Life got definitely more miserable in 2020. Social media, Zoom and FaceTime are the glue that still hold our lives together. These days I am thinking a lot about social media and even more about the social aspect of it. I recently watched this Netflix documentary [^ netflix.com/de/title/81254224 ] …

Apple, an advocate for privacy is is apparently spying on us[^ sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours ], too. It sounds like it doesn’t really matter anymore whether you buy a device or use software from Apple or Google, both companies end up spying on you. I always rolled my eyes when I …

I am already beginning to get old. Whenever a new iOS or MacOS comes out, I dive right in to check it out. And I am always disappointed. Because many things suddenly feel strange. What does this button do? Why is this knob over there? How do I get rid of all these notifications that scream at me?! …

It’s been a while since I wrote anything on my personal website, for various reasons. There was this pandemic that turned the world upside down, and two weeks ago I became a father for the second time, which turned my world upside down. From a horrible and awful event to a wonderful and amazing one …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …