Since the outbreak of Covid-19 at the beginning of this year. We have seen the leadership of different nations approach this immense challenge in their own ways. More then ever the effects of leadership is showing its results in the most dramatic manner. What is true for a country is the same for an organization […]
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⚡️Clarity tracking
During these weird Covid-19 times it seems harder to keep your focus and clarity of mind. Doing a little experiment to see if tracking your focus and clarity – might increase it. Will start in September 2020. Made a little model of variables that influence clarity and focus for me personally. But they can be […]
🎁 WWDC June 2020, What’s interesting for Mobile?
Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference was held on the 22 of June. This time it was a completely digital edition. You can watch the full keynote here: https://www.apple.com/apple-events/june-2020/ Things that stood out for me as relevant for the KLM mobile apps were: 🚢 IOS 14 Apple will release a new operating system – iOS 14. It will […]
How This Math-Hater Became Data-Driven
When I was six years old, a teacher told me that I was really good at reading and bad at counting. I still don’t understand why she had to frame it that way, but it got stuck in my mind forever. I shied away from all things that concerned numbers from that day. Even when […]
🧮 Metrics and Mindsets for Retention & Engagement
Great podcast with growth expert Andrew Chen, VC Jeff Jordan and editor Sonal Chokski talking about metrics for market places. They explain the value of the DAU/MAU metric, which gives you in insight in the frequency in which your product is used. This can help explain the behavior of your users. Especially when you break […]
Desktop hack for daily files clutter!
I’m a heavy desktop user – is that even a thing? – But during the day I drag and download all things that I’m working onto my desktop. Which turns into a gigantic clutter on which nothing can be found. During a boring plane ride I came up with a small template to keep my […]
Tech in 2020: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Benedict Evans – partner at Andreessen Horowitz – released a new presentation with his insights for 2020. It’s a wealth of information and gives me so much energy and inspiration! You can download the deck here. Hereunder the six points that stood out for me. 😴New tech goes from stupid to exiting to boring (p3)Interesting to also […]
Best of September 2019
🌮Are cloud kitchens a new category?Much like cloud computing services, cloud kitchens have become a popular business model for food-delivery providers that want to serve up meals while avoiding the expense of traditional restaurants with their associated high real estate and service staff costs. And is Travis back? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-23/uber-ex-ceo-kalanick-grabs-slice-of-india-s-cloud-kitchen-arena 🧠1 $Billion for a mind reading mouse […]
Are IPO’s the new Ponzi Scheme?
💸 🎣 Since Uber became a public company in May of this year, they have to report their quarterly numbers. In the last Q2, they reported an insane loss of 5.2 Billion Dollar 😳! On the other hand, they have an average of 17 million trips a day and an expected total turnover of $59 billion […]
Best of July 2019
🏔🤯No More Backlogs?! Sometimes it feels there is such an avalanche of feature requests coming to mobile, it will never be possible work your way through the backlog. This can feel quite overwhelming for everyone in our team. So this Interesting idea from Basecamp – who’s CEO Jason Fried was tweeting last week how much he loved […]