Give Up GitHub!—a clear message that the Software Freedom Conservancy started spreading to open source software (FOSS) developers on 29 June via https://giveupgithub.org. Why? The whole story is available on their website, but the gist is that recently, GitHub yet again proved th … | Continue reading
In my The Modern QR Code Life rant, I briefly mentioned Farm Girl in Notting Hill, London, as a hipster place we ended up in four Saturday mornings ago, in pursuit of a good bowl of porridge. It turned out that Good was an understatement: it was superbly splendidly amazing. The i … | Continue reading
June 2022 is no more—this marks yet another midpoint of yet another year. June is traditionally a month filled with exam/master thesis/course project preparation and grading work. It’s the first time I’ve seen students' Android/Kotlin projects as this was the first year we’ve tau … | Continue reading
Finally, a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles beat ‘em up game arrived that aims to recapture the spirit of the nineties side-scrolling pixelated vibe that many arcade machines and home conversions offered—of which probably Turtles In Time is one of the most revered. Decent attempt … | Continue reading
Does this sound familiar to you? You attend a conference but mostly keep the casual conversations to the people you know anyway. Or how about trying to get coffee or a a fourth piece of cake—it’s free, right?—whilst carefully avoiding contact with other strange creatures lurking … | Continue reading
In October last year, I shared photos of my old and not so old mood boards that decorate the home office wall and serve as a reminder of who I was and sometimes still am. These aren’t the only relics that I decorated with things that interest me. Seven years ago, I designed these … | Continue reading
I love lists. I’m a real lists kind of person. I’m a big sucker for Top 20 Games Of All Time lists—that kind of click bait always works here, however good or bad the list itself. It kick-starts an internal discussion: what would my own top list look like? Can I compare list 1 wit … | Continue reading
A recent both refreshing and stressing trip to London made me painfully aware of bad technological integrations in everyday life. One of those painful devolutions in my opinion is the overuse of QR codes. I’m not a fan of QR codes and wrote about QR design mistakes before, but in … | Continue reading
We took a few days off to enjoy the local scenery and hiking trails, as good and as bad as my sprained ankle allowed for it. This may sound strange, but we usually take a wrong turn and get lost at least once during those short hikes. You’d think this is more common when explorin … | Continue reading
May 2022 is no more. May has been one of the driest months in decades here in Belgium, and while June traditionally announces summertime, temperatures have suddenly dropped and rain finally started to pour out—marginally. The weather continues to be unpredictable, strange, and ne … | Continue reading
The other day, we were looking for nearby flea markets to attend—it’s starting to become flea market season, rejoice! I remembered an ad when biking around our neighborhood but couldn’t remember the exact location (or the location of the ad itself). The internet to the rescue. Se … | Continue reading
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Can a unified software engineering philosopy shape the right context in a curriculum? | Continue reading