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Stijn Schutyser

“Do I have the right qualifications to become a freelancer?” This is a popular question for people who are thinking about becoming their own boss. Perhaps you’ve asked this very question yourself. In this blog post, we’ll go over some stats, as well

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Stijn Schutyser

People don’t really read online. Instead, readers ‘scan’ web content for useful bits and pieces. If you truly want to cater to your website’s visitors, you should make their lives as easy as possible. How? By making your texts as scannable as possibl

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Stijn Schutyser

Robin Williams – no, not that one – is one of the most interesting authors about text and layout design. Her book , The Non-Designer’s Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice , is a true gem. In the book, she explains the

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I recently completed an internship at ACA for my applied informatics studies at university college PXL . In this blog post, I’d like to share my experience and some things I learned during my internship at ACA! 1. Perseverance During my first month I

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All of us write every day: emails, texts, notes, presentations, … But few of us have really mastered the art of writing. In this blog post, I’d like to walk you through 5 golden rules for effective copywriting that will have the most profound impact

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It is becoming increasingly popular for businesses to have remote employees. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in lots of people working from home. This has led to permanent changes in many business processes. The work from home transition has meant

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is typically defined as the ability of a machine to perform cognitive functions we associate with human minds . Functions such as perceiving, reasoning, learning and problem solving. In specific cases, AI machines do a fa

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That’s how long the average recruitment specialist takes to decide whether you are suited for a vacancy. In those 6 seconds, that recruitment specialist is only able to look at your resume and briefly scan it. So in order to grab their attention, you

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In this blog post, we’ll teach you 4 strategies to set the fees that feel right for you . 1. Track your time Setting a correct fee begins with tracking the time you spent on certain tasks. That also means that you’ll need to track your time task by t

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Ever wondered why one website is easy to use whereas other sites only bring frustrations? Why you are happy to use that one particular app on a day-to-day basis and you would rather ignore other apps as much as possible? The thing is that, in most ca

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In this blog post, I’m going to share some of my experiences as a junior Java developer. What a working day looks like, some useful things you should know and finally I leave you with some advice that will hopefully help you achieve a personal goal o

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At ACA, we have an enthusiastic and creative UX/UI team, internally known as Studio. To provide a behind-the-scenes look, Stijn Schutyser , UX designer within the team, shares his insights on how Studio operates, how they collaborate with other teams

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Some differences: the labels Shop and Shop/Upgrade are not consistent, the blurred labels stand in a different place, like "Support" and "Account", "TV", "labels" and "Sign in" are sometimes labels and sometimes icons, the search function is missing

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Summertime is traditionally a period of ‘dry time’ for a lot of freelancers. That’s okay: a lot of people are on vacation and there’s usually just less work overall. But that doesn’t mean you can’t use this dry time to your advantage. In this blog po

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Stijn Schutyser

Ever wondered why one website is easy to use whereas other sites only bring frustrations? Why you are happy to use that one particular app on a day-to-day basis and you would rather ignore other apps as much as possible? The thing is that, in most ca

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Python owes much of its development and growth to Google, which has been an avid user of the language. They even employed the Dutchman Guido Van Rossum (Python’s founder) for a long time. “Python if we can, C if we must”, has been a slogan at Google