Using CalVer to mark releases
How a simple convention can free your mind
Fran's Realm
Fran's space on the web. A Design and UX Manager writing about stuff.
Latest posts
A dyno dino
Drawing stupid stuff over here...
A rant about a self-help book
I knew this would've happened
A markdown linter for Bear
Check and fix common Markdown inconsistencies
A few things I'd like to see in Bear
Dreaming, I know...
Todoist is retiring the Goals feature
Bold move. Applauses
Climbing is different
Competition vs outdoor results
Pantelleria, May 2026
The rocks, the waves and the sun
iA Writer 8
Smarter search and a tidier interface. Here's what caught my eye.
Things I look for when hiring a new designer
What I look for when hiring designers for a small team
Ice Skating in Sweden, Feb 2026
A birthday adventure on frozen lakes
Jugband Blues
Pink Floyd's saddest song
MarkdownDO: Manage tasks from your terminal
An opinionated TODO.md manager
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
Lessons from 1976
Who's the murderer? And how do you top this?
Agatha Christie exhausted the possibilities
Using mdt to manage project tasks
A quick command line tool
A Flexoki theme for Marp
Style up your markdown presenttions
Working with AI
A GitHub repository
There's a Flexoki theme for Nova
Another app with the beautiful inky colour scheme
Working with Claude Code (Jan 2026)
How I use Claude Code for projects and notes
Amsterdam under the snow
It's been snowing for four days
A small logo update
2026 smallest revamp
Shortcuts: Saving markdown files
Finally a solution for this
Apps defaults (2025)
A list of apps I use every day
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
A must read for any product designer
It's always nice to go back to Turin
iPhone 15 Pro • Spectre • Photomator
It should've been a movie...
What happened to the gift of synthesis?
Top 25 movies (2000–2025)
Extremely personal, definitely flawed
Klosters's snowy mountains
iPhone 15 Pro • Moment • Photomator
Books I've read in 2025
A list of the books I read last year
File over app
Apps don't last forever
On the way to Val di Mello
Beautiful valleys between Magic Wood and Val di Mello during a climbing trip in the Alps
Liquid Glass: The start of a new design language
Or is it 'just a Winamp skin'?
Apple WWDC 2025: Designing personality
Content vs design
The Dades Valley
Exploring the Dades Valley in Morocco, where the river brings life to an otherwise dry desert landscape
Automatically import Reminders' inbox to Todoist [Shortcut]
Hey Siri, more automations. Now!
Louie Mantia on Humane
What a shit-show
Eagle
Effortlessly manage your assets
Snippets of Architecture 101
Useful tips from a simple architecture book
Hugo Pratt’s travel sketches (Inspiration #4)
A few lines, a lot of good taste
User friendly cars
Touchscreens vs. WWII
Semantic tokens
Take your design system to the next level
Finding wilderness in the Netherlands
A rare moment of wilderness captured in the Netherlands
Books I've read in 2024
A list of the books I read last year
Mont Blanc through the clouds
Mont Blanc appearing through clouds on the drive from Amsterdam to Italy for Christmas
Will AI bring back traditional arts?
Soon enough most content we absorb will be generated by AI. Will traditional arts see a resurgence due to this?
Hiking the Dolomites
Hiking around Tofana di Rozes in the Dolomites, exploring rifugi and WWI tunnels near Cortina
ROI: cowardice vs leadership
Or why the latest Apple event was meh
mymind website (Inspiration #3)
A relaxing space on the web
Non-places
It's 2am so cut me some slack