Passing Namur on my way
to Portugal. Remembers me of Alexandre Plennevaux bringing students to beyond tellerrand in DUS for many years.

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The things you subscribe to change over time. This time I simply wanted to list (and advertise) the newsletters that hit my inbox these days. Next to the podcasts I listen to or websites in my RSS reader, of course ;) Especially in times, where social media is so fragmented,...

beyond tellerrand has always been more than a conference to me.

It’s a creative and friendly community and festival built on curiosity and connections.

It’s a passion project, I organise and run with all my heart.

And now it’s your chance to own a part: If beyond tellerrand has ever sparked something in you, consider becoming a “Friend of beyond tellerrand”.

It’s a simple way to give back and be part and – even more important – to ensure this creative, curious, and kind space continues to exist and grow.

Thank you!

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It is been a while that I have been in the lovely city of Kortrijk. Last time that was 2012 ans the event still was called Multimania. I finally made it back and Bump is a one day festival celebrating creativity. Lovely to see Charlie Gerard and Paddy Donnelly on stage here, who both spoke at beyond tellerrand also. But excited to see new presentations also! And this year even Tobi, the musician known as Baldower, who plays at beyond tellerrand aince 2013, is here. Fun all around.

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Let me give you one of the reasons why I am in love with Kirby CMS for more than a decade now.

I just upgraded 5 of my websites running on Kirby from Version 4 to Version 5. This is a major release with many new features and not a bug fix or any minor upgrade.

Usually you are prepared for things to break, right?

Nope!

Time: 2 minutes
Problems: 0

What a wonderful, stress free and painless experience! Thanks to the Kirby Team ;)

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It is been a while that I have been in the lovely city of Kortrijk. Last time that was 2012 ans the event still was called Multimania. I finally made it back and Bunp is a one day festival celebrating creativity. Lovely to see Charlie Gerard and Paddy Donnelly on stage here, who both spoke at beyond tellerrand also. But excited to see new presentations also! And this year even Tobi, the musician known as Baldower, who plays at beyond tellerrand aince 2013, is here. Fun all around.

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I opened Facebook after a while of not using it. I do have two pages still there (beyond tellerrand and my band SPOILER) and also used to use it to stay in touch with people I know from back in school. But these days, when opening it, it feels as if there is just advertisment and suggested crap. To me it is clear that Facebook is going to die rather sooner than later. And I won't cry, to be honest, when I see the state of it these days.

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A lovely, unagitated article with thoughts of Jason about AI, the future and himself in all of this.

[…] making things is not about the destination, but about the journey. The journey is what you put into creation: the thought, the mistakes, the sweat, the time, the lived experiences, the refinement in technique. What you get back is knowledge. The output is an artifact of that knowledge. When you get that artifact without the journey, you make nothing, you learn nothing.

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I am off to Amsterdam for this year’s edition of CSSday. Lovely to be back and to meet a few people. Sadly I might need to leave early for family reasons, but I at least made it here. Let’s see.

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Next weekend, 24 and 25 May, I am going to be in Würzburg to attend (and help a little bit) at the Accessibility Club Summit 2025.

Would be lovely to see you there! Arriving Friday around 4pm and leaving Monday morning.

A lot is planned and you can see everything that is happening plus a detailed schedule on their website.

See you there!

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I usually always wait long before I upgrade to a new OS version. Now I finally upgraded to Sequoia (15.5) and I have to admit that everything feels much faster. I am surprised.

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BERLIN DESIGN Connect is planned as a community gathering as part of the Berlin Design Week 2025. Right before I went deep into the last bits and pieces for beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf 2025, I have been invited to be part of it.

The event has three different stages plus networking space and I am part of the “Community Panel” together with Ana Regidor, Felicitas Schmittinger and Harshini Karunaratne as well as a Community Space where people can get information about beyond tellerrand.

Next to all this, workshops and talks are planned also. Find the full program on this page

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I am not shy to give interviews, but most of the times someone asks me for an interview I wonder if anyone actually is interested in the stuff I am doing. I mean, what am I really doing then? I run an event. Nothing that is really special, is it? That said, I have learned t...

