Welcome, my name is ritchie pettauer aka datadirt.

I live in Vienna, Austria.

I am a blogger [in English: blog.datadirt.net | in German: blog.datenschmutz.net], a social media consultant, a public speaker, a teacher at the University of Vienna [Department: Communication Studies] and an online entrepreneur [founder of p*n*c - pettauer.net consulting and ddmg - datadirt.media.group].

I’m very passionate all the stuff I do, which is the main reason why I never feel stressed out – instead, there is always a big bunch of curiosity and a strong desire of understanding social media involved. What I love most of all about the miraculous place that we call the web 2.0 is the fact that I’m constantly getting to know and connecting with great people who I’d never have met in real life if it wasn’t for the net.

Even if you are a cultural pessimist, keep in mind that each one of us is formed by the sum of his or her own experiences. In that light I guess it is easy for you to understand that I’m very fond of the many possibilites the internet puts at our fingertipps.

Anyways – I’m glad you visited my site. Check out my blog, take a look at my latest video podcast [in German] or meet me online – all my social profiles are listed in the right sidebar. Plus I recorded this short video introduction so can put a face to the name datadirt: