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Balance is a really tricky word, because I don’t think there’s such a thing.

Ever since I moved from the iPhone to the Blloc Phone, I wanted to further reduce the number of apps I had installed.

In the world of digital product design, trusting your gut might not be considered the most responsible thing to do, particularly given that we have access to a ridiculous amount of analytical data to support 99% of the decisions we make.

The idea of selling digital products is growing on me.

How I envy polyglots.

I have always appreciated the practice of meditation and what it can do for the mind, including how it can help control our emotions.

“The home is what a bear would know as a cave.

I’ve been embedded within the Apple ecosystem for years, using an iMac at home as well as the office, owning an iPhone since the iPhone 3G, and my latest investment was a pair of AirPods—probably Apple’s best product design for years.

The second project of the year has successfully shipped: Minimalissimo Shop Version 2.

Over the past few months I’ve been working on completely redesigning and rebuilding a site from the ground up.

Focusing our minds is essential to productivity, high performance, and awareness, but our focus is constantly under siege by things grasping for our attention.

All design should be simple for users to understand.

Generally speaking, side projects are great things.

In 2018 I undertook a social experiment to see if I was self-disciplined and self-aware enough to live without 12 things.

It has never been simpler to create a personal website than it is today.

The psychological warfare that is Black Friday.

We always seem to be aware of time, or rather, we feel we must be aware of it.

I have been involved in running Minimalissimo since 2012, when I took it over from two Dutch designers Maarten P Kappert and Stan Grootes—who did an incredible job to gain a substantial readership.

To keep a site sustainable, it needs to be funded to some extent.

A capsule wardrobe is simply a collection of essential items of clothing that don’t really go out of fashion, which can then be augmented with seasonal pieces.

When we adopt the minimalism ideology, we use it primarily as a tool.