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January 6, 2016 • Health

Treadmill - millionth step

I started using a treadmill under my desk August 21st 2015. Today, January 6th 2016, I did my 1.000.000th step at the end of my working day. (or 425 kilometers in 45 days - yes I have been travelling much)

December 14, 2015 • Work

Device Setup

November 2nd I started working at Snapsale as the head of iOS development. At the moment that means the head of me, so I get to do all the fun stuff myself. :-)

October 13, 2015 • Discussion

How I take control of legacy code

I'm leaving Trifork to start working on Snapsale at Skylib. I will be taking over their iOS code base. I've taken over maintenance of many codebases before, and I thought it was time to describe my process.

October 11, 2015 • Discussion

Then and now

I'm setting up my travel computer for work, the retina Macbook, spring 2015 base model. It'll be my travel Xcode companion. It's the first 12" laptop I use since the one I Fujitsu-Siemens I bought in 2000 before travelling to Australia. The Fujitsu-Siemens was an ultra-portable Lifebook S-4510, by far slimmer than the average laptop of its time - I knew no-one who had a slimmer one for years. So I thought it was time to compare dimensions. And, well, this laptop was thinner in my memory than sitting side-by-side the Macbook

October 10, 2015 • Discussion

Time to learn photography again

Live Photos is one of the most interesting new features of the iPhone. The iPhone is the most used camera I have, because it is always with me. And until now I have been quite all right at taking the photos I want. Live photos adds a time dimension to my photos, and this means I have to re-learn what it is to compose a photo, what it is to frame a photo, what it is to shoot a photo.

October 9, 2015 • Tech

iPhone upgrading

Today my new iPhone arrived. Upgrade time!

August 24, 2015 • Health

Treadmill - first impressions

It's now been four working days since the treadmill arrived, and it's time to go through my first impressions.

August 19, 2015 • Health

Treadmill - step 1

Hi,