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Archive | May, 2008

Fun in Greece at Blogger Camp 2008

Saturday, May 31, 2008

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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 time…

No future in Wi-Fi?

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

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Well, that is sorta what I said on Amsterdam local TV:

Nationaal ICT Event 2008 (-50%)

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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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 [...]

Kings of Code!

Monday, May 19, 2008

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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 [...]

Slurpr demo for Werner Vogels

Saturday, May 17, 2008

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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. [...]

Cool Video Effects by Eelke Dekker

Thursday, May 15, 2008

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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 [...]

Public Speaking

Thursday, May 15, 2008

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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 [...]

My Information Diet

Friday, May 9, 2008

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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 [...]

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