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The secret of reading many, many, many articles

The secret of reading many, many, many articles

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,...

not my first love

not my first love

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...

Design is not a tool

Design is not a tool

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...

Better and more usable forms

Better and more usable forms

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...

The first thing I do every morning

The first thing I do every morning

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...