Anselm's Web Site

Here is some information about me and the things I do.

• I'm currently working as a software developer for netgo software GmbH, where I'm part of a wonderful team writing code for innovative multi-factor authentication (MFA) and identity and asset management (IAM) solutions.
• In my spare time I'm a certified Scottish Country Dance (SCD) teacher as well as a SCD musician. I've taught regular SCD classes for more than 25 years and have been invited to teach elsewhere in Germany and abroad (including the UK and Russia). Similarly, I have played the piano in various places including RSCDS Summer School in St Andrews. In case you're interested, I'm available to teach SCD workshops at all levels (beginners to teachers), in German or English, at home or abroad, or play the piano for classes or functions. I'm also available as a CTI trainer or Unit 4 mentor. Do get in touch!
• On this site there are several books of dances I have published, plus a number of dance leaflets that haven't yet made it into a book. Also, tunes!
• I maintain a bunch of web sites connected with SCD:
  • The Frankfurt Scottish Country Dance Club e.V., where I teach a weekly class.
  • The Rhein-Main Mini Social page, which advertises the monthly social dances organised by the various SCD clubs in the Rhine-Main area.
  • The Strathspey Server and associated sites, including the my.strathspey social networking site and the Strathspey SCD Database.
• In a former life I used to be a Linux instructor and author of training materials. The company doing that has since ceased to exist, but I managed to extricate the training materials, which are pretty good (if I say so myself) and now available for free under the auspices of the tuxcademy project.
• I have written two books (in German) that have been professionally published:
  • LaTeX Hacks, by O'Reilly Germany (2007, ISBN 978-3897214774). This seems to be out of print now — at least Amazon is only selling used copies, or new ones from dodgy dealers abroad at absolutely outrageous prices.
  • LPIC-1 by mitp (2016, ISBN 978-3958452978). This book on the Linux Professional Institute's introductory certification originally came out in 2004 and is in its 7th edition now, published in early 2020 and selling quite nicely, thank you.
• Another hobby of mine is photography, and you can look at some of my photographs on my gallery page.

If you have questions or suggestions about this web page or simply want to touch base, feel free to write to me at anselm@anselms.net.