Book List

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Creativity, Inc

Creativity, Inc

From Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar, comes an incisive book about creativity in business.
The Good Creative

The Good Creative

Principles and strategies that will allow us to tap into our creative potential in our work lives, and in our personal lives.
Getting Real

Getting Real

From Basecamp creator, a good book which highlights the traditional rubbish and points out how to overcome them
The Power of Habit

The Power of Habit

The key to exercising regularly, losing weight, raising exceptional children, becoming more productive.
Hooked

Hooked

A four-step process embedded into the products of many successful companies to subtly encourage customer behavior

Portfolio Showcase

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Showcase Four

Showcase Four

A 30% Productivity Boost and Accelerated Growth

Experience

Work Experience

Feb. 2015 - present, Maastricht

Creative Web Experience Developer at ideebv

Apr. 2013 - Jan. 2015, Reuver

e-Commerce Marketeer at Jalema

Dec. 2011 - Apr. 2013, Venlo

Online Communications Specialist at Océ (a Canon Group company)

Feb. 2009 - Dec. 2011, Rotterdam

Online Specialist at Het Hoge Zuiden

Aug. 2007 - Feb. 2009, Santa Rosa, CA

Assistant Manager Internet Marketing at PBHS

Nov. 2003 - Aug. 2007, Clearlake Oaks, CA

Supervisor Web Production at Best Image Marketing (homes.com)

May 1995 - Nov. 2003, Maastricht

Freelance Web Designer at Eightdegree

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Kind words from writers

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“Naoto transformed my portfolio site completely. The clean layout lets my work speak for itself, and setting up different sections was surprisingly intuitive. My clients constantly compliment the site's elegance.”

Sarah Chen, Designer

“Finally, a theme that doesn't fight with my content. The typography is gorgeous and the table of contents feature makes my long articles so much more readable. Worth every penny.”

Marcus Rivera, Tech Writer

"I needed something professional but not corporate. Naoto strikes that perfect balance. The resource sections help me showcase my expertise, and the dark mode is a nice touch for evening readers."

Emma Thompson, Freelance Consultant

The timeline template is perfect for my online courses. Students love how clean and organized everything looks. Plus, the mobile experience is flawless—important since most access from phones.

David Park, Course Creator

Naoto's gallery layout showcases my photography beautifully. The minimal design doesn't compete with my images, and I can organize everything exactly how I want from the Ghost admin.

Lisa Rodriguez, Travel Blogger

Switched from a cluttered theme to Naoto and immediately saw better engagement. The homepage builder let me create exactly the story I wanted to tell. Clean, professional, and flexible.

James Mitchell, Startup Founder

What I'm up to...

Automating Chaos Into Clarity

Over the past days I’ve been deep in a full-scale cleanup and automation sprint: decoding broken UTF-8 filenames, restructuring hundreds of applicant folders, fixing corrupted downloads, removing junk files, and building custom Python scripts to put everything back into perfect order.

What began as a messy archive of inconsistent names, duplicate files, broken PDFs, and server issues has now become a clean, structured, fully automated workflow. Every PDF lands in the right folder, every name is correctly encoded, and every step—from download to organization—is reproducible with a single command.

A small reminder of how powerful it is to take a chaotic system, break it apart, and rebuild it into something clear, elegant, and reliable.

Order restored. Automation engaged. Onward.