I’m Michael Schindler – a web developer, graphic designer and photographer based in Germany. I’m engaged in this area since 2001, when I finished my Diploma at SAE College Berlin.
Currently I’m working at an international silver jewelry design company, doing all kinds of amazing, world-changing web, print, photo and server stuff.
I’m an expert in macro photography of shiny, reflective silver jewelry, probably one of the hardest objects you can imagine.

Following a compact list of my skills and programs I use day-to-day.

programs

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Flash, Adobe Director, Adobe Premiere, Corel PhotoImpact (for blue/green-screen techniques), Maxon Cinema4d / Bodypaint, Bryce, Photomatix Pro, OpenEMM, OTRS

skills

(X)HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, Actionscript, jQuery, xajax
SEO
xt:Commerce / Ecombase: extensive modification, bug fixing, development of modules and templates
Magento: development of modules and templates
Wordpress: development of plugins and themes
Woltlab Burning Board / phpBB / vBulletin: development of themes
MediaWiki: development of skins
Silverstripe: development of templates
Windows Server & network administration
Linux Server administration (openSuse)

hobbys

Basically my work is my hobby but besides that my second passion is aviation. I’m involved in several aviation related projects and like to support the aviation community in any way I can. Maybe some day I’ll own my dream plane, a Boeing Stearman with Pratt&Whitney R985 engine…

I also very much like to travel around the world. I’m in love with Asia and most notably with Hong Kong, the greatest city on earth.

I’m an early adopter of new technologies and I like testing and trying out new upcoming stuff. Giving valuable feedback on new products is substantially important for developers. Therefore since many years I’m a Microsoft Beta Tester. I participated in several private, non-public Microsoft beta programs such as
Codename: Springboard (Windows XP Service Pack 2)
Codename: Whistler Server (Windows Server 2003 + R2)
Microsoft Game Studios: Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania
Microsoft Game Studios: Hopnotic
Codename: Monad (Windows PowerShell)
Codename: Acrylic, Sparkle, Quartz, VEX (Expression Suite)
Codename: A1 (Windows Live OneCare)
Office 2007
Live Search Webmaster Portal
Microsoft Update, MUv4
Codename: Longhorn + Longhorn Server (Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008)
Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Windows Live Messenger 8.0 German: Centered on Mobile Services
Codename: Q (Windows Home Server)
Codename: Morro (Microsoft Security Essentials)
Codename: Vienna (Windows 7)
Windows Server 2008 R2
Codename: Vail (Windows Home Server 2011)
Microsoft Game Studios Codename: Project S (Age Of Empires Online)
Microsoft Security Essentials v2
Microsoft Game Studios: Flight