Robin Glauser


My Blog about Development, Design and my random thoughts.

A week with the iPhone 6S from the view of a Android fanboy

I’ve now spent the last week with a iPhone 6S instead of my HTC One m7. The reason for this change is a new subscription with my phone provider. This gives me the opportunity to get a phone at a reduced price. Because my provider has a money back guarantee I am able to return the device and get my money back. The … Read More


Tympanus Codrops – Useful resources and inspiration for creative minds

On http://tympanus.net/codrops/ you can find demos with some experimental and new technologies. For example this here is a great interactive coloring concept.  Or this one is a rain effect experiment.


A simple base64 decoder/encoder

Why did I create this project Everytime I needed to decode or encode something with base64 I looked up the first website on Google and was mad about all the ads and the non-intuitive interface of the website. This is why I choose to create a really simple base64 de/encoder without any ads and with a clean interface. How did … Read More


Drissg.ch – Case Study

Why did I create this project A redesign of a website for a camping event which I visited in the summer. It is the result of a bet that I can build a website in less than an quarter of an hour. How did I implement the solution Because of the given time limit I used bootstrap as a frontend framework. To … Read More


7 Websites with Webdesign Templates

A short list with 7 websites with webdesign templates.   https://wrapbootstrap.com/ http://templated.co/ http://bootstrapmade.com/ http://www.bootstrapzero.com/ https://shapebootstrap.net/ http://www.gettemplate.com/ http://startbootstrap.com/


ExitText – Test your websites usability without readable text

With the bookmarklet of Bryce Hanscomb you can test if your website or webapp is usable without any readable text. With text Without text   The bookmarklet loads a font which looks like the example above and then overwrites the font-family of all element with this specific font. At the moment there is a bug that icon fonts will get overwritten too. … Read More


10 User Experience and User Interface Ressources

7 Rules for Creating Gorgeous UI A list of rules for developers to help them design gorgeous UIs. This article helped me understand the reason why some of my designs didn’t work. 7 Rules for Creating Gorgeous UI UX Crash Course: 31 Fundamentals A crash course about the UX fundamentals in 31 articles. This is a good entry point for … Read More


Highbrow – Learn more stuff in 5 minutes a day

With highbrow you can subscribe to multiple mini newsletters with courses about interesting subjects. You will get a 5 minute long read every morning for 10 days about the chosen course. I’ve subscribed to the course “Significant American writers of the 20th century” and as far am delighted with the content of the course. There are courses about art, history, philosophy and … Read More


projecteuler.net – Solve math problems with computer science

On https://projecteuler.net/ is a list of math problem which you can solve with computer science. “Project Euler exists to encourage, challenge, and develop the skills and enjoyment of anyone with an interest in the fascinating world of mathematics.” I’ve solved the first few problems and it’s really addictive. https://projecteuler.net/


Updated list of my top 10 favorite Mac apps at the moment.

Introduction More than a year ago I published a article with my list of the top 10 Mac apps which I use at the moment. This here is a refreshed list after another year of using OS X.. 1. Google Chrome Still my favorite webbrowser and at the top of my list because I use it all the time when … Read More