About me

Combining creativity with technology I focus on the end user. That what is technical, should be hidden; apps should be simple, intuitive and easy to understand.

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Doing tech stuff since forever

In 2005 I founded MacWereld.nl, a Dutch news website about Apple and Mac computers. At a time when Apple’s products were not yet mainstream news yet, it grew to be the second largest Apple news site in the Netherlands.

Between 2005 and 2008, I ran KMAC Radio, which was the first Apple and Mac related podcast in the Netherlands. During that time the iPod was hot, the first iPhone was released, later followed by the iPad. KMAC Radio discussed all of this exciting news.

Since about 2010 I have worked as an iOS and macOS developer. Before that I once started in corporate IT in both support and application-consultancy. Later I became a web-developer and I started making applications for macOS (previously Mac OS X). After the introduction of the iPhone I became a freelance iOS developer, and later co-founder and CTO of a startup in digital publishing on mobile devices, where I was a senior iOS developer and tech team lead.

I also worked freelance with many UX/UI designers and creative agencies to make pixel-perfect apps. As an employee I have been a senior iOS developer, scrum master and release manager.

I’ve had several top 10 hits in the Dutch App Store during the first years of the release of the iPhone in The Netherlands, and still have some apps in the Mac & iOS App Store, serving more than 100.000 users. I have a great interest in making apps with animation, audio, video and gamification.

I don’t like apps in which advertisements ruin the app, which is why I publish The Dreadvertising Manifesto. I am not a tech bro, there is a lot of tech I dislike. I do like making videos, which you can find on my YouTube channel about vintage ZX Spectrum 8-bit gaming and EV-related topics.