There are places where using convenience products in cooking makes complete sense. In university and workplace cafeterias it makes quickly cooking a large number of low-cost meals easier. At home sometimes the microwave meal or the all-in-one discount ramen can be the only long-lasting staple you have left after not having gone grocery shopping for a while, or because you've been sick for a few…
Yesterday I sat down to make music on my Akai Mini 3 MIDI Controller that I have now had for four years. Starting from right after I got it, and all the time since, I have been unhappy with the velocity curves of the keys. Even pressing down on them strongly only led to very silent responses in the virtual instruments I was trying to control. Until now I have always tried to set custom velocity…
I feel like many software products that we all use on a daily basis don't care enough about their user experience and the problems they were supposed to solve. For whatever reason, too many programs suffer from bugs and design mistakes that persist and grow over many years. I believe it's possible to change that, and I strive to do that daily. What is good software? Here are some important…
Recently I have seen more and more media coverage and social media posts on loneliness. Studies indicate that the feeling of loneliness has increased throughout all age groups in almost all countries of the world (see here , here ) As far as I understand there are many reasons for this, and a common culprit seems to be the importance of the internet in most peoples' lives. I think this importance…