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Wife loves it ("takkeherrie" /s) - but those who use mechanical keyboards probably understand what I mean with that there is a sort of rhythm in the feedback a mechanical keyboard …

For all of you / us who enjoy reading on e-ink. Plus source code (NodeJS epub-gen, Pandoc and LaTeX)

AI got me thinking lately, why would one still want to work? Imagine everybody has access to a near perfect AI. Combine that with robotics and we'll be left wondering what to do ne…

Just for folks reading this and being unfamiliar with Apple's options, here are some of their capabilities that sets them apart in a UX way: AirPods: can simultainiously be paired …

This, plus one important addition: How many people actually got killed or injured _because_ of iPhone or Watch? Think about it: using screens in traffic or in other situations wher…

Following the book "The Power of Strangers" I once did an experiment with talking to random strangers, it is amazing what you'll learn from random conversations: https://willem.com…

More than 50% of the Apple Podcast app's homescreen is dedicated to content I didn't request, just look at it: https://willem.com/en/2025-01-27_podcast-downloader/i_00_Lef... I rea…

This is the way to do it, good work and great that you posted this. The first release of my 40 million download app was held together by proverbial ducktape - yet the lessons learn…

I don't think handwriting will go away, it might become a "proof of work" in an age of artificially generated texts. I recently started including the manually written manuscripts (…

After extensive search and trying various apps I found the libre/free Aves Gallery app to be really good. I am curious about what you use or prefer.

For some years I serve a feed.rss with excerpts (title, intro, date and url) from my blog (willem.com/blog). I noticed that traffic has increased significantly on the feeds. I want…

As a metaphor aficionado (book tip: Metaphors we live by), I figured random images would be a lovely way to allow visitors of willem.com to discover stories. Before I knew it, I wa…