Gaming was never the same
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Retro gaming: DOOM (1993)
This is my favorite post to write every week. Initially, I wanted to post this series on Fridays but it turned out [...]
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Email bankruptcy is no excuse
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Inbox zero vs inbox infinity
An article from the Atlantic was making the rounds this week. It makes a case for letting go of inbox zero and just [...]
You could just use a mailinglist
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Alternative to Facebook
I’ve written about this topic before, but we lost something powerful when social networks turned into social [...]
Funding the crypto economy
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VC as central bank in crypto networks?
This morning, I woke up with a post from Joel Monegro of Placeholder VC on funding crypto networks. It’s [...]
Less flat, slightly elevated
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Site update 1.1
One of the fun things you can do when you run your own blog is that you update your theme. I’m a big fan of [...]
Currency is just one of the attributes
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Crypto economies
Over the weekend, I was reading the cryptoeconomic circle post by Joel Monegro in which he gives a great break-down [...]
Displays are the next big shift in tech
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Looking Glass 3D display
After a successful Kickstarter campaign in July, Looking Glass has started shipping their 3D display and people have been posting little videos of the things they’re trying. It’s super creative and fun to watch. Here are a couple of videos: I’m a big believer that the next big shift will result from display technology. Some […]
The birth of video games
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Retro gaming: Pong
This is the very first video game, I’ve ever played. I was around 6 or 7 years old when my dad brought it home. I think he bought it from a co-worker and thought it would be fun for me. He was right of course although I think he was as much into it as […]
Did I miss much?
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A year without social media
Last year, I decided to quit social networks for a year. I stopped using Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. I didn’t delete my accounts, just the apps and disabled all email notifications. About once a week, I checked Facebook and Instagram to see what was up from a web browser. I never engaged, never followed anyone […]
Lowering the barrier of entry
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Openness drives innovation
Yesterday, someone asked why I’m so much in favor of open systems. In his opinion much of the value was created through closed systems. And he’s right, you know. But many of these closed systems can exist and scale because of open systems. Just imagine the following: You can create a shopping site and reach […]