August 26th, 2008
This post contains the best tip of your life. I realize that’s quite a bold statement, especially coming from a 22-year old chap. But it’s really important, since it’s the one tip you DON’T want to hear.
It’s just after five ‘o clock in the afternoon when the first kite surfers hit the water. They’ve escaped their cubicles to jump over San Franciscan ferries. I’m on the run as well. After the three-day conference Supernova, I’m about ready to admire a…
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August 19th, 2008
Kevin Kelly’s legendary essay about a 1000 true fans was an eye-opener for many people who had been trying to live from what they love to do most. He wrote that whether you’re a blogger, musician, aspiring film maker, or painter: you’re in need of a 1000 fans who are willing to spend 100 dollars per year on your work (acquisitions, merchandise, donations, tickets, you name it).
Since this article was published, many people started thinking of ways to reach and…
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August 14th, 2008
How can you use your corporate blog to promote your company? Even when you don’t have anything to blog about company-wise? Last week I interviewed Yakov Sadchikov from visual search engine Quintura, a Russian-based start-up, about these questions. He surely knows the answers to them, as his corporate blog is often featured on major tech news outlets like Techmeme and TechCrunch.
Good corporate blogging leads to indirect benefits
“In general, the company releases a new service or version once every…
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August 10th, 2008
There’s a weird contradiction surrounding Twitter. If you’re a heavy user, most of your social life consists of the conversations on the microblogging service. Yet when you go to a random bar, nobody in there knows about the damn tool. It’s everything and nothing at the same time.
Now let’s think of a your blog as a bar. The percentage of people knowing about Twitter is probably somewhat higher than in an average bar - yet most of your readers…
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August 6th, 2008
I’m a fan of the Rolling Stones. I went to their “Bigger Bang” concert in Budapest and had a blast. One of my friends knows about this strange worshiping of sixty year olds. To celebrate this somewhat freaky phenomenon, she once bought me a Stones tie. This garment was supposed to give me a rock ‘n’ roll appearance. Truth be told, I hated the thing. Only wore it once, for guilty consciousness-minded reasons.
Why did I hate that piece of merchandise?…
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August 4th, 2008
I’ve been blogging on dutchproblogger.com for five months now. I’m delighted by the amount of comments and inspiring discussions, yet I’m not completely satisfied about a couple of things:
- Too personal - although this is my personal blog, I still want to offer more information that is relevant for every reader. Thus I’ll post more blog tips and less personal stories. Moreover, I’ve highlighted the last blog tip by featuring it on the frontpage
- The frequency of posts - sometimes I wrote two posts a…
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June 29th, 2008
Lenny Kravitz used to be my music hero. When I was seventeen, I had all his albums lined up in my CD rack - knowing them by heart. When I missed a holiday flirt, I used to listen to Again and when high school drove me nuts, Fly Away was the logical choice.
But during the last couple of years, this love has faded a bit. I started listening to music that can be qualified as “less mainstream” and forgot about the…
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June 18th, 2008
As you might have read on my Twitter page I’m currently in San Francisco to attend the Supernova 2008 conference with Patrick and Arjen. After my visit to the Web 2.0 Expo I didn’t expect to be here so soon again - yet as you can imagine: I don’t really mind!
Supernova is a conference that really digs deep in the theories behind the network age. That attracts an interesting crowd and I got to meet some people who I only used to…
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May 30th, 2008
Ladies and gentlemen, here’s some music for the weekend! The Rumble Strips! My weekend actually hasn’t begun yet, as I’m working on the first chapter of my ebook about blogging. Earlier today, I interviewed Edwin van Mijsbergen from ZBdigitaal about the archive function of blogs. He said some interesting things, which I’ll share with you later. For now, I wish you an excellent weekend and hope to contribute to it by presenting this indie sensation from British town Tavistock. They’ve found…
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May 28th, 2008
Yes that’s right, I’m working on an ebook and a conference about blogging. Both will be in Dutch, as I think the English speaking people have enough resources on their hand. Most Dutch people also speak English, yet I feel a local approach is the right way to go. There are major differences between the US and Dutch blogosphere, only the differences in size would be enough reason to go Dutch. Most of the ebook and conference coverage will be…
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