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About Me

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Hi, I’m Nils, a.k.a. nirusu.

My full name is Nils Hendriks. I’ve been working in web development since 1995. In 2007, I moved to Singapore and in 2011 to Tokyo, where I worked as a freelance Front End Web Developer.

Now, back in Amsterdam, The Netherlands I'm working for Studio HENK as a Software Developer and dabble in web development, design, photography and 3D visualisation in my free time.

Worked on

ABN • Algemene Pensioen Groep • Allianz • Asics • Brandweer • Civil Aviation Authority Singapore • ContactSG • De Jonge Akademie • Disney Australia • Grecophile • Heliyon • KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Vietnam • MPA Singapore • National University of Singapore • Provincie Noord Holland • Rabobank • Vodafone India • Youth Olympic Games Singapore

Commissioned by

AQ Tokyo [JP] • Buuuk [SG] • Brainbrothers [NL] • Convertium [SG] • Edenspiekermann [NL] • Enigmatry [NL] • Graphic Invention [NL] • PebbleRoad [SG] • Qais [SG] • Something Big [NL]

Resources

  • Flexible Typesetting by Tim Brown
  • Animation at work by Rachel Nabors
  • Webfont Handbook by Bram Stein
  • The New CSS Layout by Rachel Andrew
  • Accessibility for Everyone by Laura Kalbag
  • Sass for Web Designers by Dan Cederholm
  • Mobile First by Luke Wroblewski
  • CSS3 for Web Designers by Dan Cederholm
  • Responsive Web Design by Ethan Marcotte
  • HTML5 For Web Designers by Jeremy Keith & Rachel Andrew
  • Designing with web standards by Jeffrey Zeldman
  • Responsible Javascript by Jeremy Wagner
  • Sustainable Web Design by Tom Greenwood

Techniques

  • Astro 3
  • javascript / EcmaScript 2015 | ES6 / not transpiled.
  • CSS, custom properties.
  • SCSS - phasing out.