A blog about web development, philosophy and how to deliver a message that sticks.
Create A Life You Want to Live for the Next 10 Years Life is tricky: we are constantly bombarded with challenges we need to tackle and decisions we need to make. While it is hard to figure out a ruleset for all the diverse challenges we face, I believe it is possible to have useful guidance on our decision making:
Focus on ONE Thing to Make Your Life Easier Last year I browsed the library of one of my best friends and stumbled across a book which changed my life. Its core idea is nothing out of the ordinary, but rather really simple. Yet this simplicity is what makes me ponder over it time and time again, actually leading me to take specific action for the better.
It Is Never Too Late to Start Your Journey There he was: the chairman of the school's parents association. For me, sixteen at that time, one of the true wizards of my small world. My mum told me he was the one who created their website. 'Should I approach him now? Scary. I do not know him at all. But... he knows how to create websites and I want to know too. OK, David, take a deep breath. Yes. Go…
Stop Worrying About US Politics and the Future As soon as I woke up, I grabbed my phone and looked up the election results. Trump is in the lead. Shit. It seems more likely that he will win now. As a European, not what I hoped for. And I'll get into why in a bit. One hour later I refreshed the news and it was clear: Trump will be president again. What a start to a day filled with worry,…
How to Redesign an Event Landing Page - From Design to Full HTML Recently a colleague asked if I wanted to redesign an event page for a fellow University event. Well of course, I love small gigs! Ready to ride along? I will show you how to take the finished design from Part 1 and fully implement it into a static HTML & CSS website.
How to Redesign an Event Landing Page - From Scratch to New Design Recently a colleague asked if I wanted to redesign an event page for a fellow University event. Well of course, I love small gigs! Ready to ride along? I will show how to detect issues in the current design, how to plan for improvements and of course the final design.
Fuck Nuance Within Short Form Content Ever seen somebody make an absolutist claim on Twitter and people responding to it with: 'This does not apply to X though!!'? No shit, Sherlock. Nuance is left out on purpose. Not because of oversight. But either to provoke or because of lazyness and a simple 80/20 rule.