Apple Mac OS XIV?
An incredible video of what could be the future of computer interfacing. I wonder if I would actually use this one day on my folding MacBook Pro with touchscreen monitor and motion sensor and GPS and 12 Megapixel camera and UMTS build in.
read moreYahoo Pipes on BNR
Yesterday I was a guest at De Electronische Eeuw by Herbert Blankesteyn from Business New Radio. Together with Michiel Frackers we discussed Yahoo Pipes. At one moment I told them about a Vanity Search I made with Yahoo Pipes and Herbert replied in dutch “Ok, dus je hebt jezelf ge-piped?” This is funny because ‘Pipes’ if you translate it in dutch is ‘pijpen’. And ‘pijpen’ is also the word for a blow job. Seriously. So Herbert asked me “Ok, so you gave yourself a blow job”. Pretty hard...
read moreNo More BlackBerry Pearl for me…
It is true. Today I switched off my BlackBerry Pearl and re-activated my old and trusted 8700. The Pearl is much lighter and better looking but I just couldn’t really get used to the awkward keyboard. As soon as Vodafone upgrades their software so I can actually photoblog with the Pearl I will switch back again. I don’t like the keyboard but I would be willing to sacrifice a bit if I could actually email the photos I make with the...
read moreNew Word of the Week: Palliative
Last week I learned and wrote about Valorisation. This week I learned about Palliative. Tessa picked up this word at work. She works at a scientific publishing house. The word is used in medicine to describe how a drug works. There are curative, palliative, symptomatic and prophylactic treatments: Curative Serving or tending to cure You actually get better Symptomatic Constituting a symptom, as of a disease You feel better Prophylactic A prophylactic measure such as a vaccine You don’t get sick at all Palliative Treatment that...
read moreStartupping: my Best Decision and Worst Mistake!
A few years ago I was introduced to an entrepreneur by Scott Rafer. I introduced myself as a ‘Serial Entrepreneur’ and he replied ‘How nice. I am a Successful Serial Entrepreneur’. I probably had my mouth open because he immediately apologized and told me he didn’t mean it that way but that it was just an important distinction to make. After all, there are millions of entrepreneurs, a lot of serial entrepreneurs but only a few Successful Serial Entrepreneurs. It was the beginning of my (long distance) friendship...
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