The World According To Carp

"The group also have strong family values and aspire to traditional vocations rather than the pursuit..."

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:36:46 +0100

“The group also have strong family values and aspire to traditional vocations rather than the pursuit of fame, says the poll, despite the preponderance of celebrity coverage in the media. The top five future professions are vet, teacher, footballer, doctor and police officer.”

- Disney research unearths Generation XD | News | Marketing Week

One of the findings in a Pan European study by Disney under 8-14 year olds that surprised me. Another take away is that technology is used to strengthen existing social ties rather than to make new ones. This confirms research done by the Pew institute under American youth in 2009.

"When the default is private, you have to think about making something public. When the default is..."

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:36:30 +0100

“When the default is private, you have to think about making something public. When the default is public, you become very aware of privacy. And thus, I would suspect, people are more conscious of privacy now than ever. Because not everyone wants to share everything to everyone else all the time.”

- apophenia: Facebook’s move ain’t about changes in privacy norms

I often have discussions with family and friends about my behavior of sharing a lot of stuff online. Thoughts, photos, videos, you name it. The usual reaction is that I probably don’t care about privacy. Quite the opposite is true. This excellent post explains how. Via Umair Haque on Twitter (@umairh).

"The Mac touchpad is great. The best feature is the two finger page scrolling. Dragging two fingers..."

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:45:16 +0100

“The Mac touchpad is great. The best feature is the two finger page scrolling. Dragging two fingers across the touchpad makes browsing web pages sooo much easier. One of my favorite Windows features was “right click”. I used it all the time for everything. Finally someone tipped me off that the Mac does many of the same “right click” function by holding two fingers on the touchpad and clicking. Eureka!! I’m sure there are lots of other tricks and controls I need to learn, but just mastering the touchpad made the experience much more enjoyable.”

- Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: From MSFT evangelist to Mac enthusiast - the other side of the road

By far my favorite MacBook feature as well.

"John Doerr [the venture capitalist] sold me on this idea of O.K.R.’s, which stands for objectives..."

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:33:00 +0100

“John Doerr [the venture capitalist] sold me on this idea of O.K.R.’s, which stands for objectives and key results. It was developed at Intel and used at Google, and the idea is that the whole company and every group has one objective and three measurable key results, and if you achieve two of the three, you achieve your overall objective, and if you achieve all three, you’ve really killed it.”

- Corner Office - Mark Pincus - Every Worker Should Be C.E.O. of Something - Interview - NYTimes.com

Via Fred Wilson. Lots of interesting management techniques in there, very inspiring. Which one do you already apply? I counted one for myself ;-)

Dedicated digital entertainment devices

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:04:00 +0100

Just returned from a week in Morocco with the family. And I learned something about digital content which is probably interesting to share. I wrote the main points of this post in a draft 5 days ago on the pool side using the Tumblr iPhone app. So this was before the launch of the iPad last Wednesday. I just finished the remainder of this post on my phone.

This was our iPhone entertainment week. The little boys were having fun with some recorded TV shows on EyeTV that I prepared for the iPhone which was great to watch. Little hands holding the phone and using the touch screen. It was dead easy for them.

And I call it my Instapaper vacation. No email, no Twitter, just reading a few months of collected, favorite ‘read later’ articles using the Instapaper pro app on my phone. What a brilliant app. Elegant and simple. The pro app stores 200 articles locally in a text only version which makes it possible to read them without an Internet connection. And it remembers where you left of in an article upon exiting. I read more on my phone than in the book I brought.

I was skeptical before our holiday, but our experience makes me bullish on dedicated devices for consuming digital entertainment such as photos, movies and reading. If it’s that entertaining on an iPhone, an Apple tablet with a screen 3 times as big should be even better.

Finally, my Tumblr blog is ranked higher in Google than my old...

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:54:44 +0100

Finally, my Tumblr blog is ranked higher in Google than my old Wordpress blog. Due to my personal domain, probably. Love it.

"…while streaming music from Last.fm is a great way to listen to music you haven’t..."

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:23:46 +0100

“…while streaming music from Last.fm is a great way to listen to music you haven’t discovered yet, there’s no reason to believe that people will lose the urge to collect music.”

