The first computer I remember is a huge machine in my father’s workshop, moved on a hydraulic lift. Chemical process engineering, early computers around it. I grew up between the two. (Still not sure what that did to me.)

I’m Oliver Trogemann, in Ebstorf in Niedersachsen, with my wife and our three daughters. I came in through graphic design and texture art, and the formative years were in Scotland, on APB, the sandbox MMO by Dave Jones, the man behind Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto. Then seven years at Bigpoint in Hamburg: casual games with millions of players, Farmerama among them, and me ending up leading the UI and art teams. Since December 2017 I’ve worked at Accenture Song in Hamburg, on gamification and UI/UX, more recently agentic systems. My LinkedIn calls me Experience Manager, UI/UX, Visualizer, Gamifyer, Agentic Automation Builder. (A lot of titles for one person.)

If you want to swap notes, mail, LinkedIn or Xing all work. Which machine do you keep coming back to?