Startups worldwide want to launch on well known platforms like Product Hunt. But is it really wise for startups to do this? Product Hunt’s value proposition is pretty attractive; you sign up, you get “hunted” and suddenly you have a few hundred users in your app! What more could you want as an early stage…
Bubble poppin’ – The bubbles of our time
You’re starting to read it in more places – the bubble is going to pop. But which bubble(s) are we talking about? Previously people experienced real estate bubbles, banking bubbles, even tulip bubbles, but nowadays there are so many bubbles forming that it’s almost hard to keep track of them. What is forming our bubbles?…
Why data driven decisions are better than an insurance
Throughout my career working with companies of different sizes, I’ve come across a lot of resistance when it comes to data. Yet, I’ve also seen that companies that truly embrace their data are way more successful than those that don’t. It’s not data – it’s “decision insurance” The true value of data isn’t around what…
Severe Cytomegalovirus induced Immune Thrombocytopenia
About 8 months ago I was having a blast with the family, celebrating Sinterklaas. For those who don’t know, it’s an old Dutch celebration, closely related to Christmas. You celebrate Sinterklaas by getting together with the entire family and then unwrapping gifts and munching away for one night. This is probably where everything went from…
Helping to create a personalized web at Optimizely
Since February of this year, I’ve started to work full-time for Optimizely, the world’s most popular A/B testing tool with over 8000 customers. It’s an awesome company to work at with a great company culture that lets you learn and grow within a SaaS startup. Information is shared extensively internally and people are encouraged to…
Interactly
Over the past 5 years our team has been working together on video interaction on the web. That work has finally culminated in a product called Interactly. Interactly is an online application that enables anyone to create a virtual video interaction. Virtual video interactions are essentially a serious of questions asked with video, text or…
Running for the World Cancer Research Fund
By pure chance, I was asked to run for the World Cancer Research Fund and I decided to go for it. My father was recently diagnosed with cancer, so I couldn’t really say no to that. The run will be the Dam tot Dam loop, a 10 mile (16km) run from the center of Amsterdam…
Cantheysee.it?
After some frustrations with images not being sufficiently readable, I realized that there must be a better way for designers and webdevelopers to test this. The result of that thought can be found at Cantheysee.it, an easy online tool where web developers can test their own web properties within a matter of seconds. Hopefully web…
Motivational videos
A great playlist to get motivated. Feel free to share 🙂
Facebook Timeline Resume Template Word (Free)
Recently I made a Facebook Timeline CV entirely in Microsoft Word. I figured I’d share that now, because it’s the easiest way for a non-graphic designer to get started with making a Facebook Timeline CV. It can be modified to fit anyone’s profile. Everything can be changed in the more recent versions of Word, you…