Travel Blogging 5
Read in browser If you ever commit to writing a travel blog, describing a world trip that lasts 10 months, know this: it‘s a lot of commitment. There's so...
Vacation Like It's The Noughties
Read in browser Far away from screens and laptops, an adventure awaits. Deep in the Balkans, in the border triangle between Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo....
The Natural Language Interface
Read in browser It lies in the nature of a user experience designer to think in terms of Human-Computer-Interaction. And if I do, which I am, then natural...
Usability Testing in the Wild
Read in browser Usability testing doesn't have to be complicated. Where are your users? Out there, of course. Chilling in the sun, enjoying life, probably...
Travel Blogging 4
Read in browser It's calm out. The morning air is brisk and I can see shades of red of a sun about to rise. The city is still asleep. Lucky bastards, I...
Two Years of Blogging
Read in browser Several months ago, writing basically fell to the ground and broke into a thousand pieces. Shatter. Oops. Did I break it? I think I did. The...
First Draft
Read in browser Being a perfectionist is hard work. It's bloody awful, really. Perfectionism is the enemy of a good habit, the best friend of a writing...
Vertical Tabs
Read in browser Vertical tabs are the answer. I still tab hoard, of course. But thanks to the verticality of the matter, I get to see the precious page...
Inspiration
Read in browser When inspiration strikes, I'm in an elevated state. I gain a higher level of eloquence. I can express my thoughts perfectly. No wonder that...
Country Emoji Flags
Read in browser We need to talk about country emoji flags. If you take a good look at the abundance of emojis on my website, and the topics I like to write...
Posting Interval
Read in browser Do you have a posting interval? I certainly don't. With this blog it's rather difficult for me. When inspiration strikes, I can publish a...
Reply by email 3
Read in browser In a world that has gotten too fast for its own benefit, email poses a nice counterweight. It's slow. So slow, that in times of instant...
Please Look After My Dog For Me
Read in browser Please Look After My Dog For Me is a short film about late Bruce Taylor, who travelled through South Asia and apparently the Philippines in...
Leaving the Comfort Zone
Read in browser Two days ago, after a decade of reliable service, my TV broke down. The screen started flickering and it flickered some more and suddenly it...
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....