Boris @ Les 3 Vallées
I’m currently skiing in Les 3 Vallées in France with Daniel J. Ashes and Planet Edo (more on that later). There isn’t much snow but that makes offpiste skiing even more challenging and fun. This photo was made my Mr. Ashes on one of the highest mountains in Les 3 Valées. The skis I have rented are the best ever! I’m seriously considering buying them because I feel like a professional skier with them. Only problem is they will probably still be expensive. If you look at a higher resolution photo you can actually see me...
read moreFree WordPress Plugin: “100 SEO tips”
I have just published the “100 SEO tips” WordPress plugin I mentioned before. You can get it at The Next Web Blog. While you are over there please Digg the article and leave a comment with your Blog URL if you installed...
read moreIs This a Feature OR a Company?
I have often heard people (including myself) say “That isn’t enough to build a company on. That is just a feature”. In theory it is good to think about this. Is your idea or technology something you can build a company on or just something interesting that might be added to another company or product? But in reality things work differently. Yahoo started as a page with links to websites. Can you imagine that someone said “Yeah that is nice. But it is just a feature. You can’t build a company on a page with...
read moreNew projects: WordPress Plug-in & Captchatising.com
I started working on two new projects today. 1: Captchatising.com As you might have noticed on The Next Web Blog we use the names of our advertisers instead of random characters. Easier for people to understand, great for our advertisers and just as hard for spammers. Today Diederik persuaded me to actually start a new project to develop this for other blogs too. We will build the platform and try to attract advertisers to advertise on blogs hosting our CAPTCHAs. Now we only have to find someone to build it and someone to manage it....
read moreA good deed never goes unpunished
A few days ago I received a message from Mark de Kock (@markies on Twitter) who told me that he was planning on auctioning off his 10.000th Tweet (or tweed, twit or twitter?) on eBay for a good cause. He asked if I would be interested in bidding too. I checked out the auction and quickly decided to bid something. To be honest I didn’t plan on winning this auction. I was sure others would follow and quickly overbid me. But, as Gore Vidal once said, ‘A good deed never goes unpunished’ and within a few days I received a message...
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