Celebrate little successes

Take a moment, recharge and move on

Celebrate little successes

When you are in the middle of a project or starting/growing a company, you are laser-focused on the end goal. Every [...]
“I have a dream”

Martin Luther King Jr

“I have a dream”

Today, America celebrates and remembers the great Martin Luther King Jr. I spent 5 minutes listening to his [...]
LG’s rollable TV

This is what I always wanted

LG’s rollable TV

Last year, I fell in love with LG’s rollable TV prototype they brought to CES and this year they were back [...]
Retro gaming: Test Drive

Drive drive drive

Retro gaming: Test Drive

Test Drive was the first real racing game I used to play on my Commodore 128. You race on streets against either an [...]
Hyper-Reality

Living in an AR world

Hyper-Reality

This video caught my eye this week. It’s a short film made by Keiichi Matsuda. He describes it as [...]
The road not taken

Keep your eyes on the prize

The road not taken

A long time ago, I was chatting with an HR manager at Philips. He was a veteran. At the time Shapeways was a [...]
VCs are not always on your side

Keep that in mind when you fundraise

VCs are not always on your side

Last week, there was much debate in tech about an article from the NY Times. It was about a movement of not taking [...]
Decentralization to centralization

Blockchain and crypto can be a solution

Decentralization to centralization

This morning I was reading an article by Chris Dixon (VC at a16z) at Wired. I wholeheartedly agree with his [...]
Holland != Netherlands and that’s fine

It’s complicated

Holland != Netherlands and that’s fine

The Netherlands is a tiny country with only 17 million people. Most people in the US would not even be able to [...]
Explore ISS

Street view of the space station

Explore ISS

I’ve a fascination with the ISS and I just discovered that Google Maps has a custom street view of the ISS. [...]