All About Berlin

All About Berlin helps people move to Germany. Find all guides here: allaboutberlin.com/guides

@etherlord007 Cool URLs don't change, and finding broken citations is a feature, not a bug. nicolasbouliane.com/blog/permalinks

@aboutberlin Are you assuming that page URLs will not change in the future?

I'm building a tool that monitor specific pages, and updates All About Berlin when the facts change. It will track things like BVG ticket prices, tax rates and the minimum wage. The goal is continuous, automated fact-checking of the content.

It's nice to revise old guides and realize how much my writing has improved in 8 years.

I kept version B with tiny adjustments. Let me know what you think! allaboutberlin.com/guides

Which one do you prefer? A or B? The differences: - Hierarchy instead of flat list - Shorter guide titles

I am working with an independent insurance broker to simplify and improve my Haftpflichtversicherung guide. What would you like to ask him? allaboutberlin.com/guides/haftpfl…

For those who missed it, the March edition of the All About Berlin newsletter: allaboutberlin.com/newsletter/mar…

1,000 responses! 🎉 We've never had this much data about the Berlin immigration office. To celebrate, I have redesigned my LEA wait times page. It's less cluttered, and it combines citizenship and residence permit data. allaboutberlin.com/guides/immigra…

@ConfusedSith Oh, that's definitely going back in

@aboutberlin Old layout is better due to the search function.

I am rethinking the guides page: better categories, simpler titles, clearer hierarchy, and sidebar navigation. What do you think? <<< Before | After >>>

@anaisbetts That's the plan! There will be 11 categories instead of 19. That should also help. I might give each category a separate box, like in the previous layout.

@aboutberlin I think the headings are definitely the most important part to emphasize - since there are so many categories and because they are relatively distinct / separate, being able to find it quickly is the biggest part, then you can scan down and say "ok, what is there for $THING"

@anaisbetts Here's another way to reduce visual clutter and make scanning easier.

@anaisbetts What of you think of this updated comparison? I also prefer the older look, but the new version is easier to scan (to me).

@lamg_dev The new structure is Category > Journey > Task. It should be easier to skim.

@aboutberlin Makes sense. Sometimes I've seen myself reading a long list just to find what is relevant for me in that moment.

@coklu_priz Aesthetically yes, but it's quite hard to browse, especially on mobile. I'm working on the UX first, and the looks next.

@aboutberlin before is cleaner imo

@cosmoexpat This is explained in the article

@aboutberlin But we pay for issuing those, what are they doing with the money?

The LEA is issuing residence permits as stickers instead of plastic cards, citing budget issues. visaguard.berlin/en/post/budget…

@yachtdestroyer I don't think that it's intentional, but it is the outcome. “The the purpose of a system is what it does. There is after all, no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do.”

@aboutberlin Feeling of it's almost as if they don't want us here intensifies

@cortlandj The Pankeweg is such a pleasant way to get in and out of the city

@aboutberlin D - Akkurat Cafe, König Galerie, Bar Neiro A - Sotto, Panke River (the unsung river) C - Tilsiter Lichtspiele, Salon Babette, Kino Int'l

Do you know any interesting places in those areas?

@shrimpala @onemorejulian I learn by asking questions, sue me.

@aboutberlin @onemorejulian Are you trolling? You are supposedly "all about Berlin". Mokka-Milch-Eisbar-Bubi.