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As a creative person, I think a lot about the impact of AI on my work. If it's possible to create something by giving a chatbot a text prompt, what does it even mean to be creative?

In this blog I try to answer this question.

P.S.: All images you see are handmade by me :)

I used many Google products, but in recent years Google has been making choices that go against my ideals. In this blog, I describe the switch I made to other services.

Vitaly Friedman gives a great talk on complex UIs: https://youtu.be/2hlQqMigGZg?feature=shared

I would like to know this as well.

If you want to know more about how these animations came to life I highly recommend the biography of Walt Disney by Neal Gabler.

Cool, thanks!

I'm trying to degoogle and would like to get rid of my Google account altogether, but that's harder than I thought, especially when services use it exclusively to create an account. ;)

I always prefer the option of creating an account with an email address.

Cool stuff, but I rather don't want to use Google to log in. Is there, or will there be, any way around this?

The NL Design System (https://www.nldesignsystem.nl/) is a project funded by the Dutch government which works with Design Tokens. This way government agencies and municipalities can share components but still retain their own look and feel.

Same here. I have an older LG model with a Nvidia Shield hooked up. I never even get terms of service prompts.

Not as funny as you would think :) They usually pronounce it pretty well: shertokenboss

Most people get their Bossche Bol at Jan de Groot, which is like a 15 minute walk or 5 minutes by bike from the intersection. Beware that there always is a big queue at Jan de Groot because it's very popular. You can also go to a Jumbo supermarket in 's-Hertogenbosch or Rosmalen as they usually sell the exact same Bossche Bol from this bakery.

Cool to see my hometown ('s-Hertogenbosch) appear on the front page of HN. I use this intersection almost every week: AMA ;)

Fixed, thanks!

You could use Drupal and the very versatile Webform module: https://www.drupal.org/project/webform

I use cleantalk on my Drupal website (but it's also available on other systems, such as WordPress) and only get a few spam comments a month. Its also cheap: 12 dollars a year and you can earn extra credits reporting spam comments that slip through.

Same here. I try to avoid Amazon as much as possible. In the Netherlands we do have 'Bol' but it basically boils down to the same thing: giving your money to one big player.

Another option is getting it at the Dutch Online Library but they have a limited selection.

In some cases you can buy the book directly from the author (like Derek Sivers) but that's more an exception than the rule.

I really wished there were more small e-book stores. Maybe focused on specific genres but so far I have been unsuccesful finding any.

Yeah, it's weird. All the modules (plugins) are free and open source as well so it looks like a no brainer. It probably has something to do with the steep learning curve which can be intimidating.

Drupal has an excellent multi site solution with the domain access module with which you can share content between multiple domains/sites.

When you look at others, it sometimes seems like they have everything perfectly sorted out. The reality is that everyone is just figuring things out as they go. So, don't let that hold you back; just go ahead and do your thing.

I think (or hope) it's some combination between using real code (such as Storybook) in combination with a GUI. This has the following benefits: - There is only source of truth and it's the code - People who can't code (most designers) can still build prototypes with available components - No (manual) synchronization between code a drawing tool (Figma, Penpot) needed

At the moment it looks like UXPin is going in this direction.

In my work, I deal with many different applications and websites. What stands out to me is that the same easily fixable errors are often made. In this blog are 7 tips that instantly improve the user-friendliness of your website or application.

I would like to note that there currently is no centralized Design System for the Dutch Government, unfortunately. All agencies are creating their own Design System based on the Rijkshuisstijl.

Currently I'm working on ROOS (https://rvo.nl/roos) which is the Design System for the Netherlands Enterprise Agency. This is build with the already mentioned NL Design System. My hope being that this will bring the different agencies together and start working on a centralized Design System for the Dutch Government and follow the excellent examples of https://design-system.service.gov.uk and https://designsystem.digital.gov/

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