To live, to love, and to leave a legacy.

Business Week writes a great (but very subjective) article. I always wanted to work at own an innovative company, but reading this Top 100 I only find a couple companies I would like to work for (iooi): Apple, Google, Microsoft, Ideo, FedEx, B&O, Yahoo, easyJet and Caterpillar.

CyclePods is a unique patented space saving bike-storage system.

Sometimes I wonder if the Graves-model is a good way to represent the different stages. I find it difficult to figure out if I’m more Orange than Yellow or even Turquise (seeing the world in a systemic and spiritual manner from a group perspective) in this generally Blue society I participate in. At the least…

According to Brisk Magazine the three top ways to get into the boardroom are: – Assistent to the CEO: right hand man with all the experience/knowledge – External Adviser to the Management Team: filling the knowledge void – Sales: the best (proven track record) sales people can sell themselves very good too Since “sales” is…

Feather Linux on a 128MB (or larger) USB-stick AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility for Windows. With it, you can automate almost anything. In the CT magazine I read and article about: the opendir.blogspot.com and vkmag.com websites. With the words of Douglas MacArthur: there is no security; there is only opportunity…

I just went to Die Zauberflote from Mozart by the State Opera Tatarstan (Russia) in the TheaterHotel in Almelo. Cool to see how technology is entering even a theatrical production: the German opera was “undertitled” in Dutch via a large electronic LED board above the stage.

If programming is 50% reading code (don’t forget bug-fixing and the inevitable maintainance), readable code is cheaper. Besides, ever try to work with somebody elses code? Point proven! So add comments and spend some time to make your code a work of art even you mom would like to look at. Does form follow function?…

Although I haven’t used them so far, the JavaScript User Interface Elements by Jonathan Wise seem very interesting. See also: ActiveWidgets. One could even try a fully loaded LAMP Application Server.

If you don’t keep learning, it’s time to do something else! The info came at a good time in my life (I’ll explain later) – I guess it has to be that way. She also said: “the best move I ever made was to get a sales experience“.

good tools (that they can control) a good space (quiet, large and flexible enough to accommodate moods) make things interesting (e.g.: allow learning and avoid repetition) set high standards allow them to concentrate/focus allow them to understand/see the context you always need more “hackers” together, as they produce square their group number you can not…