Technology Trendwatcher of the Year
Last night I was awarded the 2010 Specialist TWOTY Technology award. It was a nice ceremony which ended in a great party with way too much champagne. I’m very proud to have received this award and had a hard time saying something useful when i received it on stage. This is what the jury said about me: Winnaar: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten: De kunst van het trendwatchen Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten is een zakenman en heeft zich het bloggen en het duiden van kansen op het word wide web en het mobiele web eigengemaakt. Met de Next Web en...
read moreWatch 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...
read moreVideo “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...
read more“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 Andes then you shouldn’t spend...
read moreThe 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...
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