Archive for July, 2007

My GTD workflow

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Tuesday, 24 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
David Allen claims that the key to a stress-less life is to move tasks out of your mind by recording them somewhere. That way, the mind is freed from the job of remembering everything that needs to be done, and can concentrate on actually performing those tasks. Some carry a notebook or a...
My GTD workflow
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Great booklist from Josh

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Monday, 23 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
An MBA typically takes about two years to complete. You have to travel a lot, participate in class discussions, studygroups and give presentations. For me it is just the only way to do a master in business. But is a university study efficient and the degree worth the trouble? The 25-year-old...
Great booklist from Josh
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Internet web 2.0 startup contributions

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Sunday, 22 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
I stumbled upon a website where you can submit your startup ideaÂ’s. KillerStartups.com is a user driven internet startups community. Entrepreneurs, investors, and bloggers are staying informed on up-and-coming internet startups using our blog platform, where internet entrepreneurs submit their...
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Stuart Skorman about poker and entrepreneurship

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Saturday, 21 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
Stuart Skorman is describing some of the relations between entrepreneurship and poker in his book “Confessions of a serial entrepreneur”. 1. Aggressiveness, sometimes you can succeed by bluffing your competitors. 2. Play tight, the goal is to be conservative. It could be smarter...
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Club 11 with Bart Zuidgeest

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Thursday, 19 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
I am currently chatting with Bart Zuidgeest, he just came back from his holiday and we are having a coffee in Club 11, located on the eleventh floor inside the old Post CS building. This afternoon we will have a chat/brainstorm with Bart Kaasschieter fromkast.nl. The 'Hogeschool van Amsterdam'...
Club 11 with Bart Zuidgeest
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Somebody tried to rob me at bloemendaal

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, 18 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
Another fine sunny day at Bloemendaal! Although somebody tried to steal my wallet, luckily I felt his hand grabbing the wallet in my back pocket. He grabbed it, and I touched his hand while he wanted to dive behind some people. He got scared and dropped the wallet immediately. Maybe I should...
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Ron Avitzur about programming

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Monday, 16 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
Ron Avitzur- "It is a cliche in our business that the first 90 percent of the work is easy, the second 90 percent wears you down, and the last 90 percent - the attention to detail - makes a good...
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Thomas Friedman, the world is flat in chinese.

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Monday, 16 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
This book was written by Thomas Friedman, and it is called "the world is flat. This Chinese translation is acknowledging this once again. Learning Mandarin is hard, today I realised that I am able to speak some words; maybe formulating simple sentences. Reading on the other hand is a whole...
Thomas Friedman, the world is flat in chinese.
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The good employees always leave me and my company!

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Friday, 13 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
I met a stranger today, and he sounded depressed. When I asked him what he did for a living he became passionate, but he told me that he had a problem. And what he told me had to do with his employees. He said to me: “Keeping the good employees within a company is an utopia. The good employees...
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The Zeitgeist movie, impressed

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Friday, 13 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
"You have been misled, away from the true and divine presence in the Universe that men have called God. I don't know what God is but I know what he isn't. And unless and until you are prepared to look at the whole truth, wherever it may go, whoever it may lead to ... if you want to look the other...
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The great global warming swindle, maybe there will be an elfstedentocht soon!

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Thursday, 12 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
Just watched the the great global warming swindle. It claims that global warming is not connected to our CO2 output, but to the sun flares. I registered as a ‘elfstedentocht’ attendant this year, and I hope that the great global warming swindle is...
The great global warming swindle, maybe there will be an elfstedentocht soon!
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Howto create a diagonal tile background image

Posted under Entrepreneurship on Wednesday, 11 July 2007 by Joop Dorresteijn
I updated the skin of my site, and I do realize that this post looks a bit funny by now. Many web 2.0 website's have plain diagonal background lines, today I am going to tell you how to create a background tile with text in Photoshop.  The result will be something like this: PS: for...
Howto create a diagonal tile background image
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