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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 [...]

Achieving (and living with) Perfect Knowledge

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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Achieving (and living with) Perfect Knowledge

On September 21 I was relaxing in the sun with Tessa and Loïs. I was drinking Tonic water which is flavored with quinine which gives it a distinctively bitter taste. Loïs wanted to taste it and Tessa wondered out loud ‘do you think quinine could be bad for children?’. I thought “Well, maybe it is. Quinine [...]

The Flying Boat

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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The Flying Boat

Imagine an entrepreneur, lets call him Jack, talking to his partners: “Let’s cross the ocean together! We could do that! We could discover undiscovered countries and become rich! All we have to do is build a boat. We are qualified, experienced and motivated. Jim, you have experience with the open sea and know how to navigate. [...]

Viva la Revolucion!

Saturday, August 9, 2008

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We bought 15 iPhones in San Francisco last year for all our friends. Last Friday Patrick and I went to the T-Mobile store and bought iPhones. They didn’t have them in stock so we will have to wait for a few weeks before we actually get them. There are several reason why you could get [...]

How I’m proved wrong by being right

Friday, August 8, 2008

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Often people tell me their ideas looking for criticism or confirmation. They will pitch me an idea and I will give feedback. I enjoy the process and always try to really put energy into wrapping my head around an idea. Lately I have been experiencing an interesting side effect of giving feedback during pitches; the opposite [...]

V3.com VS TwitterCounter.com

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

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In 1997 I started working on an idea I had for a redirect service based on domains from Tonga. I registered come.to, surf.to and welcome.to and together with two friends (Hans-Poul and Eric) we started a company called V3.com. We ended up selling our company in 1999 to Fortunecity. That is a short version of that [...]

My presentation at Sprout ChallengerDay 2007

Monday, August 4, 2008

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Last year I did a presentation during Sprout ChallengerDay on November 1, 2007. I talked about innovation, big companies and told an anecdote about how hard it is for big companies to innovate. More than 500 people were there and it was the first edition of the ‘Sprout ChallengerDay’ event. I just received the video [...]

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