Eddie Dale

Hey! I'm Eddie, a designer and developer at Vasser – a design and development company in Norway. 

In this blog I'll mainly share random thoughts regarding technology, music, design, parenting, sport and other areas that interest me.
May 4, 2023

Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind

I just finished a great little book from John Cleese called Creativity: A short and cheerful guide. In it, he talked about a book and idea from Guy Claxton, called "Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind" (Which now is on my reading list). The idea is that the "Hare Brain" involves 'figuring matters out, weighing up the pros and cons, constructing ...
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April 28, 2023

Sorting my Digital Life

As a continuation of my decision to move my life away from the Google Cloud I have finally started to take action. I oftentimes watch a youtube video or two while eating lunch, and two days ago I got very inspired by Matt D'Avellas eposide on "I learned a productivity system for organizing life". It is very much based on ideas from Tia...
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April 20, 2023

Find time to do it right

I heard Seth Godin say this on a podcast with Tim Ferriss: "If you don’t have time to do it right, how will you find time to do it over?" I often feel i get caught up in solving things reactively, on-the-go, as quickly as possible. Often times under budget constraints from customers, and without managing to fairly price based on the ti...
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September 1, 2022

The slow transition from Google

This year I have decided to make the leap, and transition from my trusty Gmail account. I have long considered to, but the task felt so huge that I always pushed it aside. I was a user of gmail since the early beta-stages. For a long time I was even a huge proponent of it. Suggested it to friends and family as a great alternative to ho...
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