A MONTH OF STUDYING
Most of my energy for November went to studying. I put a very small portion of my time to my passion projects, rather focused on completing my semester successfully.
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Playing Cards
I rushed to create a deck of Christmas cards in November in order for them to arrive before Christmas.
The illustrations were done by Gizem for a calendar, they were then reused and recoloured for them to pop more. The deck features all 13 yule lads as well as the Christmas cat as the joker.
This marks our first collaboration on a deck of cards but there is another one in the works, releasing either in December or January.
I placed and received an order of 45 decks, 30 of Rummy Cards, 12 of the Christmas cards and 3 of Icelandic Nature. Get them at my store while supplies last.
App Work
At the start of the month I did minor work on FurnitureDB. As well as at the end of the month, I have experimented with using AI to help me gather data for FurnitureDB. Gathering the data for the furniture is a slow process and so far I have only added 60 furniture pieces over the 9 months the project has been live. I personally am not a fan of AI in most regards but being able to use it here when it follows strict rules is a game changer. I have successfully added three new items with AI but have to refine the process. Right now I am only letting it collect certain data from a single source but I need to improve the workflow as there were issues when I tried to import the file it created.
I am getting very excited to delve into creating the TV Tracker and releasing it for the public. Currently I am debating whether I should continue to develop it on Bubble or shift entirely over to FlutterFlow. However that project unfortunately doesn't get much time given my current workload.
All my projects continue to get views and visits. With FurnitureDB reaching 100 visitors again after a low month last month.
I have started implementing Microsoft Clarity in order to understand user behaviour better and gain valuable insights in order to improve FurnitureDB.
The TV Tracker is currently on the year 1997 with 27.694 shows, reaching closer to today. However with each year that passes the number of shows increases so catching up to current day is. going to take a while.
FurnitureDB - Visitors This Month
Heatmap from Clarity
View the changelog for FurnitureDB.net v0.5 where I implemented search.
View the blog post where I talk about TV Tracker mobile development.
Bernburg.is
This website is still receiving some love and care this month.
I added category pills on the front page in order to view exactly the projects you want to see and showcasing quickly and non-directly my multi disciplinary approach.
In addition to that I set up a store page which is more of an overview page and updated the navigation to reflect that.
No new projects have been added but existing ones have had minor tweaks to them.
Anello
Currently my focus is on developing the sell flow as well as the product page. Progress has been slower then I have wanted to. Learning a new tool takes time and in addition this semester of school as been time consuming.
Progress is steady, and minor improvements are being made. Having a weekly meeting to go over progress and next steps is a good motivation.
Hopefully over Christmas break I can push hard and complete a lot of the app. Currently I am not on track to finish in the time frame we decided on in October so will have to push hard in order for the app to be completed by the launch in May / June.
Sudoko
I have been pushing to use my phone and screens in general less. One of the things I have started doing is playing sudoko.
This is a great way to pass time and reduce screen time. Now when I am taking study breaks instead of going on my phone I play sudoku.
I used to sometimes play a game on my phone while watching a tv show, doubling on screens. That has now been replaced with sudoko. Which will hopefully reduce my fatigue.
Cleaning Out My Closet
I haven't been pushing hard with my products but occasionally lower the prices or send offers. However the items keep selling on occasion. With all the sales I am now down to 49 pieces of clothing that remain to be sold.
I received as a gif a week at a used clothing store. In late December I will be taking all my clothes from Iceland. It will be interesting how the sales there will be.
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School
This semester is coming to an end, only two weeks remaining. I am now pushing hard finishing all my assignments.
With one class 100% finished and two very close to completion I look to be on pace. However my main class of the design research project needs some love and attention. Having almost finished those classes I hope to manage it without pulling any all nighters. My goal for this semester is to pull no all nighters and so far so good.
I look to be on pace to finish it comfortably and reach a result I am happy with.
Framer Creator
My free component has officially reached over 500 installs which I was not expecting. I also made 2 sales on components this month.
I submitted my first template, a proposal template for development or design projects. The template got rejected by Framers strict review process. I am personally a fan of the review process even though I got rejected, it means that the templates available are only best quality. I have decided however not to refine that template for the moment but will rather resume working on the conference template and I have two more quick templates planned that I think have a better market value.
Framer work has however paused since early November with other things taking priority but plan to resume it mid December.
View my rejected proposal template.
View my creator profile on Framer.
What is up for December?
I want to keep up the momentum from November regarding school. Finishing the second to last semester with style.
I am excited to get a bit of rest from school. The free time won't be spent relaxing though. I have plans to travel back home to Iceland, meeting friends and family.
I also want to make this a productive break from school. Picking back up on Framer and completing a template over the break. Making significant progress in Anello as I haven't been able to develop it as much as I would like.
I however want to promise myself to make time for relaxing time. Turning my brain off for a bit to get well rested for the final push of school and Anello. The first half of 2026 with be pushing hard, finishing school in May and releasing Anello in May / June.