Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Fun in Greece at Blogger Camp 2008

Patrick and me having fun near the pool at Greek Blogger Camp 2008: I just did a presentation here which several people filmed and will upload to Youtube later. Other speakers were Matt Mullenweg and Timothy Ferris. As you can see we are having a very good...

No future in Wi-Fi?

Well, that is sorta what I said on Amsterdam local...

Nationaal ICT Event 2008 (-50%)

Dutch only message: Zoals eerder beschreven ben ik op 22 mei (ja ja, morgen al!) dagvoorzitter bij het Nationaal ICT Event 2008. Er zijn een hoop leuke sprekers en het zou leuk zijn als het NOG drukker zou zijn als afgelopen jaren. Heb je zin om te komen meld dan je dan aan als mijn relatie en je krijgt 50% korting op de 99 euro toegangsprijs. Gewoon 'Boris' invullen bij 'couponcode' in het inschrijfformulier en je betaald dus maar 50 euro. Hopelijk tot...

Kings of Code!

Developers are cool. They know stuff that I don't. I look up to developers. I would love to be a great developer! I can build stuff in PHP but don't actually 'understand' it like real developers do. In other words, I'm not a King of Code. But that doesn't mean I can't enjoy the Kings of Code gathering on May 27 in Amsterdam! In fact, as one of the initiators of the event, I must be there! Yeah, the Kings of Code gathering is an event by developers for developers with developers. There...

Slurpr demo for Werner Vogels

Yesterday evening I had some people over for dinner including Werner Vogels. He is the CTO of Amazon.com. He noticed my Slurpr and wanted to know what it does and how it worked. I showed the device and told him all about it. Then he persuaded me to pitch the device on video for him. This was at the end of the evening after a lot of champagne and wine and I was very tired. The result: ...

Cool Video Effects by Eelke Dekker

Check this movie (Dutch only) by Eelke Dekker who does amazing work with video. If you need a movie for something and want it to look cooler and hipper than usual stuff consider hiring Eelke. The interview was done by Frank from frankwatching.com but unfortunately he is not visible in the video. I like the effect of the fast moving background. I actually sat there on that bench for about 30 minutes for the interview and after that they filmed the background for another 30 minutes and then...

Public Speaking

These days I seem to be spending a lot of time on stage at various events. Yesterday I moderated a session at Achmea about communities and innovation. Next week (May 22) I will moderate the National ICT Event in Utrecht and on May 30 I will fly to Greece to speak at Greek Blogger Camp 2008. Other speakers at Greek Blogger Camp will be Timothy Ferris and Matt Mullenweg and it will take place at the fabulous Ios Palace hotel which is located on the golden sand beaches of Mylopotas. No, I am...

My Information Diet

On October 4, 2007 I blogged about the fact that I had given up on television. I had accidently cancelled my cable connection so although the television itself was still working it didn't show anything. We got used to not having tv pretty soon. Occasionally people will talk about something which I can't place and then it turns out to be a commercial I dot know about or a television personality I have never seen. But besides those little inconveniences we do just fine. Now I have another...