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Technology Development: Trains & Hitchhiking

Friday, April 17, 2009

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Technology Development: Trains & Hitchhiking

Most people think software development is like traveling to a certain destination by train: You set a goal, pack your bags, board the train, and the only variable between you and your goal is the speed of the train. Unless the whole thing derails, you end up where you were planning on going. Unfortunately software development is [...]

‘That will do’ never does.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

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‘That will do’ never does.

Do you ever find yourself thinking ‘That will do’? I do and have learned to accept it as a warning sign. ‘That will do’ means you are about to deliver something below par. If you find yourself about to walk away from a job that seems just good enough you should stop yourself and think about what [...]

Multiple Personality Disorder

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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Thijs Wolzak made this portrait of me for [xtra], the XS4ALL magazine for business clients, which gets distributed to 60.000+ clients. They published an article about The Next Web Conference titled The Next Web Thing in which I talk about the future of the web and what people can expect from the conference: The original article [...]

Only XXX days left!

Sunday, March 22, 2009

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I’m getting nervous. And for a good reason. Right now we are preparing ourselves for the 4th edition of The Next Web Conference. We expect close to a 1000 participants this year which means we will have to work harder than ever before. We have a great line-up of international speakers and great events planned. Now all [...]

Gurus #11: Twitter Special with Francisco van Jole

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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Yesterday I was interviewed by Francisco van Jole in my own show. We talked about Twitter. Enjoy:

GURUS #9 with Ronnie Overgoor

Sunday, March 1, 2009

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This is GURUS #9 with Ronnie Overgoor:

Bowlr interview @ AT5

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

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More information at Bowlr.nl

Hiatuses Increasing Aversion Effect

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

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Most blogs die after a few months. Its a fact of life. Some people think it is a matter of writers block - or Bloggers Block in this case - and you can find a lot of great articles on how to find inspiration for your blog and battle BlogBlock. My guess (and experience) isn’t that [...]

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