Last night I slept well for the first time in weeks! What a relief that TEDxAmsterdam could live up to the (mega) high expectations. It was an amazing journey and a fantastic climax with warm words, splendid people and perfect ambiance. Right now we’re releasing one talk each day (first one from Frans Timmermans, about ‘fear’) and I will give you my personal take-aways
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We’ve got everything, yet nobody’s happy
Love this part of a Conan O’Brien interview with comedian Louis C.K. One quote to make you curious: We’re living in an amazing world (with the world’s best technology) and it’s wasted on the crappiest generation of all time.
A PicNic in Amsterdam
This week I’ll be hanging out in “The Westerpark”. Not because I’m choosing a new career as a street musician or as a re-born fisherman. But because I’m attending one of the best conferences in the World: PicNic ’09. This 4-day conference started out under the name of “Cross Media Week”, but covers a lot more subjects than just media and creativity. I’ve been
New York – New Amsterdam
Deze hele week staat in het teken van de 400-jarige relatie tussen Nederland en New York. In september 2009 gaat het in en rondom New York om één man: Henry Hudson. Met tal van activiteiten herdenken de Amerikanen (en Nederlanders) dat 400 jaar geleden deze Engelse zeevaarder als eerste Europeaan de baai van New York binnenvoer en hiervan verslag uitbracht. Omdat Hudson onder Nederlandse
Things that the Internet is killing
Many people think of the Internet as a part of nearly everything. You can’t turn on the radio without hearing a commercial that ends with “please visit WWW (anything) dot com”. It looks like the Internet has added an extra layer to our lifes. Or, has it? Matthew More from The Telegraph wrote a fun article on 50 things that are killed by the
Please slow down your communication
John Freeman has written a wonderful manifesto about slow communication. He talks about the blessings of the Internet age, but then changes the perspective and really makes you think differently. He starts with a quote that might has well been taken from my book (same subject / anecdote): “My friend has just had his PC wired for broadband,” writes the poet Don Paterson. “I
Bobby McFerrin at the World Science Festival
Bobby McFerrin takes the audience at the World Science Festival 2009 on a nice little muscial trip. “A demonstration of expectations” is what he calls it. Just giving them two tones of a pentatonic scale (that’s 5, indeed) and by jumping around he’s not only the conductor but also the solist. Leaving the neuroscientist on stage with just one very scientific question… what the
TEDxAmsterdam at the Royal Tropical Institute
TEDxAmsterdam, an independently organized TED event, will take place November 20, 2009, at the Hermitage Royal Tropical Institute, featuring TED Talks videos, original speakers, and music. “It’s a great honor to host a TEDx event in The Netherlands”, says organizer Jim Stolze. “TED has been around since 1984, but only a handful of Dutch people actually attended a TED conference. Many more of them
My pecha-kucha presentation
For years I’ve been coming to TheNextWeb Conference, hosted by Boris, Patrick and Arjen. This year I was even invited to give a Pecha Kucha presentation. This is specific format where you’re only allowed 20 slides that will be shown for 20 seconds each.
This results in a short, snappy presentation of 6 minutes and forty seconds. I hope you’ll enjoy it:
Living without the Web
A short article by Mads Kristensen from Denmark: “Jim Stolze has written one of the most interesting posts, I have read for a very long time. And no, it’s not about some new cool gadget, service, application or website. It’s about going completely offline and trying to live a life without access to the web for one month. His tale is revealing in more