I’ve been writing articles since studying graphic design, now some six years ago. Most of my articles are rubbish, boring, and by now, outdated. These items never see daylight though and are put in a folder called ‘articles’ on my desktop. But the thing is; I don’t necessarily write them to be proper, up to […]
The notion that content is king is a myth, because it’s based on a fallacy, namely the following: ‘If you build something good, the customers will come themselves’. If that would be true, marketing wouldn’t be necessary. Content is important, but it’s not everything. Some people believe the consumer is king while others believe that […]
‘Service’, seems to be a pretty big buzzword nowadays. Quotes like ‘serve, don’t sell’ make sense – but there’s a thing like over-servicing too, to a point where it might become anti-servicing. It first crossed my mind years ago, when I was taking back the bus in Sydney, Australia. This bus was old! Fine, but […]
The creative revolution The sixties are long gone now, but a few things have survived remarkably well. The music of the Beatles, the Stones, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and the Doors is still played today (in fact, these bands share an accumulated 60 million likes on Facebook), and there’s also the hipster subculture which keeps […]
Have you ever heard about strategic lawn mowing before? It’s like normal lawn mowing – but smarter. You see, instead of just rolling out your lawn mower and mindlessly rushing to the closest patch of grass available, you stop and look over the about-to-be-cut lawn and analyse your battlefield. Think about the path you’re going […]
There have been an abundant amount of researches to human behaviour; about which colours stimulates purchases and what kind of spontaneous humor works best – and a lot about why people share online. Yet, most of these researches presume that participants consciously know why they share, resulting in ‘sharing motives’, such as; ‘to build relationships’ […]
Do new things Go wine tastings, go diving, I don’t know. Do something new. Don’t make life a time-serving routine. Sleep well Have at least 8 hours of sleep a day. It’s difficult but c’mon, get some discipline. Too many studies have shown that sleep is important. Do sport A bit obvious, though many people […]
On February 3, 1959, a Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashed in Iowa, with on board Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. They did not survive, and Don McLean sang about “the day the music died.” A year earlier Elvis was forced into the army. Rock’n’roll seemed dead. It was 1963 when Don McLean got […]
My first article of the year and already I have this itching urge to clarifying something, namely: I consider my life one big experiment, and ‘collecting’ many experiences is key. To achieve that, it means I sometimes do things which are considered morally wrong, leastwise according to the conventional system. That ‘urge for experimenting’ however […]
Super Mario, Donkey Kong and Sonic. All game-characters from way back. But all made for kid’s games. Even Link from Zelda wasn’t exactly a badass. And let’s not even speak about Kirby. Games used to be cute. We’d rescue princesses from castles or return baby monkies to their mommies. Well, thanks to Playstation, that changed. […]