- Streaming will never stop downloading | Cory Doctorow | Technology | guardian.co.uk

Check out this brilliant article by technology maven Cory Doctorow if you’re into music - and who isn’t? Again, something I can acknowledge from my own experience. I am listening more and more to online streaming music services like Last.fm, Spotify and the Hypemachine lately. And last year I bought more CD’s and went to more concerts than the year before.

"Shriram also believes that advertising will grow less important: “Users tend to pay on the..."

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:17:58 +0100

“Shriram also believes that advertising will grow less important: “Users tend to pay on the mobile internet for premium services.””

- The Guardian - Interesting article on the future of the Web. I totally agree with this statement from Google’s Shiram. It’s what I am doing right now.

Waarom kan ik de adviezen van onze Nationale Mental Coach niet...

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:08:19 +0100

Waarom kan ik de adviezen van onze Nationale Mental Coach niet delen op ons Nationaal Leidende Sociaal Netwerk?

"If you are like me, you are seeing links to videos in email, twitter, facebook, blogs, etc all day..."

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:42:20 +0100

“If you are like me, you are seeing links to videos in email, twitter, facebook, blogs, etc all day long. It’s time consuming to stop what you are doing to watch them. Now you can simply click on the boxee bookmarklet and watch them at home on your TV set after dinner while you are winding down from the day. It’s a killer concept. Thanks Boxee.”

- Boxee Beta and Bookmarklet - Love this feature as well.

Is this one geared towards women?

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:12:43 +0100

Is this one geared towards women?

To track the statistics of my Tumblog I use Google Analytics....

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:19:04 +0100

To track the statistics of my Tumblog I use Google Analytics. Tumblr staff advises to paste the Google Analytics Javascript tracker code in the description field of your Tumblog. The problem is that this results in the Javascript showing up in Google search results as the description of this blog, which sucks. Does anyone know how to fix this without losing the ability to track traffic?

Al Pacino’s Inspirational Speech (via 7940962f) - Classic.

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:00:06 +0100

Al Pacino’s Inspirational Speech (via 7940962f) - Classic.

"If you use the Google app suite, you should really be on Android."

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:16:43 +0100

“If you use the Google app suite, you should really be on Android.”

- A VC

Fred Wilson has worked with the Google Nexus One for the past 2 weeks. This is his user review. I love my iPhone 2G and plan to get a new one after the summer after 2 years of use. As a heavy Google Apps user I guess I’ll have to seriously consider the Nexus One as well.

One Frame of Fame - Got a webcam? Help us finish off our music video!

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:07:00 +0100

One Frame of Fame - Got a webcam? Help us finish off our music video!:

Very cool idea. Wanna be part of the new music video by C-Mon en Kypski? Click this link and get your webcam running.

"The real truth is always found in the moment, never in the future."

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:42:50 +0100

“The real truth is always found in the moment, never in the future.”

- don’t worry if you don’t know “absolutely everything” before starting out | Gapingvoid

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27)

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:42:22 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

"The whole point of technology is to make things easier."

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:38:00 +0100

“The whole point of technology is to make things easier.”

- Check out this post by Dave Winer about combining hardware and online services, in this case Twitter and photo cameras. So true. Be sure to read the comments.

"At Saucony, we exist for runners. Runners inspire us, bring us new ideas, force us to be better...."

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:07:00 +0100

“At Saucony, we exist for runners. Runners inspire us, bring us new ideas, force us to be better. They drive our design and engineering. They keep us competitive. They keep us hungry. They keep us honest. Whether it’s in a conference room or out on a lunchtime run, we’re constantly talking about and arguing about our sport, runners and the products that fuel them. We love our products and we run in everything we make. This focus and passion fuels us as we strive to create the best running shoes and apparel on the planet. We leave work each day knowing we’ve done everything to make runners’ lives just a little bit better. At Saucony, a good day is when we get to run. A great day is when we inspire someone else to run.”

- Saucony Performance

Just bought a pair of Saucony running shoes. This manifesto was printed on the shoe box as well. Pretty good eh? Better than the average boring mission statement.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20)

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:47:37 +0100

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz