Dafacto

The personal website of Matt Henderson.

The pace of user interface innovation at Spanish airports

Back in 2003, I posted this paragon of user interface design that I discovered at the Malaga airport, when trying to pay for my parking ticket:

While visiting the Malaga airport this weekend, I

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Spanish vs German Directions

I just love the cultural differences in Europe. This Christmas, we played two chess tournamentsone in Spain, and the other in Germany. Prior to the events, we emailed both tournament directors

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Sifting through the noise on Upwork

There are certain kinds of tasks for which Upwork is the perfect place to find help. And from personal experience, you can find some absolute gems! For example, there's a girl in Dublin, Ireland

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Lance mention in the Böblinger newspaper

This year, rather than playing the usual Spanish Christmas tournament in Lorca, we decided to let Lance travel to Germany, to play the 2015 Internationales Böblinger Open. With a strong field—Lance

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Derek Sivers’s definition of success

This week on the Tim Ferris podcast featured round-2 with one of my favorite people, Derek Sivers. In this episode, Derek answers call-in questions from listeners. One in particular asked what

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Structure and planning vs The Flow

I know that, for me at least, a key to long-term success is planning. I carefully track my tasks. Each day I make a list of what I want to accomplish, and plan the day hour-by-hour. I know this is

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2015 World Youth Chess Championship in Greece

The 2015 World Youth Chess Championship (WYCC) took place between October 25 and November 5, in the Halkidiki region of Greece, at the beautiful Porto Carras resort. For our kids, Lance and Andrea

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Barefooting

Almost every evening my wife and I go for a hike of anywhere between five and six kilometers in the rocky-terrained mountains behind our house. About six months ago, having read about about barefoot

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Those knee-jerk app reviews

The navigation app, Waze, changed their external access mechanism, which broke apps like Rego, that used the old access mechanism. While no fault of Rego, we updated the app as soon as were were

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