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...