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How to Delete Your Commit History in Git

Maybe you want to publish a project but don’t want everyone to see what mess you created before your initial release. Maybe you want to hand over a Git repository to a third party who should not peek into your complete git commit history. Whatever the reason, here is how you can … | Continue reading

@matthiasott.com | 2 years ago

Unblocking Your Writing Blocks, Part 3: I Can’t Write

Maybe you are afraid to start writing because you think that you can’t write. I don’t believe that’s true. Everyone can write. You have written letters or email before, right? You are constantly writing coworkers, friends, and family text messages or are chatting on your social n … | Continue reading

@matthiasott.com | 2 years ago

Unblocking Your Writing Blocks, Part 2: I’m Not an Expert nor a “Thought Leader”

One of the reasons you’re not blogging on your own personal website might be that you’re thinking: “Why would people listen to what I have to say? I’m not an industry expert, after all.” I get that. You might not work for the Apples, Googles, or Microsofts out there. You might no … | Continue reading

@matthiasott.com | 2 years ago

Connections

I’m sitting in the ICE 205, one of the German high-speed trains, traveling back home after two days in Düsseldorf at Beyond Tellerrand, Marc Thiele’s lovely conference about design, development, the Web, and creativity in general. It was the first time I went to an in-person even … | Continue reading

@matthiasott.com | 2 years ago

CSS :has( ) A Parent Selector Now

I don’t remember the exact moment anymore. But I remember that it was with a mix of disbelief and disappointment that I realized one day that there was no way to select the parent of an element in CSS. Wait, what? This can’t be. Why? Obviously, I wasn’t alone. Everyone who has e … | Continue reading

@matthiasott.com | 2 years ago

Don’t Play It Like the Flute

Hans Zimmer just won an Academy Award for his musical score for “Dune,” and if you have seen the movie or listened to the soundtrack, you know why. Zimmer’s soundtrack for Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi novel is an otherworldly masterpiece that co … | Continue reading

@matthiasott.com | 2 years ago

Unblocking Your Writing Blocks, Or: Debunking the Reasons That Keep You from Writing Your First Blog Post Today.

Why is it that although we are now in the millions building and creating for the Web, only very few share their knowledge and experience on their own websites? Or, in other words: Why doesn’t every one of us have a blog? Zach Leatherman asked this question on Twitter the other da … | Continue reading

@matthiasott.com | 2 years ago

Changes – 2021 ➔ 2022

Matthias Ott is an independent user experience designer and developer from Stuttgart, Germany. Besides design practice he teaches Interface Prototyping at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Kiel. | Continue reading

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Turning 30

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Starting Again (Again)

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100 Days of Writing

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Play at Work

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No Wrong Notes

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Less but Better

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I Will, I Should, I Might

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My Typical Day

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Doomsday

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Bye, 2020!

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