Curiosity / Follow the “what if?”
I find it very hard to leave a good “what if?” alone.
A strange idea can become a prototype, a tiny product, a research rabbit hole or a surprisingly serious conversation. I learn best by making things real.
NOW PLAYING · STREAMER PLAYGROUND
Don’t Drop the Cake.
Audience votes. Four distinct deliveries. One very nervous courier. Get the cake upstairs and keep the whole thing together.
PLAY THE GAMECreative direction by Michael Ninh · AI-assisted implementation.
ONE VERY NERVOUS DELIVERY
A note for the curious
Oh, you found it.Sometimes I make things simply because they might give someone a little moment of joy. I'm glad you were curious.
Beyond the CV · A little more of the human
A life,
still becoming.
I’m Michael. I build things, make up little worlds, ask far too many questions, and love a dinner that lasts until nobody notices the time. This is the part of me a CV can’t quite hold. Make yourself at home.
Berlin · DE / EN / VNStill learning
Not a second CV.
An open door.
There’s work here, of course. But also stories, strange little games, food, and a few thoughts I’m still tending. Start anywhere. No perfect introductions required.
01 / A few things that make me, me
A person, not just
a set of skills.
Play / Not an optional extra
I think play is underrated.
Games, weird interfaces, collectible objects, small experiments. Play is often where I find the best ideas.
A FEW MORE THINGS / 05There’s more to the story.A little more about me ↗
Craft / The almost-invisible things
I care about the details people feel but rarely name.
A sentence. A transition. The weight of a button. The difference between “works” and “feels right”.
People / Make things together
Good conversations beat clever assumptions.
I like making things with people, not just for them. Test early, listen properly, and improve together.
Collecting / A thing becomes your thing
I’m fascinated by why we give objects meaning.
Cards, digital collectibles, art, stories. Sometimes an object is really a memory with a physical — or digital — address.
Food / Love, but edible
Cooking is one of my favourite ways to care for people.
Healthy, joyful, plant-based food. Something new to try. A table getting louder as the evening goes on.
Mind + body / Keep practising
Bruce Lee is one of my heroes — mostly because of how he thought.
Learn widely. Keep what works. Stay adaptable. That’s the spirit I want to bring to martial arts, making things, and being a little better to the people around me.
And yes, I will happily talk about the bigger questions.
What makes a good life?
Consciousness, meaning, how we treat one another. I genuinely enjoy those conversations. Preferably after we have solved the bug.
A tiny operating system.
Stay curious longer. Make it real. Be kind, but don’t be vague. Prefer experiments over opinions. Leave the product, the room, or the person a little better.
02 / The worlds · HYPERSPACE / HANA
A world that
won’t stay
on the page.
Three moments from an unfinished universe: a landing, a leap, and the instant gravity forgets its rules. Collectible art and interactive storytelling, made because I love the stories objects can hold.
Enter the HANA exhibition ↗ Or step inside the playable story →
Original AI-assisted concept art · An exhibition, not an edition or a finished trading-card game. Free to explore.
THE OPEN PLAYROOM / 03More worlds to wander.Explore the experiments ↗
03 / The thought garden
Things worth
tending.
Not every idea needs to become a product. Some deserve a little light, some change shape, and some teach you something before they disappear. A few short reflections, chosen to live here.
FIELD NOTE 001 / THE END
After the last pose.
“No matter what happened in the practice, for this moment, nothing needs fixing.”
Read the reflection
Savasana is my favourite asana. Not because it asks the most of me, but because it lets me stop asking.
Maybe the balance was wobbly. Maybe I was distracted. Maybe I spent half the practice negotiating with my own mind. None of that has to be resolved before I lie down.
There is something generous about an ending that doesn't demand a perfect beginning. The practice happened. I was there. And for a little while, that is enough.
FIELD NOTE 002 / CONTINUITY
A thought is a seed, not a verdict.
“Some thoughts stay. Some grow. Some become soil for something else.”
Read the reflection
I like imagining each new window as another thought. But what happens to the one I closed?
A note can preserve words; it cannot preserve an entire moment. Tomorrow, I might disagree with myself. I hope I do sometimes. It would mean something moved.
I'd rather tend a garden of ideas than build a museum of old opinions. Keep the roots that nourish us. Prune what no longer fits. Leave enough space for an unexpected flower.
FIELD NOTE 003 / THE BEGINNING
Om, and begin again.
“A beginning doesn't have to erase what came before.”
Read the reflection
I love the small ritual of beginning a practice with Om. An ordinary room changes, not because anything supernatural has to happen, but because we decide to pay attention.
