Personal blog of Martin. Sharing educative content, thoughts, stories, and ideas.
Last year, I built myself an e-Ink Dashboard for my desk and multiple people have asked me how they can get one too. So I'm finally sharing how I built it. You can use this post as entertainment or if you're technically knowledgeable, as inspiration for
Every morning, my flat wakes up before I do. The lights go from dark red to bright white like a sunrise, music starts playing, and by the time my alarm goes off the room is already telling me it's time to get up. Every evening, it winds down
A post about why I keep reminding software engineers that one day, they'll be on the other side of that git blame.
I try to pay attention to the small things that affect my quality of life. When something keeps bothering me, I want to investigate, find a likely cause, and act on it. What changed recently is what I'm willing to build to support that. With AI tooling, projects
About 10 years ago, I started using a labeling system for my logins, and it has proven really useful. My goal with this post is to briefly introduce it and give a few example scenarios for why you might want to use it.
My journey into the psychology of acting as if something already happened, and how it transformed the way I manage expectations, communicate, and achieve objectives.
OKRs for Managers and C-Level? Great! But have you ever asked your teams? In this post I am sharing how I make OKRs less dry and more enjoyable for the teams I manage.
This short post will introduce you to my most important email filter that I set up more than 8 years ago. It prevents me from being pinged by not relevant emails.
By changing the colors on your phone's display to shades of gray, your phone will become less visually appealing which will help reduce your temptation to use it.
This post shows you how you can leverage the build in text-to-speech functionality of your devices - giving you a whole new experience.