Launch Your Newsletter in less than 10 Minutes
Starting a newsletter is one of the best things I ever did. If you are thinking of starting one yourself, but you are putting it off, let me…
Category: daily thought
My 15 Step Checklist to Writing a Weekly Newsletter
Every Sunday evening I write my Experimental Mind newsletter. It contains a curated list of interesting articles I found in the days before. All articles are at the intersection…
Thinking about starting a newsletter? Only do it for the RIGHT reasons
You might believe that starting a newsletter is the best way to become known as an expert and gain a big following. The problem is that people focus…
Focusmate
I’ll be honest. Recently I was having some trouble with focusing on the right things. You might know it as procrastination. To combat this I am trying a…
Tools for Optimizing Digital Experiences
Yesterday Amplitude launched their new product: Amplitude Experiment. Yet another vendor extending their offering in the space of ‘optimizing digital experiences’. I believe that in the end all…
I don’t care about cookies
Since regulation requires website owners to ask visitors for consent before placing any cookies (and other identifiers), surfing the web feels like playing this cookie consent game. This…
It’s Groundhog Day
In this classic film weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) gets trapped in a small town in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney. After reporting about the yearly Groundhog Day festivities, he can’t…
Homeschooling
This is for all parents working from home and also have to homeschool their children. How do you combine your own work, helping the children, while maintaining peace…
Fresh Start Effect
Happy 2019! I have been reading up on the new year resolutions phenomenon. We all know that everyone starts with new intentions, but a few weeks into the…
Creative flow
Recently I made my first painting. And I loved the process. It is an activity where you can completely immerse yourself in. And it is something where you…
Why I write this blog
3 reasons why I write this blog … to become a better writer: I believe that training my writing skills every day will eventually make me a better…
The day there is no news
The 8 o’clock news is always 20 minutes long. Somehow the amount of news is independent of the quantity or impact of the events that happened that day. …
What is important to you?
To know what is important to you at work, try to answer these questions from Seth Godin: What are you doing that’s difficult? What are you doing that people…
Nothing left to load.