Going on a vacation usually means I get torn between all my hobbies. This internal struggle happens while packing all our family stuff. Between the many many items we bring as a family of four I try to decide how to spend my time beforehand. I have beautiful visions...
A while ago I had some plans for starting a blog called fuckingbo.red. The idea was to create a safe creationspace for artists who are feeling bored or hit a creative block. The uploaded stuff just needs to free you from any expectations so you can clear the way to...
I like being offline. As I wrote before I've had a hate/love relationship with devices for a long time and my first love was drawing. Recently I bought a watercolor pencil set in a local thrift store and started filling my watercolor notepad my friend gave me years...
The past few days we've been trying to locate and track our ancestors. I never knew this would be such an addicting hobby. We feel like detectives trying to resolve mysteries from the past. The fun part is that it's an online and offline hobby. We trace addresses,...
Some people say that mind over body is a real thing. I'm not so sure, I have never experienced it that way. Not food related anyway. But nowadays I try to design a better life for myself and my family. And I try to do it in a way that's not just goal-oriented, but...
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...
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...