Ban amphur & apartment, originally uploaded by bartvanpoll.

Our temporary office in Ban Amphur Thailand for the coming months!

Glasgow university, originally uploaded by bartvanpoll.

We visited Glasgow a couple of weeks ago. It’s really a cool city for a citytrip!

Check out www.SpottedbyLocals.com/glasgow for local tips of course…

We found a nice new way to travel  while we’re not traveling, and learn a bit more about the world.

We pick a country we do not know much about, or blindly pick a country on the map. We memorize the capital and find a documentary about it online. Hopefully in a few years, we know all the capitals and countries in the world!

The first one: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso!

We found this interesting documentary by an American who did a workshop there.

I’ve been memorizing “Ouagadougou” for a week now, and won’t forget it!

Yesterday Rachèl Louise performanced in our living room at Sanne’s birthday. What an amazing concert!

Check out http://www.rachellouisemusic.nl for much better quality videos.  And book a living room concert at your place!

Last week, I was at De Balie’s “Beyond privacy” evening, where Siva Vaidhyathan was talking about his new book (to be published early 2011).

In this book, he will try to answer 3 questions:
What does the world look like through the lens of Google?; How is Google’s ubiquity affecting the production and dissemination of knowledge?; and how has the corporation altered the rules and practices that govern other companies, institutions, and states?

In his talk he very much focused on the lack of information Google gives their users, who are mostly not knowledgeable enough to make a good decision about whether or not to use Google. Interesting point!

Anyway, read Siva’s blog for more! http://www.googlizationofeverything.com/

Cardiff, Wales, originally uploaded by bartvanpoll.

Nice center of arts, bar, theater, cinema, and much more, we visited in Cardiff last week.

It’s been about a year since I last visited a Mobile Monday Amsterdam (#MoMoAms) conference, one of my favorite conferences about new technology in Amsterdam. I always leave with a few pages of ideas in my notebook, and a lot of energy. Yesterday’s theme: the process of design.

My two favorites were definitely after the break:

Timo Arnall tried (and succeeded!) to let us think about designing interfaces without a mobile phone.

Check out more of his amazing videos here

Matt Webb (Berg London) tried to predict the future after mobile by combining 4 developments he thinks are important:

• Faces make understanding – people are better at understanding faces than numbers
• Hard math for trivial things – today’s computing power is amazing.
• Fractional artificial intelligence – AI is everywhere
• Chatty interfaces – physical appliances and social networks will be connected

What’s after mobile? more mobile…

I hope MoMoAms will upload the presentations here, because I’d like to watch them again!

Catalonia is not Spain, originally uploaded by bartvanpoll.

Saw this sign on Barcelona’s streets today.

Tonight there is the Worldcup match between Spain and Germany. I have not seen a single Spanish flag, but many Catalonian ones…

Roots Festival Amsterdam – Oosterpark, originally uploaded by bartvanpoll.

Roots festival yesterday was fun!

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Te Koop: Stalen klassieke langkieler – Kustvaarder 1. Prachtig Koopmans ontwerp, in goede staat.

Deze Kustvaarder  heeft een Teakhout interieur, een houten plafond met lijsten, 4 slaapplaatsen, een handmatig pomptoilet, een 2-pits kooktoestel op gas, een koelkast op gas, accu of walstroom en een sailmate marifoon.

Het schip heeft een ruime zelflozende kuip, is met hout afgetimmerd, en heeft een lange buiskap die veel beschutting geeft. Het dek van deze Kustvaarder is ruim, en de mast is snel strijkbaar.

De langkieler van  staal heeft een Sabb diesel Motor, 10 pk, 2-blads schroef, schroefas vetgesmeerd, keerkoppeling en interkoeling,

Helmstok besturing, 7 zeilen, mast + giek van aluminium, rvs verstaging. anker, zwemtrap, buiskap, rvs zeereling, rvs potdeksel, blauwe kussens, 12v, walstroom aansluiting, watertank 100 ltr. Kompas, accu oplader, winterkleed.

Afmetingen: 8.35 x 2.55 x 1.30 m, 1,80 m stahoogte.
Waterverplaatsing: 5500 kg, doorvaarthoogte: 11.30 m, werf gebouwd.

Boot is ’s winters in loods.

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