One of my international friends, Paul O'Brien founder/owner of MoDaCo (a leading online community about smartphones & mobile technology), has started a great initiative for the good cause to fight Childhood Leukaemia. A few months ago I wrote about the Child Cancer Just BEAT it foundation, great initiative of Berner Benelux in the context of Corporate Social Responsibility. During the HTC Participation Ride the day before the start of the Tour de France in Rotterdam, I attended the HTC … [Read more...]
Child Cancer – Just BEAT it ! – An initiative of Berner Benelux
Recently one of my cycling friends, who is a product manager at Berner Benelux, asked me if I wanted to buy a blue "Just Beat It bracelet" in order to support the fight against child cancer. The answer to this question is a definite "YES, I'll buy a few" without blinking an eye ! Almost everyone has experienced (directly or indirectly) the impact of a terrible disease like cancer in the circle of close friends and family. It is even more tragic when young children are hit by this class of … [Read more...]
Remo Knops’ Brain Bits – Sharing news bits in Tumblr style !
Yesterday I silently launched the Remo Knops' Brain Bits website, as a complement to the Remo Knops’ Personal Blog and MobilityMinded. You might remember the article "Mobile Technology related articles publiched @ MobilityMinded.com" last year, in which I explained my thoughts about this strategic decision. The result however was an increased and a significant focus on professional-related content to be published on this blog. It was a first step of strategic re-configuring and … [Read more...]
Möbius Conference 2009 (Seattle, United States) – Short Trip Report
In November it was time for the annual invitation-only Mobius 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 than focus on this year's Möbius conference and the discussed contents (which I'm allowed to share). … [Read more...]
Mobile Technology related articles published @ MobilityMinded.com
It has been some time since I have written my last article here on my personal blog. A fair question is: "Haven't you been writing anything ?" The answer is certainly: "No, I have been very busy !" At first together with 3 other friends we have re-launched www.mobilityminded.com. Second with the rise of social networks much of the discussions are moved from blogging to these social media. In this article I will shortly eleborate on these two reasons. MobilityMinded.com A significant part … [Read more...]
TECH EVENT: CntrStg the place-to-be during CES 2009 (Las Vegas)!
The technology enthusiast may know that it's less than 2 weeks to go until the start of the world's largest Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Within this show a special event is organized by Eric Hicks, Johan van Mierlo, Mike Temporale and Steven Hughes (all members of the Microsoft MVP program), which can be summarized as: "CntrStg (pronounced Center Stage) is a proactive, community-led effort that strives to match up influential bloggers with representatives of products and … [Read more...]
LAYOUT: A new refreshing and more professional look
Some of you probably noticed that my website has a new design, although it's still in a migration process to the new design and layout. Although most parts are still under construction I really excited by this new layout, and I hope you like it as much as I do. At the time I used Joomla as a Content Management System, I bought the blue PixelPerfect theme developed by RocketTheme. And yes a nice looking and well developed theme / template provides your website with a new refreshing and often … [Read more...]
HOLIDAYS: Sued Tirol and its beautiful nature
Perhaps you have noticed that the activity on my website was low the last weeks. The reason was our holidays in the beautiful Sued Tirol (Northern Italy). I wont bore you readers with all the details, but I want to share some interesting things to see in the region. Sued Tirol with its beautiful nature is the ideal place for walking, cycling and mountain biking as well as enjoying the nature or simply relaxing. We stayed in the village of Tscherms, just a few kilometers of Merano. Merano is … [Read more...]
