Today I sent out a post-event newsletter for this year’s Createcamp. I thanked the attendees for their time and participation, asked for their feedback and wether or not they would be interested in having another Createcamp in the future.

I really enjoy writing these newsletters. I’ve written three before and one after the event and I have to say, that I really like putting them together.

Instead of addressing the whole group, I always write like if I was talking directly to the person. That way it feels really personal to me and it makes it a lot easier for me to write. That’s what I learnt today.

I’m in the middle of putting together a feedback form for this year’s Createcamp and I have to admit that I’m really struggling with it. There are a ton of things to consider: what type of questions to ask, phrasing them or providing multiple choice options.

I guess asking for the right feedback isn’t the easiest thing in the world. That’s what I learnt today.

Today was the second day of Createcamp 2015 – a day where we got down to business and started designing and coding our project. I was pretty impressed by how much we got done in such a short amount of time.

After deciding the basic features we would need, we split up in three groups. Daniel and Marius designed and developed a database scheme, both Sebastians and Robin wrote a library for creating places on OpenStreetMap and Madeline and I started designing and coding interface elements.

It’s fair to say that I totally underestimated how far we would come on just one day and I was simply blown away when everybody presented their results. That’s what I learnt today.

Today was the first day of Createcamp. I’ve looked forward to this for a very long time and I’m glad it’s finally happening. I made a ton of plans for this weekend but I didn’t really know how they would turn out. To be perfectly honest: I was rather sceptical.

But my scepticism was totally unjustified. The schedule I had put together and all the other organisational bits that I had mulled over time and time again really worked out today. Everything went smoothly and we’re already a little bit ahead of schedule which means, there’s more time for creating things over the next two days.

I’m really happy with the way things turned out today. And it gives me a little bit more faith for my future plans. That’s what I learnt today.

I’m on the verge of finishing the preparations for Createcamp 2015. It’s an event that I’ve been wanting to organise for a long time and this year I finally got around doing it.

Today I was planning the meals for the attendees. It’s no secret that I like to cook and because we are a small group of people, I thought I’d take on the challenge to provide food for everybody myself.

As I went into planning today, I realised how easy it is to get caught up in the details. And again I noticed how important it is, to simply write things down. When it comes to food, the truth is, you can’t plan everything. But having a written outline of meals and ingredients proved to be very reassuring. At least that’s what I learnt today.