During the South African winter, we took some time as a family to enjoy the beautiful coastal region known as the Garden Route. In July, the canola field are beautiful yellow, and…
Washington, D.C. | job.blog
Earlier this year, I went on a work trip to Washington, D.C. About a week after the inauguration, the city was really quiet and felt quite small and cozy somehow. It’s definitely…
Strasbourg | job.blog
Last July, I visited Strasbourg for the first time in the context of a work trip. While the weather wasn’t great, Strasbourg was the perfect context for a meetup with my team:…
Mila & Moana | job.blog
Contrary to last year, where I had a free range to make a unicorn cake topper, this year the theme of her birthday party was “Moana”. This was by far the most…
Writing with AI as assistant
For many texts I write, the voice and ideas need to be clearly mine. Not just for the credibility aspect, but also because I want to convey my own ideas and thoughts….
Ypres, Kemmel, Leuven & Ghent
In October, Kim had to present the first stage of her doctoral research at the KU Leuven. We all joined on the trip so we could spend some time with my family….
WordPress.com is 20 | job.blog
In May 2007, I wanted to share my M.Sc. thesis. Last week, WordPress.com turned 20. I signed up in May 2007, when WordPress.com was about 1.5 years old, before I joined Facebook…
Near-perfect website performance | job.blog
The mobile performance score for this website is 99, my desktop performance score is 100. Nearly perfect. So how did this happen? My website has always been quite smoothly running. A big…
Luca & the monster | job.blog
Kim and I form a team for our kids’ birthdays. Kim bakes the most amazing tasting cakes, and I make something with fondant to decorate the cake. Luca has loved Tom Fletcher’s…
Getting up-to-date with another year in WordPress
About once per year, I tweak the design of my website. This typically coincides with the release of a new WordPress core theme towards the end of the year, since there was…