‘Build to last’ is bullcrap, consultants repeat and Startups suck.

Today we live in a world that is innovating exponentially. As a result, companies need to innovate more aggressively. In the old world, a company could “catch a next train” to catch up innovative developments. In the “new” world, that would be impossible. What’s the difference? Gary Hamel explained that already a decade ago… companies are either ‘in’ the innovation or you have to buy a company to be… Continue reading... | 6 Comments

Learn to read and pronounce Korean Hangul in 2 days

You don’t need a black belt in Taekwondo to master the Korean language, actually… reading Hangul (Korean writing) is surprisingly easy!

That’s the main point I am trying to make in this post. While the Korean characters seem complex at first, they are easy to read within one week. Skip the touristic English metro maps, and start learning the way the correct way!

Truth is that this information applies for… Continue reading... | 15 Comments

Comparing Korean gas, wine and other prices with Europe

It’s cheaper to live in New York, Hong Kong, Copenhagen or Paris then in Seoul. But not everything is expensive, taking a cab here four blocks further costs about 2 Euros, the same distance in Copenhagen or Paris would cost a lot more. Korean food is generally cheap, so are a lot of other things. The greatest price differences can be found in western and mainly European products that… Continue reading... | 2 Comments

What can you leave to your descendant?

I visited a Korean art expo on Saturday the 23rd, and met a fascinating artist named Hae do Park. He dedicated his life to learn a new skill, and aims to inspire younger artists with his work. The combination of using silver and his apply his technique create objects that almost seem real.
The bird on the picture is so detailed and beautiful that it just attracted me, like most shiny… Continue reading... | 1 Comment

Meanwhile, at the blind-Korean-GPS-marketed-witch-doctor’s house

I visited a very special practitioner on Friday the 22nd. A blind chiropractor called Mr Ahn, with a special approach. – for his diagnose, he touches certain body points, after which he gives lifestyle advice or prescribes natural medicines. The man has gained popularity, and people from all corners of Korea are lining up in front of his house. Interesting part of his popularity is the relation with GPS technology… Continue reading...

Meganova: Prepare for Urban lunches, Mc Donalds and a lot of beer

This summer, I woke up exited every day to go blogging for TheNextWeb at the Meganova office. The first week, we said to ourselves, wouldn’t it be great if we finally reach the magical 4000 readers on the blog? After some hard work, we broke through the limit in the third week.… Continue reading... | 2 Comments

Video reaction about the ‘Feedburner hack’, can you find more leaks?

An interview with Justin Robert Young from Talkinghead tv about the Feedburner hack. Justin is a Florida based podcaster, and he creates these short (5 minute) interviews. He approached me on Skype last week when I was still in the Netherlands. He chopped the interview in three clips.

More leaks in Feedburner

While we all enjoy Feedburner, I think its important to point out its vulnerabilities. If you find any other… Continue reading...

A lesson about Twitter Spam

Twitter is service that alllows you to send short messages to your followers. Its an easy way to know what your friends are up to and update them about your current life events. But at some point, I catched myself navigating to Twitter more and more, which made me decide to commit Twitter suicide. I unfollowed EVERYONE just like Timothy Ferris did. I couldn’t block out the people that… Continue reading... | 3 Comments

Feedburner video watched almost 15.000 times this week

Long story short; Patrick de Laive and I created a video about a vulnerability in Google’s Feedburner, and put an article on Thenextweb last week, it created a lot of debate and we were quoted on a huge lists of blogs including Techcrunch, Inquisitr and Problogger a chain reaction that generated thousands of views, a very nice ending of my blogging time in Amsterdam. If… Continue reading... | 3 Comments

City trip? 3 cool web meetups in Amsterdam

In a few moments, I am flying to Asia again. While the whole world is looking at the Olympics in China, my plane is headed to South Korea. I found a book to occupy my mind for the time at the airport, but I couldn’t help letting my thoughts run away with me for a moment, as I think back of my time in Amsterdam the last few weeks… Continue reading... | 1 Comment