Pocket + Kobo. It's genius. Whenever I come across something interesting, in my e-mail, online or someone refers an interesting article I add this to my Pocket account. I then synchronize this to my e-reader. And so I have a huge collection of articles about UX,...
Where I can't seem to find the time or concentration to do anything. But it's okay, after all I have a week off remember? Right. That usually means all the stuff left lying around in my home starts creeping up at me and I spend my days sorting through old mail,...
Digital was not my first love. I even hated computers and everything they stood for for quite a while. I was one of the last people to get a mobile phone and I still don't have the latest of the latest. Computers to me were something I didn't understand, I seemed like...
Weekend! But sometimes it doesn't feel like it. Like today. Next week both our kids have a weeks vacation from both their schools so we decided to take the week off too. But of course my clients work and my ongoing projects are not finished. How do I make sure I get a...
Sometimes I get drawn into this discussion with fellow designers, they say something like: "With all these sitebuilders and easy and free design-tools my work as a designer is becoming obsolete". I don't agree. You see, your ability as a designer is not defined by the...
A few years back I designed this form and later on decided to share my design and code on codepen. It somehow got picked-up by the community and someone made it even more accessible by removing the js. I think this is the way to go for most forms, you can see all the...
Sometimes you're just tired. Inspiration is hard to find and even writing a starting piece for your new blog seems like a bad idea. No amount of coffee can fix this and I don't do drugs. Just another obligation. How's this supposed to help me get my day started...
I recently started to follow Seth Godin's advice to start my day creatively by writing something. That got me thinking about all the stuff I do before I get a chance to actually sit down and write. (Get up, set the table, wake the kids, dress them, make sure they have...
..totally let her wear jeans and let her choose which color her room is, even when she chooses blue, I'll be totally fine with it! Not so long ago a dutch comedian tweeted the opposite about his boy he's having. And I could not believe the shitstorm of reactions this...