Less is more

Skipping the news cycle

Yesterday, The New Yorker published an article called “The Urgent Quest for Slower, Better News“. The author argues the case for his want of a slower, more in-depth news. He writes: Media outlets have been reduced to fighting over a shrinking share of our attention online; as Facebook, Google, and other tech platforms have come […]

Challenging the status quo

What if a subway works like an airline?

To get on the subway, you would book a seat in advance. You pay extra to sit close to the door. When the day of travel comes, you open the subway app and click on a button to “confirm” you will be actually taking that seat you paid for. Diligently the app reminds you to […]

Maybe it is just me

I dread calling companies

I dread calling companies. It is not about customer service agents. I am always polite, patient and understanding. I make it a point to treat them as valuable people, just like how I liked to be treated. This is not what I want to talk about. No, my problem is that helpdesks are still organized […]
Living without stuff for a month

It changed me forever

Living without stuff for a month

The other day, I was reading Albert’s post Freedom from Wanting and it reminded me of the time we moved to [...]
Headphones and personal area stereo

Music while you work

Headphones and personal area stereo

I came across this post Personal Area Stereo by Dave Thomas via Uses This. He starts off with: “I like [...]
The old days: solving latency problems on internet-over-satellite connections

Browsing the web with 250ms latency is impossible

The old days: solving latency problems on internet-over-satellite connections

In general, I am in favor of taking small iterative steps towards improving the product and fixing any problems. [...]
Virtual money

The new normal for generation Z

Virtual money

My 9-year old son asked me this weekend if we could go to the toy store. I asked him why. He told me that he wanted [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]