Craig Mod wrote a fantastic article on Wired about how he got his attention back. Because I am also removing myself from Social Media more and more this article gives me enough motivation to proceed. When you are also thinking about reducing your Social Media and Internet time, I encourage you to …
So far the year 2018 has been a great year. It also has been exhausting, challenging and demanding though. Mostly because I still am getting used to being a dad, even after one year – holy s***! I think that is because of the intense development of children in their first year. You think you …
A couple of weeks ago I started baking sourdough bread. I never thought baking would be a thing for me but I was always fascinated by good bread. You don’t need a lot of ingredients to produce it, yet it is a true craftsmanship and not many bakers know any more how to bake bread that doesn’t taste …
I bought a coffee machine yesterday. Before yesterday we used a Chemex in combination with a hand coffee grinder at home. So that means I had to workout every weekend to brew some coffee. There was also a time when I did an Instagram video of the coffee dripping. That video was nice, because I also …
When you think about editorial design, the first thing that comes to mind is the article or more specific the article template. I’d say an article template counts for nearly 80 percent of the user experience thus you have to make it nice. What the article used to be Looking back a few years an …
All I know is that I know nothing. – Socrates, Apology Because sharing knowledge got so incredibly easy with the rise of the internet, almost everyone has something to say and share today. Medium is becoming more and more popular and is inviting everyone to write and share their thoughts, anecdotes …
When I started designing and building websites I was around thirteen years old. Back then designing and developing websites was merely a hobby than a job I could earn money with. First I only built websites for myself. It was pure fun and the internet was a wonderland, full of awesomeness. Because …
When I started to blog again I thought about switching my CMS from GetKirby to Statamic but then again I changed my mind. I did some updates and improvements instead, that are quite handy. Updates for SEO I found this useful SEO plugin for GetKirby that I am now using to write better meta …
I am a bad manager. There, I said it. On the internet. But I am not hesitant to admit it. To myself and everyone else. Because you are probably a bad manager, too. And most of the time it’s just our human nature why we are bad managers. Because we constantly get in our own way. I am emotional Our …
If you’re thinking about founding an agency or starting to freelance, chances are that you’ve started to read articles on Medium or other blogs as a guidance and source of inspiration. Around 95% of these articles advise you to try harder and work harder (night shifts) to make your dreams come …