I have been a privacy advocate for quite some time. Within my newsletter Creativerly, I regularly share, highlight, and write about privacy-focused, open-source, or end-to-end encrypted apps and tools. Privacy is a fundamental human right, and it is essential for individuals to have control over their personal data. With the proliferation of technology, data privacy has become an increasingly pressing issue, and individuals have a right to know how their data is collected, used, and shared.

Many apps out there collect data beyond their main functions. There is no reason for note-taking, project management, task management, or any other productivity tool to access your notes, projects, tasks, and other personal information.

I often wondered why people opt for big tech companies like Google and Microsoft over the more privacy-focused and secure open-source, end-to-end encrypted apps. I came to the conclusion that most people do so due to their familiarity with the services, in addition to convenience. Setting up a Gmail account, composing a Google Doc and sharing it, as well as searching for something on Google are all straightforward and require minimal effort. Furthermore, Google is often integrated with other services, increasing its convenience even more. Additionally, Google has almost a monopoly with apps like Chrome being the default browser on many devices and Google Search being the default search engine in many alternative browsers.

There are many tools that take user privacy and data seriously, are open source, and/or use end-to-end encryption. To increase the visibility of these hidden gems, I created a directory website to showcase them. The result is Priductive.

I started working on Creativerly back in January 2019, so it has been my longest ongoing side-project.

Creativerly started as a weekly newsletter about creativity and productivity-boosting tools and resources, combined with useful insights, articles, and findings from the fields of design and tech. But it evolved into a full-fledged publication consisting of the newsletter, a blog, and an interview series.

I have planned to expand Creativerly's content sections, so I can be sure to always deliver great and valuable content to my audience.

The tools I use to read and process books, articles, blog posts, and newsletters.

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Get a glimpse into my App Defaults of 2023, a list of all the apps I either use daily or on a regular basis, to write, manage my knowledge, tasks, projects, and more.

The story behind my personal website, the inspiration and driving forces that pushed me forward, and how I built my tiny home on the internet.

Since 2014 I have been working and collaborating with creative minds from the fields of music publishing, event management, interior design, web3, VC, SaaS, and more to design and create analogue media like posters, brochures, books, magazines, as well as websites, social media assets, and apps and digital experiences.

Joined iTranslate as the second designer to work on translation products used by millions of people across iOS, Android, macOS, and the web. During my 3 1/2 years at iTranslate I worked on its apps across all platforms, however my main focus was Android, leading a redesign and closely collaborating with engineers.

My highlight was working on Typeright, iTranslate's grammar and spelling app powered by an AI writing assistant, for which I created the logo and joined forces with Thomas Mirnig to craft the experience across the different platforms.