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Personal ideas, insights and other crazy ideas I may harbor.

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The Pokémon Generation

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Bastiaan van de Werk
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When the web was but a weblet we used Gopher not Google to get around. This was the early 90’s. Before 2.0, before Youtube and Facebook. Before homepages even. Read More →

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Brainpower!

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Bastiaan van de Werk
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People parroting the popular claim that we only use 10% of our brain probably speak for themselves. We use all of our brain – fully. Well, at least most of us do.  Read More →

Posted in opinions & ideas | Tagged engineering, innovation, technology, thinking | 4 Replies

Books going the way of the Dodo?

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Bastiaan van de Werk
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This Christmas, for the first time ever, e-books outsold real books at Amazon.com.  Read More →

Posted in opinions & ideas | Tagged books, marketing, products, technology | 3 Replies

Stop the Bibliophiles

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Bastiaan van de Werk
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“At what age should you buy your kids their first computer?”
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Posted in opinions & ideas | Tagged books, education, innovation, opinion, technology | 2 Replies

Bringing Home the Bacon

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Bastiaan van de Werk
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With Christmas approaching many of us will share some turkey, deer or pork with their family and loved ones. There are some that cringe at the thought of our furry and feathery friends ending up on your candle-lit diner plate. Read More →

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Being an Amazon Junkie

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Bastiaan van de Werk
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I am an Amazon junkie and my addiction is getting worse. The number of books I ordered last month from Amazon.com is higher than the total number of books I purchased during the whole of 2006.  Read More →

Posted in opinions & ideas | Tagged books, business, opinion | 5 Replies

Word!

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Bastiaan van de Werk
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Reinko just told me: good stories I like, but yours are too long. Here is a solution: tell stories of exactly 50 words. No more, no less. Read More →

Posted in opinions & ideas | Tagged ideas, storytelling | 3 Replies

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