Developer by day, designer sometimes still by night. I like CSS, SVG, typography and conference sketchnotes.
Job titles are hard. They seem to fail miserably at describing our skill set, the work we do — or want to be doing. I’ve been through a range of titles lately, constantly changing which words I use to explain what I do. And now… new job means new title! Read on →
Fabulous talks from 16 amazing Web Rebels speakers. We saw a lot of crazy magic in the browser, heard stories from npm and were wowed by live coding. There was visualizing bomps, babbling with the merfolk and raising the next generation of rebels. I for one, left Oslo wanting to go home and BUILD ALL THE THINGS. Read on →
Web Rebels 2015 is over and I had a fabulous time in Oslo. Inspiring talks, wonderful conversations – and it was great to meet both old friends and new. On the flight back to Bergen, I was tapping away on my phone – writing down some thoughts that took the shape of this fairy tale. Read on →
I’ve helped out with a logo for Stasis; a Clojure library of tools for developing static web sites. I always enjoy reading other people’s process posts, so I wanted to share how I went about designing this logo. Here is my warm-up exercise, all the ugly early versions – and my superlazy colour finding technique. Read on →
Back in beautiful Oxford for another Smashing Conference. 15 wonderful talks on topics ranging from writing to debugging HTTP. We learnt from real-life examples and about flexbox, performance, hybrid apps, responsive images and more. Lots of interesting and important discussion about browsers and the web. Read on →
It was about time I attended a conference in my hometown Bergen! “A software conference for the whole team” with keynotes, lightning talks in three tracks – and lots of hands-on half-day workshops. No less than seven tracks can make it difficult to pick, but I was happy with my choices. Read on →
My first article on Smashing Magazine! – Have you ever seen someone make creative notes at a conference and wished that your own notebook was more presentable? It’s probably much easier to do than you think. If you think sketchnoting looks fun, I have some tips to get you started. Read on →
Kerning is a web typography conference in Faenza and I had an absolute blast attending this year. So, how did I end up at this conference in Italy if I used to find the topic so intimidating? Here are some thoughts on entering an unknown world and how to start feeling at home in new areas. Read on →
Being creative on a daily basis – just for fun – never came easy for me as an adult. Something that has helped, is having a camera with me all the time, the possibility to edit photos with my phone – and being able to put the result out in the world at once. Read on →
It took me 9 years, but it seems I have rediscovered some of the techniques I used and loved as a graphic design student. Tracing, photocopying, taking snapshots, making a mess. Read on →