Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Two speeches today

Today I'm a public speaker at two conferences. The first is Fusion, a conference about marketing by Adformatie. There will be 600 people listening which is a good crowd. But there is no need to be nervous because I'm sharing the stage with 4 other people and we will be interviewed and asked for our opinion. The second 'show' will be at the end of the day for 60 students. That will be more dificult because I will be alone and talking for 45 minutes....

SPAM Update

As if you are interested in knowing more about spam... But I am since it is turning into a nightmare for me. Here are my SPAM stats: Filtered Mail 149 Good Messages 2.707 Spam Messages (95%) 1.346 Spam Messages Per Day SpamSieve Accuracy 10 False Positives 5 False Negatives (33%) 99.5% Correct Showing Statistics Since 27-11-06 15:37 Yes, this is just for 2 days! 1346 spam messages and only 149 real ones. How about that? The main reason why I get all this SPAM is because I...

With or without www, that is the question…

A few years ago I was asked to work with a political party and advise them a bit about their internet strategy. The first thing I did was type their name + .NL into my browser to check their website. They had a pretty big campaign advertising their website, all with just 'domain.nl' on everything. You can guess what happened. No website, just a 'Document not found' page... If someone tells me to visit 'somedomain.com' I open my browser and type in 'somedomain.com' and hit enter. Sounds...

What is wrong with Alexa?

It is time for a new Alexa-like service: AJAXed, more Digg-like and updated to Web2.0. I use Alexa a lot. It serves as a quick check to see what a site is 'worth'. If it claims to be really popular and I don't trust that I just check them at Alexa. If someone writes that service X is history and service Y the new hot things Alexa will tell me if that is true. But Alexa is soooo 1999. The design and features and the black and white stats. It doesn't use the collective mind at all. It also...

Fire!

Photo by Tonie. Just found these photos from Tonie. Check another annotated version...

600.000 racists?

The key to my office is inside the office. So this morning I arrived early at the office and couldn't get in. I decided to wait in Elf for Patrick or Arjen or Robert to show up but they all have appointments until 10 or 11. I feel evicted. Elf is officialy closed until eleven but the bartender knows me and made me a cappucino, on the house. I told him about how I feel a bit homeless because I can't get into the office. He said "Now you know how it feels". I asked him what he meant and...

Good news, bad news

The bad news is that I'm in bed with the flu. The good news is that I'm staring at my new MacBook Pro as it is synching with my old Powerbook. Another 2 hours and the transfer will be completed and I will be able to do some actual work....

Time to sleep?

No, time to dress up and go to the theatre! Tonight I'm going to see "Me, MySpace and iPod". And after that I will...