Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Beta 3 – Fleck 2.0

We are extremely busy with The Next Web Conference 2008 but that doesn't mean we don't work on our other projects too. If you feel lucky you might want to play around with our new and improved Fleck.com service. Officially in beta at http://beta3.fleck.com/ Screenshot: Uploaded with plasq's...

A mustache for Amsterdam

Kevin Rose has promised to grow mustache for the Amsterdam Diggnation show. He just posted that on pownce (“Finished taping Diggnation — Alex and I agreed to grow mustaches for the Amsterdam show… damn it, what have I gotten myself into… ”). We decided to follow their example. Here is a preview of what you can expect: Going to the conference too? Grow your mustache too or bring a fake...

Speaking at Plugg in Brussels today

Today I will be speaking at Plugg in Brussels, Belgium. I'm a guest in the Entrepreneur Panel with these people: Simon McDermott from Attentio, Andrej Nabergoj from Noovo and Rodrigo Sepúlveda from Vpod.tv. We will discuss these open questions: "conducting web business and raising venture capital in Europe, and how does it differ from the rest of the world? Without having the vibrant ecosystem in Silicon Valley, will Europe ever manage to produce multi-billion dollar internet companies?...

The Next Web 2008: Chris Saad!

In only 16 days The Next Web Conference will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This means that I spend all my time to prepare for the event. Just posted this blog to The Next Web Blog: Chris Saad 'contemplating the future'Chris Saad is the Co-Founder and Chairperson at DataPortability.org and CEO of Faraday Media and will be one of our keynote speakers during The Next Web Conference. Ernst-Jan wrote about Chris and his DataPortability project here before in a post titled "How to...

Next Web Conference Notes (and discount!)

On April 3 & 4 we will host another edition of The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We are very busy preparing everything. We expect 700+ visitors and a lot of exciting news and speakers. Check out more information on http://2008.thenextweb.org and regular updates on The Next Web Blog. For people who have been following me here I also have a special discount. If you want to visit the conference and have been reading my blog and want a good discount contact me or leave a...

The Future of Web Apps: More Browsers

As broadband becomes ubiquitous it becomes more and more interesting to use online applications. Your data is safe and always available and you don't have to worry about software versions and back-ups. Recently I have started to move my important documents to Google Docs. The fact that is is so easy to work together on stuff without emailing attachments, losing sight of versions and keeping everything safe makes it a huge improvement over the old application/document model. I also use Google...

Don’t Hang Up Boris!

Just heard an internet entrepreneur complain about his parents' use of their mobile phones. They switch them off when they are at home and often forget to turn them on when they leave the house. Our generation carries a mobile phone at all times and sometimes doesn't even have a home phone. This is hard to explain to our parents and other older people. The entrepreneur urged them to simply keep the phone on at all times which they warily refused. They told him they didn't like the prospect of...

Learn, unlearn and relearn

About a month ago I received this quote in my inbox from Max Shapiro that I can't seem to get out of my head. "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn." -- Alvin Toffler I think I'm still young but even I am sometimes overwhelmed by new technologies and get tired at the thought of having to 'unlearn' my old habits and 'relearn' another new exciting technique. They say you are never too old to learn...