Category Archives: New Media and the World

Important changes are abound. From the small scale changes that news reporting is going through, to the major changes that our world is experiencing. Sometimes change is good, sometimes is certainly isn’t. But always, change is you.

Tagging the real world – steal this idea

photo credit: tgkohn New phones and technology allow for crazy intersections between the real life and the online/virtual one. With Google’s Android and especially the challenge to win lots of cash and adoration, many ideas have surfaced. Like Bubbles, which is basically, a location based Twitter. You can enter a status message, which is then [...]

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Travelling outside of the box

Take the plane. Fly a few times around the world. Get out. Enjoy the future. Cool isn’t it. You will only have travelled a few nanoseconds into the future, but hey, time-travellers can’t be choosers. Magnify this setup, and you are really on your way. Richard Branson is working on something that might get you [...]

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NLP, the world model

I finally followed up on one of my earlier action items and got me a Dutch book about Neuro-Linguistic Programming (I don’t think it’s available in English). I’m not even halfway yet, but I must admit, it is a very interesting read. As a disclaimer, I would like to point out one of the things [...]

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Mobility is back

Two and a half years ago, I bought myself the Sony Ericsson K750i. It was an upgrade from the Pininfarina designed Samsung SGH-N400. The one with the automatic antenna gimmick. While the Samsung’s design still holds up to today’s standards, its features are sorely lacking. Probably, that’s why it never got the attention it deserved. [...]

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Terre-neuve

There certainly is no lack of good holiday destinations. But yesterday, another one was added to the pile. Newfoundland, Canada. It is not _that_ far from Europe, a 4 hour flight should get you there. And if you’re looking for mother nature, it looks stunning. I spent a few hours on the Virtual Tourist pages [...]

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The dream job

Why is it, you can’t get out of bed in the morning? Why do you prefer to just do nothing, instead of actually getting some work done? Even if you had the guts to just get up, go see your boss and quit, how would you know the next job is going to be any [...]

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