Plan B

It’s good to have one

Plan B

I’ve a rule and that’s to always have plan B no matter how certain particular path, project or goal is. [...]
Year mix 2018 by Armin van Buuren

EDM/Trance

Year mix 2018 by Armin van Buuren

I love EDM and more specifically the trance genre. It goes by many names like progressive trance, uplifting trance, [...]
The path is never straight

Keep your eye on the prize

The path is never straight

One of the things, I’ve learned with running startups is that the path to any strategic goal is never [...]
Digital archive and tags

Classification is more flexible than folder organization

Digital archive and tags

There used to be a time I meticulously kept a contact list, but nowadays when I need to reach someone I spoke with [...]
Cadence

The heartbeat of a company

Cadence

If you release products, it’s good to have a cadence in your company. The cadence is a regular interval to [...]
Xiaomi’s foldable phone

Displays are the next frontier

Xiaomi’s foldable phone

This week Xiaomi posted a short video of foldable phone prototype. It’s a super interesting concept. OLED [...]
Retro gaming: Boulder Dash

Find those diamonds

Retro gaming: Boulder Dash

Many hours I played Boulder Dash on my Commodore 128. It’s a puzzle game and the objective is to collect all [...]
robert [at] schouwenburg [dot] com

Defeating spam

robert [at] schouwenburg [dot] com

Remember there was a time where we spelled our email addresses as <name> at <domain> [dot] com on [...]
Separation of responsibilities

Growing your startup

Separation of responsibilities

One of the biggest challenges in a fast-growing company is that you’re in a constant mode of re-organization [...]
Social media justice

Dystopian futures

Social media justice

The other day, I was watching The Orville on Hulu – great show. You could describe it as a funny Star Trek [...]