Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Now THIS is what they should teach in school!

We are all addicted to this little game at the office. I only wish they would have given me this while in school, before I dropped out. Play at your own risk: UPDATE: forgot to mention (thanks Patrick) that we discovered this game by using the new version of Fleck. The new version allows you to share everything you find and annotate with groups. Works very...

What Am I?

I studied art from 1990 till 1997. During that time I made a lot of work and started a lot of projects. I still have lots of stuff stacked away at my and my parents house. Officially I'm an artist. That is what I studied. Sometimes I meet people I studied with and often they ask me, cautiously; 'So euh, do you do anything with art these days'. The question always confuses me. What they want to know is whether I paint, make sculptures and hang out in galleries. The typical art stuff. And I...

IPAN: Leaving as chairman

In the beginning of 2008 I will be handing over my title of 'Chairman' at IPAN to the next lucky guy. I have a pretty good idea of who that could be but in the end the members of IPAN will have to decide about that with their votes. I have been the chairman of IPAN for more than two years and it is time for a new team to take over now. The official event where members will vote on the new chairman will take place in early 2008. But on Tuesday, December 4, I will host an informal farewell...

Connectivity as a Utility and other news

There were two news items that made a huge impression on me this week. The first was that Apple sales of Leopard exceeded sales of Vista in Japan in October. Apple has been a niche player for decades but this might be a turning point: In the six days after Leopard's 26 October launch, combined single-user licence (46 per cent) and family pack (7.9 per cent) sales accounted for 53.9 per cent of the total OS-only market in Japan. However, at Microsoft, Windows sales fell from 75.3 per...

My Blog on an iPhone

If you own an iPhone you can now read this blog optimized for it. I installed the iWPhone WordPress Plugin and Theme by ContentRobot which automatically shows you an optimized theme if you are visiting this blog on an iPhone. Installing it was very easy and my blog looks very nice on the iPhone now. They should offer this software to every site...

Bowlr, the US version!

Some of you know that we are planning a Bowlr.NL event here in Amsterdam on January 31, 2008 which, with 42 participating teams, is pretty much sold out. But tonight we also announce our San Francisco Bowlr.US event which will take place on February 7, 2008. This is our official (well...) Press Release: PRESSRELEASE - Amsterdam, November 20, 2007 Bowlr.US: THE bowling event for the Internet Industry On februari 7, 2008 a crowd of internet entrepreneurs will show up at the Seabowlr in...

The Organization Paradox

I'm disorganized. Yes it is true. I am disorganized and proud of it. As I grow older I tend to get less organized too. When I was younger I tried to get organized. I tried several systems, bought filling cabinets and folders and dreamed of an organized life. Now I know better. A few things changed and I'm going to tell you how I live with disorganization and still manage to move forward. Email Managing email is a lot of work so stop doing it. Yep, that is how simple it really is. When I...

Amsterdam Style: Tessa!

Tessa got spotted on her way to the Post CS building (where my office is) a few days ago by the people from Dam Style blog. They thought she was representative for hip Dutch girls and asked if they could make a photo of...