My kid brother will drive to Kazahkstan and back, on a motorcycle

In two weeks, my younger brother Martin will embark on an impressive undertaking: he will get on his motorcycle and drive to Kazahkstan. Once he’s there, he will only stop to plot his course home and drive back. He’s been planning this for over a year, together with his good friend Tom. The roundtrip will take them approximately two months, and judging from other’s experiences, it will be quite the adventure.

Tom and my brother Martin
Tom and my brother Martin

Around2Seas

Martin and Tom set up a website to document their travels, and named it Around2Seas, because their trip will take them around both the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. If you go to the website now, you can already take a look at their planned route. During the trip, they will update as frequently as possible with photographs.

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Fight Cancer

Presumably, this trip will generate some attention that can be put to good use. Although Tom and Martin will pay for their trip themselves, you can donate if you want. All proceeds will go to FightCancer.nl.

So, head over to the site, check the pictures and updates and donate some money for a good cause if you want!

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Jeff Bezos (Amazon) on acquiring Zappos

You probably heard about it already, but Amazon has just reached an agreement with Zappos on a complete buy-out of all of Zappos’ (over a hundred) stockholders, effectively making Zappos a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon.com.

This is the open letter from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh to his employees which is an interesting read, but for me, this video of Jef Bezos is the real interesting bit.

According to Jeff,the basics of creating a successfull company are:

  1. Obsess over customers
  2. Invent (for your customer)
  3. Think Long Term
  4. It’s always Day 1

Enjoy!

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Discover Web2.0: a series of guest-lectures

Last Wednesday, I had the honor to present two fine gentlemen to the students of Communication, Multimedia Design at the Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden.

Marco Raaphorst presented on authenticity and using Web2.0-tools to further strengthen authenticity.

Andreas Creten (Lead developer for MynameisE) presented on using API’s and specifically Open Standards.

Next week, Polle de Maagt and Erwin Elling (Eight Media) will join me for the second series. Their slideshows will be added to the group for the series. You can find all of them in the widget below. Enjoy!

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