The Mystery of the Duck Costume
Read in browser "Llama 3.3 may display inaccurate or offensive information", says the tiny text shyly in the bottom of the chat input field. You might have...
I broke writing
Read in browser I don't know what I did, but I broke writing. It doesn't work anymore. For the past two months, I've tried to publish a post on this blog. It...
Travel Blogging 3
Read in browser Last week, the anniversary of my travel blog passed by unnoticed. I was too preoccupied with a writing block. Too preoccupied with winter...
Bittersweet Insomnia
Read in browser I woke up. It was the middle of the night. I found myself in my bed, in the alleged birthplace of surfing in the Philippines, in a small...
Blog Questions Challenge
Read in browser Sometimes, in my profound moments, I imagine myself in an interview situation. "Finally, my time has come", I think. Finally, I can pass on...
The Telly Emoji
Read in browser For as long as I can remember, the TV had been sitting in the living room. Since this were the 90ies, it was a square-shaped tube television....
2024 in Travel
Read in browser In 2023, I picked music to become the theme of my yearly reflection. In 2024, however, after travelling for 10 months, guess what theme I...
Arriving in a New Place 3
Read in browser My girlfriend once told me that the sky in this city is remarkable. Before she moved here, she had never seen skies as blue as this. Monday a...
Trip around the World 5
Read in browser "It can be done", I was convinced. "If only I went eastward as far as east takes me", I thought. "All the way around the world - and...
Blog Post Series
Read in browser Blog Post Series connect individual blog posts by creating "series" dedicated to a specific topic. Sometimes, creating a blog post series...
Travel Blogging 2
Read in browser It has become dark [on Phu Quoc island]. After I turn the engine on, it dies off right away, as I'm driving my scooter uphill. Maybe getting...
The CD Emoji
Read in browser For anyone who loves my series about retro emojis as much as I do, I have good news. I plan on featuring so many more and make this series...
British English
Read in browser Due to my obsession with British television this summer (Yes, I've finally watched The Crown), I've decided to adjust my writing to British...
Where Are You? 4
Read in browser Ever since I left uni and started working, I had a strong sense of finding purpose in my career. I sincerely believed that I could find...
Less Web Forms for Everyone
Read in browser I haven't changed. I'm still the same nerd I have been over a year ago. The same nerd that loves web forms, no matter when it comes to...
The Telephone Emoji
Read in browser Shit, I actually forgot about the telephone emoji in the prequel to this post . How could I? Since I'm already here, I might as well talk...
Writing a Blog in Spanish
Read in browser As a working citizen in Austria, you can be so lucky. Every 4 years, you get the opportunity to take up to 1 year off work to educate...
The Bundesland Button
Read in browser It's the most beautiful button I've ever seen. Why? Because it's in the shape of the country I'm from. Austria. The Bundesland Now, what is a...
Taking Sounds 2
Read in browser The idea of taking sounds came to me, when I visited a pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City. In the praying hall stood a golden buddha statue. In front...
A better web
Read in browser I'm a simple guy. All I really want is that people remember the intentions of the web that hit the mainstream some 30ish years ago. A web...
Where Are You? 3
Read in browser I'm sure you're still wondering: Niq, where the bloody hell are you right now, Mr. Worldwide? Please don't call me Mr. Worldwide. Anyway, I'm...
The Design of Visited Links
Read in browser Even websites that go back as far as the early 90ies differentiated visited from unvisited links. How is it possible that this basic feature...
The Continent-based Logo
Read in browser When creators want to have a little fun, they build something, which they don't put on display, but hide away in the details: The app icon of...
I miss video games
Read in browser All my life, I enjoyed being gone. No matter if my brother and I went to summer camp, my classmates and I went on school trips or my family...
Trip Around the World 4
Read in browser There's nothing out of the ordinary about my Tuesdays. Usually, they are just ordinary 24-hour-long Tuesdays. But there was something...
