For years now I’ve had my share of productivity apps that I used. From simple analog notebooks to Wunderlist, from RememberTheMilk to Things. I’ve tried them all. Things was the last one I tried and it stuck. But this past year, it feels like I’ve not yet used Things to it’s fullest potential. This meant I had to put in extra work to make me work. Now I’ve refined the process to make Things work for me.

Another year, another PHPBenelux. This year, on the 24th and the 25th of January, it was the 11th edition. The concept remained the same. On Friday morning we have the workshops. Friday afternoon and on Saturday there are 3 tracks, each with their own set of talks. Every evening the conference ends with a great social event with food, drinks, and laughs. Yeehaw Each year PHPBenelux works with a different theme.

Around this time I always see a lot of people creating new posts about their previous year. In my quest for creating more content, I wanted to create that kind of post as well. But I wanted it to be different. So I’m doing a 2019 personal retrospective. I have to thank Jason Lengstorf for the idea. He created his own 2019 personal retrospective and has been doing so for a couple of years now.

To build this site I used my User Experience Design training to determine what I exactly needed to build. The following is a summary of that research document. Problem Definition As a freelancer, I need a platform on which I can share my knowledge and activities. I can use this to also attract potential clients. The first problem requires that I have the ability to log all my knowledge and all my activities.