I find the interviewer a little bit too direct and not very mannered, but Hein van der Wielen is very interesting. The technology is there but few people measure and actually react on results. Sounds so simple but I’ve seen it a lot. Marketing teams want numbers but never know what to say if you ask them what numbers they want.
As an old school palm pilot user and fan I can’t wait to get my hands around the new palm. I’m a big apple fan but prefer a normal keypad. Thank god they dropped ms mobile OS I was so disappointed by that.
Watching the wine library TV for a long time and still loving it because of Gary Vaynerchuk’s enthusiasm and passion for wine. Just read an article that he got a very nice book deal. Smart, smart man that is using the internet in a smart way. I like the last sentence: What’s left to see now is whether the beloved Internet magician can turn those exciting new media principles into good, old-fashioned, old-media profits. Read the rest of this entry »
I always loved handhelds. I was one of the first ones who wasted all his money, made on a weekend postal job, on a PSION series 3 and later a Palm 3. Lots more followed and they became integrated with a phone and internet. With the coming of 3G, the iPhone and the google android devices, a user friendly mobile internet for the masses is near. But what will everyone use when mobile internet is widely available? Read the rest of this entry »
The Open ID project is a great initiative. Imagine you can login into all of your application sites (facebook, google apps, vimeo, flickr, blogger, msn) with only one username and password.
Right now if I change my password for gmail I have to go through all my frequently used sites and change each password or I’ll forget or mix up logins. If you use OpenID you only have to change it in one place. Which is nice when you probably have at least 5 or more logins for different frequently used sites).
I heard stories about a control freak Steve Jobs and expected a detached from reality kind of person. But this speech makes me not only love the Apple brand but also admire the person. Read the rest of this entry »