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...