Category: Thoughts
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Innovation Bias – Or – On Growing Older
I’ve not been not in the IT industry for very long – almost 10 years if I include university, around 7 if I only count professional work – but I have the impression that new things have a lower wow effect on me than before. I believe I’m getting a bit older and sort of…
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IFTTT: The API Of The Web
IFTTT means “If This, Then That” and it’s a website that allows you to create recipes that do things automatically. A few examples: Save any new photo I upload to Flickr to Dropbox Send me a SMS tomorrow at 10 reminding me to buy milk Automatically send any new post on my blog to Twitter.…
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The Case For A Paperless World
Producing paper is expensive not only because we always need more trees to cut (which in most cases are cultivated for that purpose), but because the process requires a lot of energy, water and chemicals. Recycling saves a ton of energy, but we still need lots of water and chemicals. Moreover, paper happens to be…
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The Desktop On Windows RT Won’t Last
I was tempted to buy a Nexus 7. The price is so low it’s almost at impulse-buy level, but I figured I should wait to see the first Windows RT tablets in October, despite being scared by Windows 8. So I started reasoning on why I should want a Windows tablet. The first thing that…
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Volunia: Back From The Dead?
What. The. Hell. Remember the Volunia Launch? Everyone and their cat pointed out that the launch was a disaster from a communication/marketing perspective, and that the site looked like something from the nineties. Since then, the graphic appearance of the social search engine has changed slightly – not enough in my opinion, but at least…