Personal - The DESK Magazine (Page 3)

The cake is a lie

There is something interesting happening to us as we grow older, something that hinders us from personal growth, or limits the ability of companies to ensure constant innovation.

by Tobias van Schneider

The anti-New Year’s resolutions

I suck at New Year's Resolutions. Most of them are boring which is one reason we don't really stick with them.

by Tobias van Schneider

No Alcohol, No Coffee for 27 Months

Exactly today (Dec. 26th 2016) I haven’t had a single drop of alcohol or coffee in 27 months. If you're reading this later, you can do the math yourself.

by Tobias van Schneider

Fuck Work — Is Work the Evil or the Cure?

I know this is a little bit of a harsh title and I didn't mean to make it sound that negative, but this topic has been on my head for a while now.

by Tobias van Schneider

How Many F*cks do you Give?

A couple weeks ago I tweeted something along the lines "I feel like the older I get, the less fucks I give". It was a spontaneous observation of my behavior, especially the last two years.

by Tobias van Schneider

With this article I want to give you a little status update & share some behind the scenes with you. I'm personally proud that in addition to my weekly email list, I continue to write & publish even more articles now on this blog. Currently averaging at around

by Tobias van Schneider

Do These 4 Things to Stay Safe Online

This is probably an unusual article for me to write, but in the recent light of political changes and many other reasons I feel inclined to write about this topic.

by Tobias van Schneider

Love your haters

I’ve always struggled with haters. I grew up trying to be friends with everyone, trying to appeal to everyone with who I am and the work I do. The older I get, the more I understood that these things are impossible. There will be always someone who is against

by Tobias van Schneider

The Post Virtual Reality Sadness

I haven't read much about this topic yet, and honestly I'm still trying to understand it myself. In the last few months I spent more time in Virtual Reality. Not only developing for it, but also playing games, experiencing everything I can that is out there

by Tobias van Schneider

8 most used tools & apps essential to my work

Below you can find a list of my top 8 essential apps that you might have not heard about. I'm focusing on "lesser" known apps on purpose as there is no need to tell you that I use Spotify, Dropbox, Slack etc. (we all probably do)