PinnedThoughts on coding chatsChats are hard to code. Apparently there are no common best practices or common standards. For my work at tripla, I needed to create a chat interface, which has a conversational, question and answer based interface, as well as actions, similarly to what you would find on Facebook, and other…Web Development4 min readWeb Development4 min read
Feb 5, 2020Philosophical thinkingRe: The 10 Best Philosophy Books For Beginners — (Link) This is actually a difficult question – which philosophical texts are best for beginners? But it’s also one that I get asked pretty regularly. …Philosophy2 min readPhilosophy2 min read
Nov 15, 2018A Mediocre unicornYesterday in an interview the first thing my interviewer asked me was, why my resume (and Linkedin profile) starts like this: Hi, I am Philipp. I am a unicorn who started out as a dressmaker, then learned Photoshop and consequently web design, moved on to Front End Development and web…UX3 min readUX3 min read
Published inPrototypr·Oct 17, 2018Working with stakeholdersBefore writing about my (experience based) how to, let me address why working with stakeholders instead of convincing them. If you are focused on convincing someone about something it is usually, because you are in a real or perceived adversarial relationship (commonly it’s the latter). …Management3 min readManagement3 min read
Published inPrototypr·Jan 8, 2018The one thing I sometimes really hate about good design is all the writing.The one thing I sometimes really hate about good design is all the writing. Good designers write. Good coders write. I do fundamentally disagree with people who think that good design speaks for itself, simply because it’s a total misconception of reality. Design is not created in a vacuum. Design…Design1 min readDesign1 min read
Published inPrototypr·Dec 22, 2017Speed, speed, speedWhen I just started working in Rakuten (at the time Japans biggest EC company) I noticed the propaganda, pretty much first day. Posters. As a child of East Germany, propaganda posters jump me. There was: Responsive, responsive, responsive! Think around the corner! Speed speed speed! And others. Singed as “Mickeys…Startup3 min readStartup3 min read
Dec 20, 2017Animations and Interaction DesignOne thing I am noticing more and more often is how interaction design (also called UX design, Web design, App design, etc.) is flooded these days with animations. Things like this or this. Animations, flying in, flying out, spinning around. I am old enough to remember the times when we…UX2 min readUX2 min read
Sep 11, 2017Avantgarde Meditation with MusicThis is gonna be one of those things that works for no one, but the author. Since I cannot stop thinking, I meditate to music. (Thank the gods for Walkman / Diskplayers / MD players / the iPod!) I figured that out in 1997 while on a trip to better…Music2 min readMusic2 min read
