How To Turn A Gadget Into A Tool
Boulevard du Temple, taken by Daguerre in late 1838 or early 1839 in Paris, was the first photograph of a person. The image shows a busy street, but because exposure time was over ten minutes, the traffic was moving too much to appear. The exception is the man at the bottom left, who stood still getting his boots polished long enough to show. (click photo to enlarge) Gadgets are cool. Some tools are cool too. I like owning beautiful and useful tools and gadgets. But I also think that tools are overrated. The quality of your creation is only...
read moreSeedcamp!
About a week ago, Saul Klein (Index ventures) and Reshma Sohoni (3i) started a new pan European initiative for startups and talented entrepreneurs titled SeedCamp. Read the initial Seedcamp post for more information about this great initiative. At The Next Web 2008 edition we will host Showcases of successful/promising European companies, just like we did on the 2006 and 2007 edition where previously Netvibes, Hyves, esnips, Widsets, Respectance, Zyb, Mobiya, eBuddy and several other hot start-ups presented their companies on main stage for...
read moreSideNight: O’Reilly and Friends
Last night we hosted a SideNight at my house for Brady Forrest and Jen Pahlka from O’Reilly Media. They were visiting Amsterdam to get in touch with the European webscene in advance of their Web2.0 Expo in Berlin. We had a great evening and I want to thank everybody for being there. Blog post by Mark de Kock: The next web O Reilly dinner Photos by Thomas van der Weerd on Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/thms/ Photos by Marjolijn Hoekstra on...
read moreThe Next Web O’Reilly dinner
Brady Forrest and Jen Pahlka off O’Reilly Media are visiting Amsterdam to get in touch with the European webscene in advance of their Web2.0 Expo in Berlin.A good reason to invite some people over for dinner.Other guests are Onno Bakker eBuddy, Terry Mader (UPC), Marco Derksen (Marketingfacts), Don Crowley (blognation), Annette Knijnenberg (ilse Media), Toon Branbergen (ilse Media), Oscar Kneppers (Bright), Nicolette van Dijk (Elsevier), Ammy Vogtlander (BlueInsights), Robert Gaal (Wakoopa), Wouter Broekhof (Wakoopa), Mark de Kock, Yme...
read moreFlock – New Version!
Flock just launched a new version (0.9) of its browser. I’m going to give it a try again. Flock wasn’t doing to well as a Browser company but have revamped their website, rethought their focus and are coming back with a simpler and less techy browser. Give it a try: Flock – the social web...
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