Archive for April, 2009

Zuidas Run 2009: despite the rain the start of a tradition

We had a few beautiful weeks in Amsterdam. Clear blue sky, sun and, consequently, full terraces across town. So you’re organizing the Zuidas Run and dotting the ‘i’s these warm days and naturally think, if only…….

So of course it rained on this important Sunday morning, the first bad weather in weeks.Throughout the Zuidas area, on the Gustav Mahlerplein and around the WTC area, the 2,000 runners took cover and for the most part did their warm ups inside the office buildings, usually crowded with suits, skirts and ties.

For running, this weather was great though. Not too hot, with lots of oxygen in the air there were Read more…

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Adrew Keen: Web 2.0 is dead

Yesterday evening I was again present in the home of Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, as a guest of the Next Web Salon. Also present, next to the usual suspects Patrick de Laive and Arjen Schat, was Andrew Keen.

In his first book,  Andrew makes mash potatoes of all driving forces behind 2.0: pro-am, citizen journalism, long tail, power to the masses. And he still does.
Yesterday, he claimed Web 2.0 was dead and looked towards the next big things. He loves Twitter, because it takes away the anonymity and there’s a natural selection process on following and followers. I still fail to see the big difference though Read more…

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