Archive for March 6th, 2008
Steve Keynote at Mix’08 – Microsoft, the underdog
by koen on Mar.06, 2008, under technology
Guy Kawasaki of all people interviewing Steve Ballmer. Very funny interaction, good questions and great answers.
The new Microsoft
by koen on Mar.06, 2008, under society
On MIX08, Guy Kawasaki made a great observation to Steve Ballmer: for his kids (about 12 years old) , who have never known the browser-war and the OS-war, Microsoft is that cool company that brings the XBOX360 and Halo…
who digged digg and where?
by koen on Mar.06, 2008, under society, technology
An interesting question asked here at a panel discussion with some web 2.0 “guru’s” handled a question asked by the audience.
Kevin Rose ( the founder of Digg) explained the steps that brought Digg the critical mass in the audience:
- Kevin’s own blog had about a 100 readers. He started posting its data here.
- The application was used by some friends of the readers of the blog, and they communicated it to their friend.
- At a certain point, webmasters started to notice the amount of hits coming form this new site, and started blogging about it and linking to it
- And the rest is history
The first requirement was off course the fat that a cool application was needed to have it started. No matter how powerfull the network is, a noncool application will not be picked up.
the shirt for IE8
by koen on Mar.06, 2008, under technology
Tijdens de voorstelling van Internet Explorer 8, had Dean Hachamovitch een shirtje aan, dat tot nu de best aangepaste kledij voor een spreker was hier op MIX08. By the way, ik had meer data beloofd over IE8, maar Jim heeft een schitterende post gemaakt over zijn eerste indrukken met IE8 waarbij mijn postje maar in het niets zou zinken 
MIX08 – David Armano’s Session
by koen on Mar.06, 2008, under society
I attended yesterday a session presented by David Armano at MIX08. I enjoyed the presentation, that touched several subjects that I have some outspoken ideas about. However, when updating my Twitter today, I noticed today that David was a little moved by the fact that some people left his session before it was over.
Being one of them David, please know that as far as I could see, most of the people enjoyed the presentation (I did !).
A few of us tought (and I can partially agree) that we enjoyed the ideas and the toughts you gave us. But… (there’s always a but, isn’t there) some of us missed the link/transition between the different ideas. That didn’t made us leave the room. What did? Well, we expirienced a death-by-demo’s during the morning keynotes and some of us couldn’t stand another flashy, geeky demo. No quality judgement on the demo or the great software you made for the iPhone, but our “DemoAbsorbingCapacity” had reached its limits.
Being a public speaker myself, I noticed, captured the event and expirience and learned a lot as well here!
links for 2008-03-06
by koen on Mar.06, 2008, under Links
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Michel De Coster, de Benelux-directeur van de Britse telecomgroep BT, krijgt een topfunctie bij Belgacom. Hij gaat de Enterprise Business Unit (EBU) leiden. Hij volgt er Bridget Cosgrave op.
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During today’s keynote, we highlighted our newest Web tools and technologies, including the release of Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1, Silverlight 2 Beta, Expression Studio 2 Beta and a preview of SQL Server Data Services (SSDS). Chief Software Architect Ray
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Influence tomorrow’s digital lifestyle with your vision of the Next-Gen PC. Change the way people pursue their passions by designing the ultimate Next-Gen Windows-based PC. Give them everything they need to do what they love, easily, powerfully, and enjoy
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Roger von Oech is an author, inventor, and speaker. His seminars and products have enriched the creativity of many millions around the world.
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T-shaped people