Proper Profile Pictures
Read in browser "Why are people so bad at picking profile pictures?", I thought to myself precociously after picking up my Uber Eats order. It's a phenomenon...
Travel Joker
Read in browser Now, you are about to travel to an unknown place. You want to experience this place and make the best of your time. You're travelling, after...
Driving with Navigation Assistance
Read in browser Even with all the navigation assistance imaginable, the real challenge of driving a scooter in Taiwan is the left turn. In Taiwan, motorbikes...
Declutter your Taskbar
Read in browser A clean and minimalistic UI is what keeps my boat floating. With everything neat and tidy, all distractions are out of the way, leaving me to...
The Fax Emoji
Read in browser The fact that there's a fax emoji shows that someone out there must have had a similar train of thought: Yes! Faxing is still a relevant part...
Contact Book
Read in browser Five years ago, I was finally fed up with the daily quest of locating my keys. I lost them. Every day. I had to locate them. Every day....
Arriving in a New Place 2
Read in browser I've checked all the Airbnbs, all the Booking.coms and all the rest. After travelling for half a year by now, I've been staying in 43 places....
Software Language Wars
Read in browser In German corporage speak © the term „war-deciding“ (kriegsentscheidend) has been floating around for years. As cringe as it is that people...
Where Are You? 2
Read in browser In 1993, introducing the concept of inline images to the web was a revolutionary idea. Even more so, it was highly debated on mailing lists...
Prank notifications
Read in browser Do you remember prank calls from your childhood days? You call the police. The police show up, but it was just a prank call. After they have...
Picking Emojis
Read in browser I love emojis. I can barely write messages without them. Sometimes, picking emojis takes more time than writing the actual message (that's of...
Trip around the World 3
Read in browser OKRs, meetings, deadlines, daily standups. Today, my friend Manu reminded me of the harsh reality of life back home. Just like my girlfriend...
Blog Post Sequels
Read in browser I love the idea of blog post sequels: Write about a certain topic on your blog. Let some time pass. Revisit old ideas of yours and that...
Labelling the Web 3
Read in browser Two months ago, I found myself in a typical Hong Kong-style café that offered one signature dish of the Cantonese cuisine that I just had to...
The Blogging Sandwich
Read in browser My mornings are all about Australia. When I made my way there this March, I wasn't ready to be down under yet. It took me some time to adjust...
Trip around the World 2
Read in browser I'm wide awake. Travelling can be exhausting. But two months of resting in the Philippines allowed me to recharge my batteries. I'm rested....
Arriving in a New Place
Read in browser We swim in the mornings. But only at high tide. At low tide, the sea is drained and you can walk for hundreds of meters out onto the ocean...
Travel Blogging
Read in browser Why are you still writing about New Zealand? Wasn't that 3 months ago? — A dear friend of mine, who's reading my travel blog. The delay After...
Reply by email 2
Read in browser I've noticed a new development in my life. Recently, I've started writing YouTube comments. Not only that: I told one of our hosts in New...
Numeronyms
Read in browser I love language. Have you ever heard of onomatopoeia? It's a term for words that are named after the sound they produce. In Austrian German,...
One Year of Blogging
Read in browser Today's the day! One year ago, I've launched this blog. Cake's on me. The personal website On June 9, 2023, I've launched my personal...
Frustrations with Morgen
Read in browser Every once in a while, software upsets me so much that I have to reflect on my frustrations by writing about them. Just like watchOS did a...
The More Menu
Read in browser You might have heard of the hamburger menu. It's a user interface element that you can find all over the web. It's represented by three...
Driving without Navigation Assistance
Read in browser So I rented a scooter in Vietnam. Great idea, I know! I got my fancy Japanese-built scooter. I got my tank half-filled. I got my sweet red...
Signal Usernames
Read in browser About a month ago, I updated the apps on my phone. Signal, my favorite messaging app, announced that it now supports usernames. "So, Signal...