http://www.zylstra.org/blog/ en-us 2010-01-28T16:03:55+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2010/01/fablab_year_boo.html We in the Dutch FabLab community just released a year book for the FabLab community. The first ever year book actually. Consistent with FabLab principles the release was printing the book physically in the CabFabLab in the Hague, and sharing... communities Ton 2010-01-28T16:03:55+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2010/01/do_you_know_aca.html In blog based discussions there has been talk of 'effective' group sizes and network sizes in the past (see some of it here from 2003 and 2004). Most of that however was always based on anecdotal 'laws' or Dunbar's number... Effectivity Ton 2010-01-10T20:34:31+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2009/12/rotterdam_unive_2.html Before the start of the learning community project I did at the Rotterdam University for Applied Sciences, Elmine and me did a workshop on web2.0 and networked learning (connectivism) for a number of people. Most of these were group managers... communities Ton 2009-12-19T18:04:08+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2009/12/ecofont.html Leaving through a weekly and reading an article on greenwashing and 'deep' green marketing, I noticed something in the right hand bottom corner. It read: "Ecofont The articles on pages 14-19 are printed with Ecofont Spranq Eco Sans, a letter... Innovation Ton 2009-12-13T14:44:31+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2009/11/enschede_geeklo.html This afternoon / tonight we had a GeekLounge, after the last geek dinner in May '08. We had a pleasant round of conversations with artist Marc Otte, resident philosopher Johnny Søraker, start-up running Melina McKim, researchers Robert Slagter and Lilia... people Ton 2009-11-29T21:50:54+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2009/11/we_installed_ou.html Today we installed our first LED light bulb. We got it as part of a national action by the 'Nationale Postcodeloterij' ('national zip-code lottery' where your zipcode is your lottery number). In this action all 2.5 million households that take... technology Ton 2009-11-28T20:52:27+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2009/11/fibre_to_the_ho.html It seems it is finally coming in our neighbourhood: optical fibre connections into our home. It means 60Mb internet connection is now within reach, and we soon can leave our 6Mb ADSL connection behind. Brings back memories from when I... misc Ton 2009-11-26T10:26:55+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2009/11/km_made_in_holl.html Three weeks ago saw the second edition of KM Made in Holland. An initiatieve of professor Robert de Hoog of University of Twente and Frank Lekanne-Deprez of the Zuyd University for Applied Sciences, that aims to bring together researchers and... conferences Ton 2009-11-25T22:19:11+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2009/11/ministerial_ego.html I am here in Malmo for the 5th EU ministerial conference on eGovernment. Elmine and I are staying in Copenhagen, and I hopped across the bridge into Malmo/Sweden to attend the conference. The conference venue, and European flags in... conferences Ton 2009-11-21T17:03:12+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2009/11/human_networks.html We are our own end-points For me one of the key aspects of the impact that internet and mobile communications have is that it makes it possible to navigate information via human relationships. This because internet/mobile connects us all in... communities Ton 2009-11-12T12:04:23+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2009/11/rotterdam-unive-x.html Last week I gave a presentation on the project I did at Rotterdam University in the past year. While making the slides I realized that out of the five areas where we created results in that project (we dubbed them... knowledge management Ton 2009-11-10T22:18:34+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2009/11/open_gov_data_p.html Earlier this year I worked on Open Government Data for the Ministry for the Interior, together with James Burke. As part of that project we created a basic flow chart to help civil servants decide if and how it is... Effectivity Ton 2009-11-07T17:47:26+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2009/10/what_should_my.html The rationale I'm turning 40 next spring. When Elmine turned 30 last year we organized not only a fun bbq party, but also a workshop-styled conference day. We explored the 'work-life balance' issues, changes and questions our networked lives bring... conferences Ton 2009-10-30T18:10:44+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2009/10/hacking_educati_1.html Last week Thursday the one day workshop 'Hack die Bildung' (Hacking Education) took place in Berlin. For a general description read the previous posting. This posting describes the theme I introduced as 'host' during the speed geeking rounds: beyond text... conferences Ton 2009-10-29T12:10:36+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2009/10/hacking_educati.html Last week on the invitation of Martin Lindner, I attended the one-day workshop-style event 'Hack die Bildung' (Hacking Education) in Berlin. A very nicely diverse group of about 25 people attended. This number of people worked well for me, reminiscent... conferences Ton 2009-10-28T09:57:25+01:00