifth time, now in Windows Development.

Contact

You can find me on

• Twitter
• GitHub
• Stack Overflow, CV
• or in real life

Note

This page was inspired by Derek Sivers.