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Note: While I’m publishing this blog post in August 2023, I started writing it in September 2022, when I still was living in Tübingen. This means that many things may have changed since then, mainly prices, affected by last year’s inflation rates. However, I still decided to complete this post to conclude the triad of articles that I set out to do at the beginning, also featuring the Tübingen Photo Collection and the Tübingen Hiking Guide....

Premise This blog post contains the full text of my Master Thesis, written at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and at the University of Pavia and submitted for the first time during February 2023. The research question investigates which characteristic out of reputation, popularity and developer’s brand, reflected in some elements in the presentation page on app stores, is the most effective in predicting user’s choice to download an app....

During my stay in Tübingen (Germany), hiking was one of my favourite activities and I have to admit the surrounding area is very suitable to hike. Therefore, I created a collection of all the hikes I did and I also selected some of the best ones, which will be immediately presented as Top Hikes. Each hike will be presented through the Strava activity, which often also include some pictures, and I’ll also include a link to the Komoot activity, since it allows you to download the GPX file, which can be used to replicate the hike....

I created a collection of 36 photos that, in my opinion, best represent my experience in Tübingen (Germany). These pictures cover a period from October 2021 to September 2022 and were mainly taken in Tübingen and in the surrounding area, with just few exceptions coming from some other attractive German cities. The collection is entitled “One year in Tü. A Chapter.” and it is fully available on my Pixelfed profile. All the photos are published under the CC BY-NC-SA license....

Ciao, mi chiamo Luca Bontempi e sono uno studente! Ho studiato Economia e Gestione Aziendale all’Università degli Studi di Brescia. Mi sono laureato nel corso dell’anno accademico 2018/2019 con una relazione finale dal titolo “Il mercato informatico: il software come prodotto e servizio”. Attualmente studio International Business and Entrepreneurship (MIBE), con un focus sul Digital Management, all’Università degli Studi di Pavia e European Management all’Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen. Sono appassionato di tecnologia, informatica, videogiochi, film e serie tv, sport e (a tratti) di politica....