34 days ago
It has been 34 day since my last blog post, shame on me because there are a lot of interesting things I should have blogged about. The last few weeks I have been quite busy working on some internal projects for boulevart & online strategy for some of our
shiny new clients.
To me, the strategic part is the most interesting part, the current economic situation offers interesting opportunities for “smaller” firms – more on that later!
Oh and one more thing: from now on I’ll be blogging in dutch again. Switching to English was a bad choice because most of the time it just puts an extra barrier. Occasionally I might write a particular blog post in English if I want to reach a broader audience – consider those articles as exceptions.
Or as Johan puts it:
Dat heeft alles te maken met vlotheid, schrijfstijl, en snel kunnen publiceren wat je denkt. Een vreemde taal zet een extra barrière voor zowel schrijver als lezer.
- Geschreven op Monday 2 March 2009
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Management
As an individual, you’re seeing 10% of the organizational drama your manager is seeing. I know it’s intriguing to get the full story, but again, it’s often none of your business, and it’s not your job. As a manager, you get front row seats for all of the drama in all its messy glory.
* Excerpt from Rands in Repose
And that’s what bothers me sometimes: not seeing (or knowing about) that other 90% – cause in some cases – you will need to know the complete story, especially when you need to make certain decisions.
- Geschreven op Tuesday 27 January 2009
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Game mechanics for Design & Social media
Joshua Porter interviews Amy Jo Kim – resulting in a lot of useful information;
I see a game mechanics working well on sites like YouTube, Yelp, Twitter, and Flickster.
YouTube has done a brilliant job of making the overall experience feel game-like, without turning the site into a traditional game
Online reputation is basically a multi-player gaming system that involves Social Points (points awarded by other players, rather than by the system).
Make sure to not miss out on this one!
- Geschreven op Wednesday 21 January 2009
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Do you have 5 minutes?
“Excuse me, could I borrow 5 minutes of your time?” – A question we all regularly get & more important: often while working. I don’t know about you, but 80% of my time I’m sitting behind a desk, working on my computer. Did you read the verb “work” in my last sentence? To me, working means I’m busy with something – concentrated – in a constant flow of preforming certain tasks to get my job done.
I started working almost 2 years ago – ever since I’ve seen a lot of different workplaces; small rooms, big rooms, lots of people, few people, noisy, calm … – I can live with that, in fact, I love working in a workplace that’s open with & lots of people around me. It gives me energy – that’s a good thing.
But there’s always one thing that disturbs me: when someone interrupts my work, my flow. I hate it when people come standing next to my desk, asking me questions – “borrowing 5 seconds of my time”. When you go to someone’s desk – asking him a question – you should think of the following remark: something that does takes 5 second of your time, does not necessarily takes 5 second of my time.
I have to stop what I’m doing, think about your question, perhaps even answer your question. Maybe you want to show me a website, or some other stuff – all related to your question. Those 5 seconds just became 10 minutes. Continuing where I stopped, isn’t always that easy. Depending on what I’m working on – I can’t always instantly make the switch, or continue afterwards.
I’m concentrated – there’s a certain vibe, flow while I’m working. It keeps me going, it keeps me focused.
I know – some questions are urgent & you sometimes need answer instantly. But when something’s not urgent you could send me an e-mail, asking me your question. Perhaps ask me when you can come over to discuss.
If you want your question to be taken seriously – this is for you. If you are on the other side of the fence: share it.
Sidenote: This could rather be something personal – maybe you don’t mind all of the above. But I find it rather annoying when I get interupted all the time.
- Geschreven op Monday 19 January 2009
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