Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

CrossMediaGames 2007

L1001011.jpg. Photo by Guido van Nispen. There was a conference scheduled in Club 11 at the Post CS building. Our office is there too so I decided to take a quick peek at CrossMediaGames 2007 and say hello to some people. Guido van Nispen was there too and took this photo while I was trying to get him a cup of...

Sprout Movie

Sprout Movie. Photo by Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten. Yesterday the friendly people from Sprout magazine came over to shoot a video interview with me for their website. Just before the interview began I took this photo. The interview took 30 minutes and I also did a (very) short demo of...

How do I get in shape, fast!

In 3 weeks I'm going skiing. I'm in terrible shape. If I run up just one set of stairs I need a 5 minute break to catch my breath again. Tonight I'm playing squash with mr Ashes and I hope the exercise will help a bit. But I'm not sure. So what should I do to get in shape, in time? Should I give up? Start jogging? Get more sleep? What do you...

No ‘Wow’ for MS Executives?

Seth Godin points us to a photo in the Times which shows the faces of the Microsoft executives about to launch Vista. They don't look like the enjoy themselves. They don't seem to think "Wow!" as in "The 'WOW' starts now". Maybe this is what they were thinking... [Click the photo to enlarge] UPDATE: I emailed the photo to Seth Godin and he replied (within 2 minutes): "you left off 'when' it's very very...

The Future of Social Networking, and the Web…

Plaxo is one of the coolest companies on the planet. Really! I admit that I didn't always feel about Plaxo this way. Once, Plaxo was a textbook example of how NOT to handle users. I remember a time when I received several 'friendly reminders' a week from unsuspecting Plaxo members. They simply changed one character and without any warning the Plaxo server sent out hundreds of messages to everybody in their addressbook. But a few months ago Plaxo CEO Ben Golub publicly apologized to,...

Serendipity and a farmer’s daughter…

Photo by lenia. I often talk about Serendipity. People sometimes call me lucky and I don't like that. Being lucky means sitting at home hoping that one day you win the lottery. Serendipity is more subtle and requires more effort than luck. Anyway, here is the earliest use for the word from the Wikipedia entry for Serendipity: "I once read a silly fairy tale, called The Three Princes of Serendip: as their highnesses travelled, they were always making discoveries, by accidents...

Spunk: even Loïs made it to the video!

Check this video by Spunk.nl. They partycrashed the Web2.0 awards party and made a funny video. They even interviewed Loïs! Spunk -- Incest 2.0 And no, the title doesn't relate to...

Boris, Loïs and Faye playing Pinball…

Boris, Loïs and Faye. Photo by Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten. This is me with Loïs and Faye playing Pinball at the Innovation Factory party of Han Gerrits which took place last...