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I remember the first time I drew a face. It looked like this: I was sitting on the slope of a hill overlooking my house, together with my older cousin. It was a late summer afternoon: still warm, with the grass still golden, but slowly turning red, the air smelling like honey and beeswax. He drew first. I followed. That's how I draw faces now: I...

Today I want to talk about three of my favourite spicy words: procrastination, laziness, and play. Hopefully by the time you’ve finished reading, you’ll see them in a more useful light. And, if I do my job right, you’ll leave this post a little bit lazier, and slightly more playful. Along the way, I will also try to smuggle in some tips on how to...

“Are you pondering what I’m pondering?” “I think so Brain, but I still don’t understand why commit messages would matter?” Unaired episode of Pinky and the Brain For reasons beyond the scope of this post, I spent a possibly unhealthy amount of time watching Pinky and the Brain as a kid. It wasn’t too bad. ORF, the main Austrian broadcaster also...

In this article I’ll be using Sit. as an excuse to talk about some wider ideas (motivation, mental health, iterative design processes). We’ll explain why it came about, but not how. In part 2 I’ll show you how to take an idea from a hunch into a working app. Stay tuned! Before you read on, open the app and check it out for yourself. It shouldn’t...

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