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Watch me juggle at the “Werken in Overvloed” seminar

Last week I spoke (In Dutch) at the 'Werken in Overvloed' seminar about work, my career and how there are 'more currencies than money'. I even juggled a few apples. Erno Hannink made a short video and posted it to Youtube. Here it...

Video “Bij ons in de BV”

Yesterday (November 26, 2009) I was a guest in Jort Kelder's new show titled "Bij ons in de BV". I was invited to talk about 'The Perfect Idea' and how to find it. The show is in Dutch and my segment starts at the 28:50...

“There are more currencies than money”

A few years ago Patrick and me were invited to greek Blogger Camp. It was a very inspiring trip and we met a lot of great people. We felt, and were treated, like VIPs and stayed in beautiful hotels, enjoyed great food and partied all night. At that same trip we also met Timothy Ferriss. Yeah, 4 hour workweek Ferriss. He gave a presentation right after me in which he explained his idea about "more currencies than money". What it comes down to is that if you want to do big mountain skiing in...

The little white marble boat

Fabio Viale makes white marble objects that don't look like white marble objects at all. See all his work or just this movie about his little white marble...

Talking Heads

via youtube.com Their first (or one of the first) public...

Atomized Passenger Aircraft Engine

via todayandtomorrow.net...

The Piano Has Been Drinking

via youtube.com When I was 15 I found an audio tape with a bunch of weird songs. One of them was this song by Tom Waits. It was unlike any other song I had ever heard. I was so impressed by his imagination to come up with the idea of the concept of a drunk...

The Average Person Is Always Right

"the average person (and, thereby, common sense) is right almost all the time.  it correctly predicts that most new products will be failures, because most new products ARE failures.  What it can never predict, in fact is 100% wrong about every time, is a GOOD new idea.  It will always miss those."via ilounge.com...