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How Fossil lost me as a customer with a simple UX change
In 2018, Kim and I travelled to Malaysia around Christmas and New Years. We both purchased a Fossil hybrid watch. The huge advantage in our view was that those watches combined the looks/style of an analogue watch with having some basic tracking and notification options you find in smartwatches.
For me, it’s important to have notifications for calls. I rarely get calls, and they are almost…
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ZSA Moonlander
About a year ago, my Microsoft Sculpt broke: one of the keys just fell off after what I consider a fairly short use (only about 2 years). I loved the shape of the Sculpt, but this short lifespan made it clear that I needed something more sturdy.
I started venturing around at our company to find that several people had good experiences with the ZSA Moonlander; a mechanical split keyboard.
So, do…
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Drawing our son's birth card
As I mentioned when I drew our daughter’s birth card:
One of the things I like a lot is that my dad drew my birth card. A birth card is an announcement we send in the mail when a baby is born, which is apparently not a global thing. My dad’s not a professional artist at all, but making the card himself adds so much personality. As soon as Kim and I started chatting about a birth card, I…
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Barcelona
In March of this year, I went to Barcelona for a work trip. I had been twice before on a youth camp, once as participant and one as leader. It was nice to revisit the city with more freedom (and more money). We stayed in Eixample, just of Rambla de Catalunya. This meant that we were close to many amazing places to eat.
The highlights of the trip were a visit to the Sagrada Família and an early…
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Plettenberg & Grabouw
In September, we went for a week to Plettenberg Bay. We had a relaxed time, going to the beach several times. The food highlight was definitely Barrington’s, a local brewery with tasty meals. Our usual visit to Île de Païn in Knysna was also on the schedule.
On the way back, we stopped in Grabouw for a few days as well at Houw Hoek Inn, the place where we got married almost 10 years ago. We…
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#Barrington&039;s#Cluver#Elgin#Food#Grabouw#Houw Hoek Inn#Ile De Pain#Knysna#Nature#Plettenberg#Plettenberg Bay#Railway Market#The Melting Pot#Wine#Wine Farm
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Getting started with Woo and Paystack
Today, I presented at the Paystack bootcamp in Cape Town and gave an introduction to Woo.
Since today is also the day of the rugby world cup finals, and both South Africa and New Zealand sell their fan gear with Woo, I went a bit overboard with rugby references.
The scoring
Both the Springboks and the All Blacks use Woo, so they each score a point there. Woo used to have a head office in South…
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#All Blacks#AutomateWoo#Automattic#Conference#New Zealand#Paystack#Presentation#South Africa#Speaking#Springboks#Woo#Woo Subscriptions#WooAutomate#WooCommerce#Work
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Mila & Bluey
For Mila’s last birthday, I attempted to make a Shaun the Sheep cake topper. The result was better than I hoped, so I guess we have a tradition now. Kim made the cake and took care of the icing, as she did last year.
In the last few months, Mila’s gotten very fond of Bluey, a wonderful Australian cartoon, which is extremely relatable to parents watching along as well. She regularly will even…
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Lightroom AI masking
In the last few months, I’ve played around a bit with Lightroom’s AI Masking:
AI Masking for both Select Subject, Sky and Background are now available in Lightroom on the web, which means that with one tap only you can detect and create an adaptive mask based on the contents of the image — without having to download an app or leave the browser.
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I’ve been using it both on the macOS and…
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Everyone does support
One of the elements people find really quirky when hearing about Automattic is that everyone starts their job at the company with two weeks of doing support.
When you join full-time, you’ll do customer support for WordPress.com for your first two weeks and spend a week in support annually, for evermore, regardless of your position. We believe an early and ongoing connection with the people who…
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Tulbagh & Riebeek-Kasteel
When we go away for a weekend in Winter, we almost always find ourselves in the Tulbagh region: beautiful valleys and mountains, nice places to eat, nice places to stroll through.
At the beginning of July, we visited the Fraaigelegen farm, a place we had gone to nine years ago with my brother and his family. We also spent a night at the Riebeek-Kasteel Royal Hotel on the way back.
During our…
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#Bosjes#Cape Town#Kloovenburg#Montpellier#Mountains#Photography#Riebeek-Kasteel#Saronsberg#South Africa#Travel#Tulbagh#Wine#Winter
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Diversity in speaker line-up: Podcast recommendation
Two weeks ago, I wrote a post on diversity in speaker line-up. Since then, two WordPress community members,Michelle and Allie, have hosted a podcast on this very topic that I would highly recommend listening to:
https://episodes.castos.com/5fc7919f27b383-30085050/1482463/diverse-and-inclusive-event-speaker-selection.m4a
Visit Underrepresented in Tech for more
One of the comments Michelle makes…
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Keukenhof
Even though I’ve been to Amsterdam multiple times, I had never been to Keukenhof. A few weeks ago, we were in Amsterdam for a few days to attend a wedding, and we took the time to visit the flowers.
Admittedly, I’m not the biggest flower fan, so I didn’t have very high expectations, but I was proven wrong. The garden was beautifully curated, and we easily could’ve spent a few more hours…
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Diversity in conference speaker line-up
Yesterday, WordCamp Europe (WCEU) — one of the biggest WordPress events in the world — announced its fifth round of speakers.
WordPress legend Michelle Frechette rightly so made the observation that there were only 25% women so far, and only 15% non-white people.
So far only 25% of the speakers announced for #WCEU are women (by name/photo), and only three appear to be non-white. Hoping to see…
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Leuven and Brussels
We’ve just come back from several weeks in Europe. Mila’s godmother and her partner came down to Leuven for the weekend, and we spent some time in the city where Kim and I met. Next to that, we also sneaked in a quick trip to Brussels. Here are some pics of those trips.
In Leuven, we visited some of our favourite spots: the Begijnhof, the Grote Markt and Oude Markt, the Ladeuzeplein, and the…
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Summer holidays
Just like last year, we had a mix between camping and staying in cottages during the last December/January holidays.
We started with camping in Greyton at Twin Rivers. This camp site is completely off the grid, but has amazingly large sites. We loved staying there as the river is toddler-friendly and just a short walk away. The biggest downside was that the sites weren’t as absent of music as…
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#Camping#Citrusdal#Ebb & Flow#Glen Eden#Greyton#Knysna#Montagu#Photography#SANParks#South Africa#Summer#Travel#Twin Rivers#Wilderness
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