A beginning can be quiet. It can be hesitant. It can happen in the middle of an otherwise unremarkable Tuesday.
And when the practice ends, there's no final grade. Just a chance to carry a little more awareness into whatever comes next.
An intentionally small, human-edited collection — not an automatic feed of private chats. More reflections may grow here over time.
04 / Where I see myself
Still learning.
Still making
room.
Not just for a career. For a life I actually want to be present for.
Still struggling sometimes.
Hopefully with a little more grace.
And a decent attitude.
01Being a beginner, again.
Learning new instruments. Practising martial arts, day after day. Growing into movements, melodies, and ideas I cannot quite manage yet. I hope I never run out of things to be wonderfully bad at first.
02Making stories worth feeling.
Poems. Comics. Scripts for television and films. Worlds that entertain, make people laugh, and perhaps leave them a little more open to one another. Less “someday I’ll write it”. More actual pages.
03A full table. A little more time.
Friends and family, including the family we choose. Dinner, practice, long conversations. Yoga retreats, mountains, beaches, forests. Not collecting places — spending real time with my chosen people. Learning to balance ambition with being there.
04A wider circle of care.
Good food, a healthy rhythm, and more gentleness towards animals and children. I want to help make a world where more beings get to feel safe, happy, and free. Starting with how I treat whoever is in front of me.
05Build something. Give more back.
Using technology to create more abundance: less exhausting work, more time, more possibility. And room for entertainment, play, and joy. Gratitude matters to me. I’d like the good things I receive to become good things for someone else. Maybe give back a little more than I got.
06Plant something for tomorrow.
One day I’d love to grow fruit, vegetables, mushrooms and soybeans outside Berlin — and learn to turn a harvest into proper tofu, tempeh and slow-fermented shoyu. More than a food brand, I dream of a community farm where people learn, cook and gather around a long table. We don’t have the land yet. We're starting with conversations, a digital seed and the hope of a first tasting.
The direction, not a claim of perfection. Learn a little. Make something useful. Share what helps. Let the next person start a little further along. An upward spiral.
A few ordinary, lovely moments
Not a highlight reel.
A little life.
05 / An opening, not an elevator pitch
Skip the small talk.
Or don’t.
Tell me what you’re currently obsessed with. Teach me something. Ask about food, games, stories, or a questionable “what if?”. Here’s a place to start.
Let’s have that conversation ↗A question for both of us01 / 08
What are you happily a beginner at right now?
06 / A little gift. No strings.
You have a
beyond, too.
Five questions to meet the person behind your own job title. Turn your answers into a small introduction, or take the prompt to your favourite AI assistant.
Free. No account. No email gate.
Your answers stay in this page, in your browser.
The nicest thank-you? Pass it on. Or do something kind for someone. You can also support the project. Completely optional; not a charitable donation.
A few things your CV doesn’t ask.
- What do you happily lose yourself in?
- What are you still learning?
- What do you care about in ordinary life?
- What kind of future are you making room for?
- What would you love someone to ask you?
Read the full, free prompt
Help me write a warm, honest “Beyond the CV” introduction. Ask these five questions one at a time: What do I happily lose myself in? What am I still learning? What do I care about in ordinary life? What kind of future am I making room for? What would I love someone to ask me? Invite concrete examples. Let me skip any question. Do not invent facts, turn hobbies into achievements, or turn aspirations into accomplishments. Do not ask for sensitive or identifying details. Use only what I choose to share. Then draft a 120–180-word introduction in my voice, three conversation starters, and a short optional LinkedIn post. Keep it human, specific, and free of corporate clichés. Show me the draft for approval before treating anything as ready to publish.
From curiosity to something you can inspect
What I care about.
What I build.
Semantic City — what a city needs to know before it acts. An independent prototype connecting climate, neighbourhood, green-space and hospital evidence for one Berlin example.
It makes the sources and the missing information visible. It does not claim to rank whole cities or allocate resources automatically.
AI-assisted development. A stored example, not live conditions. Follow the evidence and see the limits in the case study.
07 / Especially if you’re a recruiter
Hello to the human
on your side.
Thanks for looking beyond the bullet points. My portfolio has the work, the evidence, and the CV. This page is a little more of the person you might be working with.
We may have spoken before. We may not have met yet. Either way, I’d love to hear what your team is trying to make better — and what matters to you beyond your job title.
And for anyone borrowing the idea: sharing is an invitation, never a requirement. Nobody owes the internet a personal story to deserve an opportunity.
08 / SAVASANA · THE LAST FRAME
For today,
enough.
Whatever the practice held — the good, the awkward, the unfinished — you can set it down now. You were here. That’s enough for this moment.
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