Nobody should be a “content creator”
As part of my job, I have to keep up with the social media space and I’m worried, bored and annoyed in equal measures. There is not much social about it any longer. Instead it’s become a race to the...
View ArticleGetting ready for WeAreDevelopers WebDev & AI Day – 27/03/2025
On Thursday this week I will be in Vienna to moderate the WeAreDevelopers WebDev & AI Day and I am chuffed to bits that I managed to get such an amazing line-up together! The event is an online...
View ArticleThe rise of Model Fatigue – or is it just me?
As someone curating a newsletter and dabbling in AI, I am feeling both overwhelmed and bored with news about yet another AI model being released by Company XYZ that will be a “game changer” and...
View ArticleKeeping it on the < dl >– another HTML gem you never use
In a moment of boredom, I wrote a little app/web page that shows lovely words we should be using more. It is done in plain HTML, JavaScript, and some CSS. The source code is available, and I am also...
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Last Saturday was my 50th birthday and it’s as good a time as any to reminisce a bit. The 80s were shit First of all: don’t believe the Stranger Things image of the 1980s. They were not a time of leg...
View ArticleVibe coding, creativity, craft and professionalism… are we making ourselves...
Join me in Gdansk in Poland on the 27th of May for Infoshare to present what I already covered in print in the German AI magazine and on the WeAreDevelopers Magazzine: Vibe coding, creativity, craft...
View ArticleAbout showing the “open to work” badge
I just came across a post on X that stated “nothing makes me want to hire someone less than this”, with a picture of the “open to work” badge LinkedIn offers job seekers. This being X, I thought I...
View ArticleExcellent tools: EditGPT – an AI powered review and edit suite for writers
There is no doubt that AI can help a lot when writing documents. There is also no doubt that it can be detrimental to both quality and the writing process if the AI-powered tool doesn’t have a user...
View ArticleTIL: Smart glasses aren’t just for pricks, they are an accessibility aid
I wasn’t a fan of smart glasses. Mostly because of the way they were advertised as a tool for influencers, people who constantly want to stream or those who need to always have the newest and coolest...
View ArticleTwo tools to create QR codes for free and without any ad breaks
I often have to create QR codes and whilst the built-in generator in browsers is good enough, I sometimes want to customise the look with a logo in the centre. There are quite a few QR generators out...
View ArticleDay Zero Activities of WeAreDevelopers World Congress tomorrow
Hi there, I am currently slightly freaking out as this week is the WeAreDevelopers World Congress in Berlin and I am moderating the main stage with 23 talks in two days and still have to write the...
View ArticlePresentations should always work offline – especially in online conferences
We just finished the WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2025 in Berlin, and I am still recovering from the event. It was a fantastic experience, and I am grateful to everyone who attended and made it a...
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