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I am an all-round geek, interested in the impact of modern technology on our daily lives and the social changes that follow. This tumblog is dedicated to the things I do and like.
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Heel vette animatie die toont hoe bedrijven persoonlijke informatie opslaan als we technologie gebruiken. Waanzinnig knap gemaakt.
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The Pirates of Silicon Valley is not only a film about how Steve Jobs and Bill Gates founded their startups in the early days, it’s also an epic...
Apple, please — please — kill analog educational textbooks (softly)
Rumors are spreading all over the internet of an upcoming Apple event next Thursday.
Apple is slated to announce the fruits of its labor on improving the use of technology in education at its special media event on Thursday, January 19. While speculation has so far centered on digital textbooks, sources close to the matter have confirmed to Ars that Apple will announce tools to help create interactive e-books—the “GarageBand for e-books,” so to speak—and expand its current platform to distribute them to iPhone and iPad users.
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A school is a lot of people together. Based on that simple idea we created the poster for Stad & Esch’s Open Day.
Making it up as we go along is another one of those great ChangeThis manifestos. But this one in particular I really like. Because it is the way I work; the way I act; the way I live. That way of working is often criticized. We (society) tend(s) to overvalue ‘planning’ and rational thinking. I firmly believe sometimes — if not always — making things up as we go along and trusting intuition more is the key for society to advance.
It is a common theory that successful people live their lives like a project plan, so we struggle to shape our lives along a pre-determined path. Instead, Oliver asserts that that the majority of people, many of them very successful, make it up as they go along. This smart manifesto offers a convincing and well-researched argument encouraging us to do a little drifting.
Precisely a week ago Nemo Science Center was once again the host for a very special gathering of youth: TEDxYouth@Amsterdam. The 2011 event was — just like last year — a big succes. Click the photo for an impression.
The Holstee Manifesto is probably the best ever created. You have probably stumbled over it a few times. Its message is very strong and simple and leaves me with goosebumps and energized after reading it. And now the people from Holstee have made an even more visual representation of the manifesto. The Holstee Manifesto LifeCycle Video!
