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Project Natal for Xbox 360 – A Controller Free Gaming Experience

Last year I attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but unfortunately I do need to miss one of the best technology shows on the planet this year. Since I'm passionate about Windows Phones… [more]

Project Natal for Xbox 360 – A Controller Free Gaming Experience Project Natal for Xbox 360 – A Controller Free Gaming Experience

Möbius Conference 2009 (Seattle, United States) – Short Trip Report

In November it was time for the annual invitation-only Möbius conference, and I was one of the very fortunate ones to be invited for this great event. The Möbius conference 2009  was held in Seattle,… [more]

Möbius Conference 2009 (Seattle, United States) – Short Trip Report Möbius Conference 2009 (Seattle, United States) – Short Trip Report

Vision on the Future – A Symposium @ University of Twente

On October 21st 2009 student association Stress, from the faculty School of Management and Governance, organized a symposium with the central theme "Vision on the Future". According to the symposium… [more]

Vision on the Future – A Symposium @ University of Twente Vision on the Future – A Symposium @ University of Twente

Steve Ballmer keynote: Join the New Efficiency @ TechNet_Live Netherlands

Microsoft TechNet_Live, an event for IT  Professionals and Technical Decision Makers, is held on October 8th in the World Forum Conference Centre, The Hague (Netherlands). During the Microsoft TechNet_Live… [more]

Steve Ballmer keynote: Join the New Efficiency @ TechNet_Live Netherlands Steve Ballmer keynote: Join the New Efficiency @ TechNet_Live Netherlands

Windows Phones Launch Event Netherlands – Event Impressions

October 6th is an important day for Microsoft and Windows Mobile in particular due to the launch of the new brand Windows Phones, the new mobile operating system Windows Mobile 6.5 and two services Microsoft… [more]

Windows Phones Launch Event Netherlands – Event Impressions Windows Phones Launch Event Netherlands – Event Impressions

ARTICLES

Project Natal for Xbox 360 – A Controller Free Gaming Experience

Project Natal for Xbox 360 – A Controller Free Gaming Experience

January 7, 2010 -- (17:00) -- CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW (CES), FEATURED, GADGETS, OPEN INNOVATION 

Last year I attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but unfortunately I do need to miss one of the best technology shows on the planet this year. Since I’m passionate about Windows Phones and other Microsoft products I didn’t want to miss the Microsoft CES 2010  keynote with Steve Ballmer and Robbie Bach. While Steve Ballmer announced to the public that the HTC HD2 will... [Read more]


The One Minute Sales Person (Johnson & Wilson, 1984)

The One Minute Sales Person (Johnson & Wilson, 1984)

December 30, 2009 -- (12:30) -- BOOKS 

Back in march of this year I published a short book review of a bestseller The One Minute Manager (Blanchard & Johnson, 1983) which has sold over 13 million copies. As you can read in the conclusion I decided to look for another book in the One Minute series: The One Minute $ales Person -more sales in less time with less stress-.  Despite that the original publication is from 1984, there are... [Read more]


Wallpaper* and HTC team-up for design awards !

Wallpaper* and HTC team-up for design awards !

December 16, 2009 -- (0:15) -- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MOBILE TECHNOLOGY 

Yesterday I received some interesting news about HTC, which for a change isn’t about one of their latest devices, like the sponsorship announcement of Team Columbia-HTC just before the start of the Tour de France 2009 earlier this year. However HTC now teams-up with Wallpaper* and sponsors the Wallpaper* design awards 2010, as you can read on the Wallpaper* website. An intersting move since... [Read more]


Möbius Conference 2009 (Seattle, United States) – Short Trip Report

Möbius Conference 2009 (Seattle, United States) – Short Trip Report

December 10, 2009 -- (0:45) -- EVENTS, FEATURED, MOBILE TECHNOLOGY 

In November it was time for the annual invitation-only Möbius conference, and I was one of the very fortunate ones to be invited for this great event. The Möbius conference 2009  was held in Seattle, and I was very excited about my first visit to one of the top 10 tech cities in the world.    In this article I will provide a short section with background information about Möbius, and... [Read more]


Vision on the Future – A Symposium @ University of Twente

Vision on the Future – A Symposium @ University of Twente

November 1, 2009 -- (20:00) -- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, EVENTS, FEATURED 

On October 21st 2009 student association Stress, from the faculty School of Management and Governance, organized a symposium with the central theme ”Vision on the Future“. According to the symposium leaflet the goal is “to give you as a student an impression fo what the market will look like in five years. [...] most students will be looking for a job by that time [...]”... [Read more]


Steve Ballmer keynote: Join the New Efficiency @ TechNet_Live Netherlands

Steve Ballmer keynote: Join the New Efficiency @ TechNet_Live Netherlands

October 28, 2009 -- (14:00) -- EVENTS, FEATURED, WINDOWS DESKTOP, WINDOWS MOBILE 

Microsoft TechNet_Live, an event for IT  Professionals and Technical Decision Makers, is held on October 8th in the World Forum Conference Centre, The Hague (Netherlands). During the Microsoft TechNet_Live Event Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010 are launched for the business market in The Netherlands. The session that I personally was most excited about is the keynote ... [Read more]


Windows Phones Launch Event Netherlands – Event Impressions

Windows Phones Launch Event Netherlands – Event Impressions

October 26, 2009 -- (20:05) -- EVENTS, FEATURED, WINDOWS MOBILE 

October 6th is an important day for Microsoft and Windows Mobile in particular due to the launch of the new brand Windows Phones, the new mobile operating system Windows Mobile 6.5 and two services Microsoft MyPhone and Windows Marketplace for Mobile. I was fortunate to be invited by the Windows Mobile Team in the Netherlands to attend the local launch event at the Lute Suites in Amstelveen (near... [Read more]


Business Model Generation – A handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers and Challengers

Business Model Generation – A handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers and Challengers

October 7, 2009 -- (15:00) -- BOOKS, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, OPEN INNOVATION 

Back in June 2009 I visited the “Business Model Innovation Knowledge Fair and Book Launch” in Amsterdam, where a first (prototype)version of the Business Model Generation (hand)book was launched. Furthermore I was able to meet the book-team as well as over 100 business model practitioners from 13 different countries there. Last week I was very excited, since the team of the Business Model... [Read more]


Layar Browser facilitates TNT Mail “explore” Augmented Reality

Layar Browser facilitates TNT Mail “explore” Augmented Reality

August 30, 2009 -- (23:35) -- GOOGLE ANDROID 

During Mobile Monday Amsterdam #11 Robert Rice and Joe Pine II, two excellent speakers, addressed the very interesting topic of Augmented Reality. Both speakers had different approaches and views on addressing the topic, but it resulted in a great event and perception on Augmented reality. This article will show a YouTube video titled: “TNT Post goes mobile with Layar” and it certainly... [Read more]


iPhone Application porting to Windows Mobile – Discussing an interesting case study !

iPhone Application porting to Windows Mobile – Discussing an interesting case study !

August 12, 2009 -- (14:35) -- APPLE IPHONE, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FEATURED, WINDOWS MOBILE 

Constanze Roman -a Community PM with the Windows Mobile Community Team- has published an interesting article on the Windows Mobile Team blog with the title:  “Ready to Port your iPhone App to Windows Mobile?“ Although I’m not a developer,  nor having a formal Information Technology & Computer Science education, I would like to have a detailed look at this cool case study... [Read more]