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I keep emailing this list to friends visiting Bergen, so here it is properly: the city the way I’d hand it to someone I know.

2025 was a year of building and shipping.

There’s a right moment for everything, and sometimes good design is just about noticing those.

There comes a moment in every person’s life when they realize that the modern world operates on a system of dependencies so complex that even the companies who built them haven’t the faintest idea how they work.

I lifted my daughter from the bike in our garage, her small hands gripping my shoulders.

I never thought I’d advocate for creating something I hated.

In 2024, life threw everything at me at once: welcoming our smiling third child, rebuilding strength after shoulder surgery, and taking the biggest leap of my career.

What started as a few kettlebells in a spare bedroom evolved into me literally digging out a custom gym space from the side of my house with my bare hands.

This weekend I said goodbye to one of the most remarkable women I’ve ever known.

What if you could have detailed conversations with Tim Ferriss, Derek Sivers, and other mentors whenever you wanted?

Here’s something they don’t tell you in all those productivity books: Your perfect routine is temporary.

There aren’t enough hours in the day!

In a world where everyone demands your time, it seems strange to actively take on more projects.

We love to talk about “thinking outside the box.”

Today, I brought my oldest child to work.

I hadn’t heard from my developer in over three weeks.

Parenthood is the ultimate paradox.

A story about how 200 students turned down earning $250 an hour.

A quick step-by-step setup guide on how to set up GitHub Codespaces for Jekyll and Next.js.

This is a look back on some of the highlights and lowlights of my 2023.

:root { --svg-color: #000; } @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { :root { --svg-color: #fafafa; } } One fundamental principle often goes overlooked in a world obsessed with the latest trends, fads, and shiny new objects – the Lindy effect.

Forget about PowerPoint.

I was interviewed by UX-Norge as designer of the week.

Last year I had an idea for a side project (which is now launched).

One design tip you'll see everywhere once you know it: Light comes from above. 🙄 Kind of obvious, but this means that: Objects are lighter at the top Shadows fall below elements Elements closer to you are brighter This is why shadows spreading out evenly…

Use fewer words.

This untold career strategy will make you stand out from the crowd.

I just wrote my 100th newsletter. 100 weeks. 100 mistakes. 7 things I wish I knew before I started: 1.

How I use multiple devices to boost my productivity and focus: We often use the same device for work as we use to relax.

Daily we design and code things for our clients, but we’re not often as good at sharing what we’ve done during the year.

1 horse has about 15 horsepowers.

The lines between design and code are becoming more and more blurred.

Three years ago, we sold our car and bought two e-bikes as a replacement.

Why invest in design?

I always found it a bit embarrassing having the yearly performance talk with my previous employer.

Summer means reading time - at least for me.

Here is a little tip for everyone with children using iPads or iPhones to watch videos or play games.

Where do you go to sell a t-shirt?

You are exhausted!

If you've user-tested a product, you know the hassle of taking notes and comparing them across the different users and what they did.

2020 was a strange year for all.

GitHub codespaces makes an instant dev environment available wherever you want.

A quick little tip if you are using Styled Components in React and want to iterate over a color-array.

We went to Lisbon for a week this summer with our two year old.

In the autumn of 2018, the CEO of Sparebanken Vest, announced that they would launch a new national, mobile-only bank, later known as Bulder Bank.

Originally published on Medium Written together with Eivind Kjellevold This is an article about co-creation.

We’ve all been there: You’re paying a bill.

I’ve previously written about how to easily create a pdf from images in terminal, but when you need to merge multiple pdfs to one it’s another ballgame1.

I have sweared to a RSS-reader for following blogs and interesting webpages for over a decade now.

Now and then I find myself in the situation where I need to create a pdf from some images.