Some years ago Frank Chimero held a talk he called “ Do things the long hard stupid way ” that resonated with me quite well. I found throughout my life that whenever I want to create something truly great I have to take my time. Now it is painful to write that down because I feel I never actually hav …
It’s been a while since I last wrote a post about a design topic. I probably started around five posts already but never managed to either articulate my thoughts properly or to see the value in expressing my thoughts through letters. But because I follow the design systems conversations on Twitter c …
This very site is in the middle of a redesign. I simply couldn’t take the old codebase anymore so I pulled the plug and started from scratch. The new design is not yet finished and what you’re looking at is a bare version with only a little bit of styling so it’s at least readable. I was inspired by Fr …
So, that was 2019 and what a crazy year this has been both professionally and personally. My daughter turned two years old, I got married and I built a house that we moved into in November. I also baked a lot of bread, almost every weekend and really professionalized my method. When it comes to our …
It’s been a while since I last wrote a blog post. I was busy getting married, building a house and keep working on our little agency diesdas.digital. The house is built, I have a ring on my finger and now I can go back writing blog posts that maybe one or two people in the world find interesting. S …
I was born in 1988, just one year before the wall came down. For me there never was a divided country because I have no memories of it. There were moments where a division in the mind was still noticeable. We had classmates that moved to the west and me, as well as other classmates, called them …
This week they started laying the foundation of our house and I’m terrified. Everything we’ve planned over the last weeks and months suddenly becomes a reality. There are still a lot of problems we’re facing and I am quite exhausted but we will have a house soon and that’s what counts, right? On a side-no …
Everyone is getting newsletters these days. Newsletters are basically the Ray-Ban’s of the web, if you don’t have one you’re missing out. They are totally hip. That of course is one of the reasons I want to write and publish my own. I don’t really pursue a specific goal with it, I just think it’s nice to s …
Clients, right? No! This is not an article where I’m whining about the clients who do not understand how the web works. Because if they don’t it is my job to teach them. They are the ones seeking guidance, mentorship and expertise that they lack – in an ideal scenario. Well and then there are other clien …
I think Facebook is making the right choice to focus on group communication rather than having an open profile where you share stuff with everyone. One thing I hate dearly with all my heart on Twitter is the constant fighting. Everyone has opinions but not everyone knows of what they’re talking a …