Author Archives: Martien van Steenbergen

Radiohead Says Name Your Own Price for New Album

Wonderful spirit! The spirit of giving is gaining momentum. Endorses the [http://aloha.aardrock.com Aloha] project. Resonates with [http://martien.aardrock.com/2007/09/09/bill-clinton-giving/ Clinton’s Give]. [http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/01/164234 Radiohead Says Name Your Own Price for New Album]: “TechDirt is reporting that the band Radiohead has apparently chosen the path less traveled when it comes to the release of their new album. They are …

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Blah-Blah Text: Keep, Cut, or Kill?

Cherry-pick from Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox for October 1 on [http://www.useit.com/alertbox/intro-text.html Blah-Blah Text: Keep, Cut, or Kill?]. Summary: :Introductory text on Web pages is usually too long, so users skip it. But short intros can increase usability by explaining the remaining content’s purpose. Enjoy being inspired by Nielsen’s [http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/ writing for the web].

Lenige planning

De term ‘planning’ heeft behoorlijk verschillende betekenissen voor iedereen. Menig mens heeft er bijna een trauma aan overgehouden—met name van de strakke, dogmatische, volg-de-planning-of-ik-schiet-versie die met ijzeren hand gevolgd dient te worden. Tijd dus om ‘planning’ nieuw leven in te blazen en te ontdoen van haar negatieve lading. Voor mij betekent planning niets meer en …

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Telekommunisten – the worker-owned telephone company

Worker Owned and Operated telekommunisten is controlled by it’s workers and committed to staying that way, we believe we can serve our customers best and at the lowest cost by remaining focused on meeting the needs of our employees and customers, not on profits for outside shareholders. Being worker-owned means that all the money you …

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SixApart: Opening the Social Graph

[http://www.semanticwave.com/blog/archives/000282.jsp SixApart: Opening the Social Graph]: :We think that the best way for you to manage your network is to stop thinking about all of the little pieces and to start focusing on the big picture: you and the people who matter to you. We think relationships mean more than email addresses or which service …

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Enkel met het hart kan men goed zien

Vanochtend mijn schoonouders even opgehaald uit het oogziekenhuis in Rotterdam. Op de vierde verdieping aldaar een prachtige spreuk. Opgeknipt in twee stukken vind ik hem het krachtigst—normaal plakt een komma de twee zinnen aan elkaar: :”’Enkel met het hart kan men goed zien”’. :”’Het essentiële is onzichtbaar voor het oog”’. ::::—”Antione de Saint-Exupéry”

SwarmOS Demonstrated at Idea Festival

[http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/17/1724253&from=rss SwarmOS Demonstrated at Idea Festival]: “PacoCheezdom writes ‘Intelligent Life has short summary of a demonstration by MIT professor James McLurkin of his new group-minded robots, which run an operating system called ‘Swarm OS’. The robots are able to work together as a group not by communicating with all members of the group at once, …

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Bill Clinton: Giving

[http://giving.clintonfoundation.org/ ] [http://giving.clintonfoundation.org/ Bill Clinton published a book titled ”’Giving”’], focusing on philantropy, charity and volunteering. I feel very much strengthened by this, as it resonates tremenduously with the core brand click ”'[http://wiki.aardrock.com/Aloha:klik Geef]”’™ from the [http://aloha.aardrock.com Aloha project]. Thank you Bill.

Einstein on Buddhism

Einstein was exploring a new form of spirituality for the future, consider what he had to say about Buddhism: :”Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion of the future. It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and spiritual, and it is based …

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