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Back in a cab. Kiehls was very busy. We decided not to buy anything. Staff noticed that and when we left they came after us, invited us back into the store and gave us both a bottle of bath and shOwer liquid body cleanser "grapefruit". For free. And their apologies that they couldn't be of more service to us. that's Kiehls.... Now back in a cab on our way to a meeting with two people from Wired magazine en then the director of...

Kiehls

Years ago I bought one funny bottle of after shave from a brand I never heard off. It was just unbelievable stuff and I was instantly addicted to it. It turned out that Kiehls was quite famous and popular and now a few of my friends are addicted too. today I'm going to visit the real Kiehls store; Kiehl's New York Flagship Store on Third Avenue Between 13th & 14th Streets. I'm in a cab...

Rhona Mitra, Saks Fifth Avenue and a Fresh Wired magazine

I'm on a bench on 5th avenue in front of a Barnes and Nobles with a fresh issue of Wired magazine. A few minutes ago I was browsing the ties and cufflinks section at Sachs but decided not to buy anything. Stupid because I need a new tie anyway. On my way back to the elevator I bumped into Rhona Mitra. She starred in Hollow man and The life of david gale. And now I'm going to read my...

Apple Store

I'm writing this post from an Apple iMac located in the Apple Store on 5th avenue in New York. Just because I...

a night out in the Marquee, New York

Last night we went out. To just a club. Or that is what I thought. It was a very nice club and there were a lot of people who looked like they could afford the 350 dollar champagne bottles. We were with 8 people and drank 2 of those bottles and some wodka with it. Quite an expensive night (we shared the cost, as the Dutch do) but I haven't been out like this in months so I thought it would be a good, ahem, investment. I even danced a little which I once swore I would never do again....

Idea for new service: digital businesscards

We are meeting with a lot of people here in the New York and exchanging businesscards with most of them. A few hours before the trip I realized I didn't have any current businesscards so I made some. I used extra thick paper and printed only my name on one side and just my emailaddress on the other side. I like businesscards a lot but am always wondering on how to improve the the whole system. There is a format for digital businesscards called VCF which stands for Virtual Card Format. You...

Spotted at the Cross Media Week

L1120870.jpg Originally uploaded by Guido van Nispen. Last thursday I spend about 30 minutes at the Cross Media week conference but that was long enough for Guido van Nispen to take a photo of me. Who knows who the other two guys in the photo are? UPDATE: that was quick. Guido van Nispen (the man with the plan) says these are Gabe and Gabe of...

incredible VS inevitable

It's six in the morning and I'm awake in my bed. Thats because its six her but according to my body and mind it is actually 12 am. I haven't slept that late in years. But I don't mind. Gives me time to think. What I was thinking about is a quote from Arthur C. Clarke: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. We are visiting the NextFest exhibition tommorow and I know the Möller Skycar will be there on display. I can pretty well see the difference between...