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Last Thursday the day had come to pack up our stuff and take the 1250km drive to <a href="https://www.lifelog.be/moving-to-spain" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">our new home</a>.

First week in Spain

Last Thursday the day had come to pack up our stuff and take the 1250km drive to our new home.

This would be my most accurate one-liner of what it feels like to build <a href="https://www.prezly.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a company</a> from a three-person founding team to a few-million revenue/30+ headcount business.

Our road to building better product teams

This would be my most accurate one-liner of what it feels like to build a company from a three-person founding team to a few-million revenue/30+ headcount business.

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Upgraded the blog. It's like Bea and Tailwind had a baby

New blog theme

In the previous blogging theme I hacked away in a few evenings I was lacking quite some functionality like search and paging. Also, the theme didn't score great in SEO and accessibility lighthouse audits.

We bought a house in Catalonia and we're moving this summer

Moving to Spain

We've been contemplating a move abroad for a few years now and we finally did it. In August 2022 we'll be moving to the Spanish Pyrenees where we bought a house.

Disclaimer: I am no expert in product analytics and definitely not claiming to be. I did spend the last 5 years playing with a lot of different analytical tools and made a lot of mistakes. With this post I hope other people can avoid some of those.

10 tips for better product analytics

Disclaimer: I am no expert in product analytics and definitely not claiming to be. I did spend the last 5 years playing with a lot of different analytical tools and made a lot of mistakes. With this post I hope other people can avoid some of those.

Because <a href="https://www.lifelog.be/i-forgot-my-phone-at-an-airport-and-its-the-best-thing-that-happened" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">I learned the hard way that</a> my phone usage was messing with my mood I've been trying to limit my phone usage with mixed success.

Can I get rid of my phone?

Because I learned the hard way that my phone usage was messing with my mood I've been trying to limit my phone usage with mixed success.

Annelies and I had planned a last-minute four-day road trip through the Spanish Pyrenees to see what it would be like living there.

I forgot my phone at an airport and it's the best thing that happened!

Annelies and I had planned a last-minute four-day road trip through the Spanish Pyrenees to see what it would be like living there.

The interface in which I am writing this blog post is over 5 years old and has UX issues. A quick write-up of what we're thinking about and what we are struggling with.

Redesigning the writing & publishing experience

This project can be broken up in three different components:

I've been thinking for a while that I needed to document the different ways we use Prezly to run Prezly. Browsing twitter today I saw Peter Suhm started <a href="https://www.reform.app/blog/dogfooding/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a great trend.</a>

How Prezly Uses Prezly to run Prezly

I've been thinking for a while that I needed to document the different ways we use Prezly to run Prezly. Browsing twitter today I saw Peter Suhm started a great trend.

You know how you have one Netflix account shared within your immediate family, a few colleagues, that couple you met on holiday and your family physician? So, that's called account sharing. We've all done it at one point or another, and by and large, most people see it as a victimless crime since the only ones put out by it are big, faceless corporations who make too much money and probably test their products on puppies or babies or something equally defenseless and small.

Account Sharing and Free Coca-Cola Refills