Zum Keyboardständer "Spider Pro" von König&Meyer gibt es eine robuste Tasche vom gleichen Hersteller. Die ist allerdings ungepolstert, so dass sie zwar praktisch zum Tragen ist, aber wenig Schutz bietet. Das lässt sich leicht ändern: Alles, was wir dafür brauchen, ist eine nicht mehr benötigte Yogamatte, einen Meterstab (oder ein Maßband), einen Filzstift und eine stabile Haushaltsschere.
How to transmit a Western film through a garden hose, and what a Soviet lunar probe, Daft Punk, and a fax machine have to do with it
Anyone who thinks that the HDMI format is the end of all connection problems has obviously never tried to send a film through a garden hose. This experiment combines DIY humour, space history and a dash of absurd engineering: an adapter from HDMI to Gardena – technically feasible, practically questionable, but guaranteed to be entertaining.
Der Heilige Gral der Medientechnik: Ein Adapter von HDMI auf Gardena! Wie man einen Western durch einen Gartenschlauch überträgt, was hier unter dem Karton steckt und welche Rolle die sowjetischen Luna-Mondmissionen, Daft Punk, und ein Faxgerät dabei spielen: Alles das kommt in meinem neuen Artikel fürGolem.dezusammen.
You probably came here from one of my talks, maybe at the tcworld conference in Nov 2023. Happy to see you here! If you have further questions or want to contribute, feel free to contact me!
This collection of antipatterns is compiled from personal experiences as well as from input from colleagues and antipatterns from the field of IT that appear directly or similarly in technical communication. The order is random.
This collection does not attempt to fulfill any scientific requirements. It rather is intended as a guide for practitioners.
This list is currently under review and extension. (JH, May 2026)
Organisational Antipatterns
Scavenger
The documentation work is started at the very end of the product development process. The documentation team has no way of influencing product development beforehand. Even worse, sometimes problems are not solved during product development, but are instead addressed in the documentation.
Negative example: Once the product is finished and ready to ship, the documentation team starts work. How to improve: Start writing in parallel to the product development process. Use early product sketches as first input and add iteratively with every finished feature.
