User Experience (UX) Designer
Today must be my lucky day. I received two emails this morning saying I received a scholarship. One is to attend a conference in Berlin. The other one is a UX writing course. So how does this work? Well, being an older woman in tech is not always an advantage. Therefore, people define it as … Read more
Today I’m organising the second Amsterdam WordPress Meetup this year. The community has been dead since 2016, which is a shame. Earlier this year, at WordCamp Europe, I ran into some people from Amsterdam I hadn’t met before. This was a good reason to start organising the drinks. The goal was to reactivate the community. … Read more
How many challenges can one execute at the same time? I was about to start my 100 Days Of Code Challenge, one I’ve been doing since January 1st 2019. Obviously not daily, as we’re at day 289 now. The goal for the writing however, is to do it daily. But I nearly forgot it today. … Read more
It’s the fourth day of writing, and I’m starting to feel writer’s block. Or maybe, that’s not it. I have plenty of topics to cover. No, I just can’t decide whether this should be diary style, or more work related. I guess it’s going to be a bit of both. There are a lot of … Read more
It’s the Monday morning after Paris. There are 6(!) tax envelopes on my desk. I’m installing the latest macOS Catalina. How’s your Monday going? Yesterday, I posted a tweet I was starting a list of 45 over 45 in tech. Boy, that got more attention than I expected. There is a reason why I posted … Read more
Early 2011, when we just met, my partner gave me the book ‘Laatste nachten van Parijs’ by Philippe Soupault. Back then, I was going to Paris with my (about to break up with) boyfriend. Those were confusing times. I’m a great lover of surrealism, and I loved this book to pieces. It’s beautifully translated into … Read more
The perks of speaking at a conference are that you get to see nice cities like Paris. I have no obligations for the next two days, so it will be nice to wonder around the city, without a purpose. Soaking up the atmosphere and just watch people. The weather is going to be nice for … Read more
Yesterday, I was inspired by Jeremy Keith to start a new challenge. After giving my talk on 100 Days Of Code at ParisWeb, he told me he’d done a 100 days challenge too: writing 100 words a day for a 100 days. No cheating by typing 99 or 101 words. As I’m really struggling finding … Read more