Markus Iofcea

Futures Archaeologist and Leica enthusiast.

I decided that routing my daily life to /dev/null is a waste.

[Markus Iofcea @MarkusIofcea]

New YouTube video online -> https://t.co/7Gd2Ejia6B

#ZenikoZA12 #flashphotography

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As I couldn't resist commenting on the Luce efforts of #Ferrari I just read that #Audi is planning to go into production with their Concept C.

Are you also already bored by the poor #Cybertruck inspired/copied design of the concept car?

#BeMoreCreative

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Oh @Ferrari, what have you done with the LUCE concept? Looks like a gaming rig for a game console and it will age very poorly.

#notthefuture #fail

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You know that you arrived at the right hotel (as an old hip hop fan) when you're greeted by music from NAS ( the message ) in the elevator.

#25hourshotel #munich #yourock

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Standing in line at Zürich airport, greeted by @AudemarsPiguet wall ad.

Nothing says 150 years of Swiss watchmaking like… a cow with a massive udder?

Really? Is this luxury or did the AI slip?

#Advertising #FAIL

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First time I'm at the Sagrada Familia in #Barcelona

So sad to see that besides this accomplishment the area around it is what I would call the food court of #BCN

#McDonalds #burgerking #kfc #TacoBell #HardrockCafe #etc

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Sitting in a train and noticing this little note above the power outlet. How many people actually know the power draw of their laptop in Watts? What is this supposed to tell people?

#DeutscheBahn #DB WHY?

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What comes to your mind when you read this license plate? What does it say?

Let me know in the comments.

#justcurious #bmw #classicars #licenseplates

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Thanks to AI, so many feel they became experts in specific fields.

Dunning Kruger effect in full swing.

#ifyoueverneededproof

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Today I passed a Hifi store where a father with his young son was standing and looking at the Hifi equipment in the shopping window. The son looked at a speaker and said: "Dad, look at this powerbank!". #nocomment #welcometothefuture

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Yesterday I had my first Clementine and my first Christmas cookie of the season. Just saying.

#itsthattimeoftheyear #xmasisaroundthecorner

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The other day I was waiting at a red light. The car in the front suddenly started driving off. A second later the traffic light 🚦turned green. #ExplainThisToMe

#LivingOneSecondInTheFuture #future

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Crazy. How did I not hear of Azad Right "Old school" yet? And thanks to that song I then discovered Phantogram. #brilliant

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How hopeful should I be that AI will help me in compressing the first version of my (hopefully soon to be released) paper on Future Archaeology from 22 pages 😱 to something more digestible?

Let me know. Curious about your thoughts.

Or would you rather prefer to read 20+ pages?

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I'm reviewing the first version of my paper on #futurearchaeolgoy and realized that the word #beautiful appears only once. Time to fix this!

#makeagoodfuture #maketheworldabeautifulplace

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Today I ate five "Milchschnitte" while writing a paper about Future Archaeology. I think it helped.

#futurearchaeology #foresight #strategicforesight

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I find it somehow funny when someone driving a Tesla registered in Essen (Germany) has a custom license plate EGO...

#nocomment

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Uh boy. Looking at what sneakers people are wearing today I wish I still had my L.A. Gear from the 90s.

#lagear how did you miss out on this opportunity for a real comeback?

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I still haven't watched Black Mirror 🪞 and I'm not planning to.

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Almost daily, someone asks if I'm also using AI tool XY — their latest discovery. The assumption? That everyone already knows about it (and actually wants to use it). 😂