- Posted in development
As a personal challenge, I tried to do do a few things with the Figma API. There were 3 main reasons to do so: I am interested in design automation. I feel like we are sometimes doing a lot of non-work in design. How can we automate repeat tasks so we can work on the actual work? […]
- Posted in apps
You can remove the (slow) newbie-friendly UI in both PS and AI by unchecking “Show The Start Workspace When No Documents Are Open” and chcking the “Use legacy ”File new” interface”. Good stuff ?.
- Posted in design
I wrote a few Figma tutorials last night. The original plan was to write a small tutorial but I ended up writing this huge thing in different parts. Here’s an organised list of links to the articles: Tutorial 1: Basic organisation Tutorial 2: Style overrides Tutorial 3: Component matching Tutorial 4: Working with multiple pages and global […]
- Posted in interface
Yesterday I bought Flexible typesetting by Tim Brown. This inspired me to do some experiments with variable fonts, which you can find here. The code behind that website is on Github, so if you are curious, you can check it out here. I quite like the concept. Having access to so many font variations from […]
- Posted in software
Part of what makes the Mac so great is the slew of utility apps to improve your productivity. Here’s a list of my favorites, most of which I have used for many years. SizeUp is a window manager. I use it to put windows on the left or right half of my screen, or easily maximize […]
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At work we’ve been doing a bit of research regarding point of sale systems. Every time I pay in a situation that is a bit different than the usual cash or debit card situation, I try to document it in order to improve the research. Last night I was at Boomtown at the Gentse Feesten, […]
- Posted in entrepreneurship
Deze blog post ter info voor andere bedrijven, zodat jullie geen 1 uur en 20 minuten aan de telefoon moeten hangen om computers te bestellen zoals ik vandaag. Je krijgt ongeveer 6% korting op een laptop bestelling als je geregistreerd bent als bedrijf bij Apple en aan een minimum bedrag voldoet. Welk bedrag dit is was niet […]
- Posted in software
Er is een nieuwe feature in Basecamp: de rolling hill chart. Ik moet toch efkes lachen hiermee. Ik volg Basecamp als bedrijf al jaren en ik ben mee met veel van hun ideeën. Maar tegenwoordig gaan ze toch vaak in de mist. Zoals die keer dat ze hun staigair een breadcrumb navigatie hadden laten maken, […]
- Posted in computers
WWDC is around the corner. Time to dream up what would be awesome, and then have a reality check tomorrow. Hardware An expandable Mac Pro with a competitive price vs. a Windows-based machine (Below €3-4k depending on options) . I want a machine where I can slot in 32Gb of RAM and a super great GPU (like a GTX1080 or something newer). […]
- Posted in film
I check the cinema offering every week and to be honest, these days the offering is a bit disappointing. Oscar season has ended and not a lot is being released anymore. Cannes just happened but usually those films only land in the cinema much later. So, to get my movie fix, I mostly resorted to streaming this month. You can […]