Notes from inside an accidental airbag
I never thought I'd become a human balloon, especially not while trying to be a superhero dad. But life has a way of inflating our expectations, quite literally in my case.
Posts tagged #personal
2024 Year in Review
In 2024, life threw everything at me at once: welcoming our smiling third child, rebuilding strength after shoulder surgery, and taking the biggest leap of my career. After 14 years in consulting, I found myself helping build a bank from scratch, all while somehow managing to ship three passion projects in the margins of life. It was a year of pushing limits and finding new rhythms. Here's is a look back at my 2024:
What I’ve learned over the years: The ultimate guide to building a home gym
What started as a few kettlebells in a spare bedroom evolved into me literally digging out a custom gym space from the side of my house with my bare hands. Over eight years, I've transformed from a commercial gym devotee to someone who built their dream training space from the ground up—quite literally. Whether you're just starting with a yoga mat or ready to break ground on your dream space, here's what I've learned along the way.
The coolest person I’ve ever known
This weekend I said goodbye to one of the most remarkable women I've ever known. My grandmother wasn't just another elderly person watching the world change from the sidelines – she was actively sprinting alongside it, even at 92.
Time travelling for parents
Parenthood is the ultimate paradox. Nothing is more wonderful, nothing is more challenging. My third child is now 2 months old, and we’re drowning in sleepless nights and endless cries where we don’t know what to do. But I've found two perspective shifters that reveal the magic in the mayhem.
2023 year in review
This is a look back on some of the highlights and lowlights of my 2023. I've written these yearly in private for 9 years, but as I reached the end of 2023, I decided to share what has happened during the year with whoever is interested.
Designer of the week - UX Norge
I was interviewed by UX-Norge as designer of the week. This is a translation of this interview to english
Stacc X year in review 2021
Daily we design and code things for our clients, but we're not often as good at sharing what we've done during the year. Then it's nice to take a step back and look at all the projects we've delivered and worked on during the year.
65 things I learned in 2021
Did you know that 1 horse has about 15 horsepowers? Or that astronauts fingernails sometimes pop off during spacewalks and we don't know why? Here is 65 weird facts I learned this year.
Why selling our car and buying a cargo bike is the best investment we've ever done
Three years ago we sold our car and bought two e-bikes as a replacement. Purchasing a cargo bike is by far one of the best choices we've made over the last few years.
Summer reading list 2021
Summer means reading time - at least for me. If you need some tips, here are some books I have devoured and was pretty sad to finish.
Stacc X year in review 2020
2020 was a strange year. However we got to design and develop some exciting projects over the year. This is some of the projects we can talk about.
En kort (personlig) innføring i smarthus
Holder du på å pusse opp huset? Eller kanskje du skal i gang med et nybygg? Uansett er nok smarthus én av de tusen avgjørelsene og tingene du må sette deg inn i. Her er mine erfaringer og tips om smarthus etter at vi har fullrestaurert et 40 år gammelt hus.
How to store your photos?
Let's talk about how you store your photos. Which cloud-service is best for your photo storage needs?