Jason Santa Maria is back on his blog. And running it with Kirby.

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I have spent the last three days in London. To meet a few friends, but mainly to attend State of the Browser. While I have been there, I took a few photos at the event. I also had few thoughts while I was attending. Not only did I meet people I knew and was happy to see them...

Here are my photos of State of the Browser 2025 (#sotb2025).

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Maybe I am just seeing this wrong, but I experience that a lot of people simply don’t reply to emails/messages these days any more. I get that emails can be exhausting at times, but really, I am answering any email I get. Sometimes late, but I answer.

The reason for this is that I always try to imagine myself. Not getting an answer leaves you with questions like “Did the message arrive or did it end up in spam?”, “Did I say something wrong and upset her/him?”.

And it is so easy. I can really live with a short message stating no interest or even a “Fuck off”, which is way better as it does not leave me with nothing and not knowing whether my message arrived or not.

Am I old fashioned here and it is ok to not answer? Or does this belong to how we treat each other?

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The new Eventbrite logo reminds me of the Envato logo. Just flipped. Just me? 🤷‍♂️

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I used the beautiful sunshine to clean all family bikes and make them fit for 2025. Cleaning, fixing things and so forth. Also gave my Rose Sneak 2 an upgrade. About three years ago I got a Tailfin rack for my gravel bike. Yes, the Tailfin stuff isn’t cheap, but it is – in my opinion – worth every cent. Went on many backpacking tours with the rear panier bags and the rack top bag and got the carbon rack including panier mounts back in 2022. It is super light weight, but what was most important for me: it is easy to get on and off the bike within seconds. The only thing I needed to get was another thru axle for my Sneak to replace the original with that one and ready is the Sneak for bike packing adventures as well. I now can use everything I got for the two bikes and attach the carbon rack to the bikes within seconds. Reply via Email

Exactly one month from now I am going to leave for State of the Browser 2025 in London. First time to attend, even though I know Dave, who’s running it, for a while

One part of those events surely is to meet people. Therefore: who is going to be there? Tickets start from £50 on – that is a no-brainer, right?

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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I love the stuff from Darkglass. Not just form the sound, but also how it is built. You can feel the quality.

This is the Darkglass NSG noise gate and the Hyper Luminal compressor (limited black edition).

Can’t wait to test them live with my band on our gig in April.

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What Jeremy describes here also matches the sound of beyond tellerrand.

And the following is true for many independetn events these days …

As you can imagine, that’s not an easy sell.

Therefore all of those events need your help. Spread the word about the events you love, so new people learn about them and trust your recommendation.

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My friend Mike Kus release a lovely book a while ago and I can’t remember if I already pointed you to it. If I did, well, than this is the second time, but it is worth it.

The book comes with a mass of examples, but also:

[…] will arm you with a mountain of easily actionable tips that will elevate your photos to the next level. This book makes photography accessible to everyone.

Check it out!

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Needed this. Still, and for a month now, ill. But riding is ok and especially if the sun comes out Tracked this one on my Komoot and my Strava account Reply via Email

(German version of this article available here) Just over a year ago, after more than 20 years, I decided to change my previous business bank. The reason was that the bank I was with seemed outdated and offered few good online services. Everything seemed outdated and was als...

This is a new hub with tutorials and tips on how to use iA Presenter (and presenting in general).

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What is time actually? I got a little addicted recently and read a few interesting articles, watched documentaries and dug a little bit deeper into this topic. Those articles circled around questions like … Why do we measure time? Since when do we define our own time and do...

Panos Semitekolos has written a nice summary with a few takeaways from my talk at T3CON24, end of November.

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It was so beautifully sunny, that I went for the very first ride on my gravel bike. Just 2° Celsius meant, that for the last 2 years, since I got this bike, I wouldn’t have gone during the winter time. First of all I did not have the gear to do this and wasn’t sure what do g...

Happy Birthday to my brother, who would have been 63 today. When he died in 2013 suddenly, he was as old as I am this year.

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