http://www.zylstra.org/blog/ en-us 2008-04-26T16:54:35+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/04/wii_fit_cool_an.html Ever had a game console tell you you're overweight and unbalanced (physically I presume)? Mine just did, after I connected the Wii Fit. After a phone call yesterday from a local gaming shop that it just came in, and if... Ton 2008-04-26T16:54:35+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/03/short_visit_to.html Next weekend I will pay a short visit to Copenhagen. Elmine is coaching a youth fencing team at a tournament there, and I will tag along for the ride. A good opportunity to catch up with a few people in... misc Ton 2008-03-25T13:27:09+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/03/some_thoughts_o.html During BarCamp Amsterdam, see previous posting, we talked about how I can use my tools to better suit my working needs. One of them being social filtering. In this posting I explore the thoughts on rearranging my feed reading habits... knowledge management Ton 2008-03-08T21:21:02+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/03/blogwalk_amster.html Last week saw the third edition of BarCamp in Amsterdam. Located, just as the first one (and second BarCamp ever), at Mediamatic offices near Amsterdam Central Station, a small group of people gathered to discuss their projects. I am not... conferences Ton 2008-03-08T20:18:39+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/03/phun_or_learnin.html In the VR Lab at Umea University (Sweden) they have created a beautiful teaching help called Phun, where in a game like environment you get to experiment with all kinds aspects of Physics. When I talk to teachers they sometimes... Learning Ton 2008-03-08T12:37:59+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/03/moo_cards_tangi.html I received my Moo mini cards today. Not a newsworthy event as such, especially not to most of you who are familiar with them anyway. But the bigger point behind these Moo Cards is that 1) they build on my... misc Ton 2008-03-01T12:35:00+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/02/qik_live_stream.html In the past days I've been playing with an alpha application for my Nokia N95 phone that really impresses me. It's called Qik and it live streams video from your phone to the web. After you're done streaming, it keeps... Ton 2008-02-25T11:22:47+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/02/barcamp_amsterd.html On March 1st and March 2nd, the third BarCamp Amsterdam will take place. Initiated by Ralph, again Mediamatic in the Post CS building will be hosts to it. Boris Mann suggested (or more like told me) I attend. So guess... conferences Ton 2008-02-11T11:52:18+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/02/klm_checking_sc.html Last week a reporter of a Dutch tv station reported how easy it was to get onto Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, and even place a fake bomb in the cargo hold of a passenger plane. The conclusion was, that even though... misc Ton 2008-02-11T09:41:27+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/02/connectivism_wo.html Last Friday Elmine Wijnia and I gave a day long workshop at Rotterdam University (Hogeschool Rotterdam) on networked learning. The group of 15 participants are alle involved in realigning the teaching at their institute to the digital reality their students... knowledge management Ton 2008-02-10T21:28:12+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/02/independent_so.html Now that my contract with my employer has formally ended, people are asking me what it is I do. Actually I am quite busy. My life as a self-employed consultant started with a little trip to Paris. There I attended... misc Ton 2008-02-05T20:31:14+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/01/going_solo_a_co.html On the initiative of Stephanie Booth, on May 16th a one-day conference for freelancers will take place in Lausanne in Switzerland. I would like to go, but already have family obligations elsewhere. The conference is called Going Solo. The day... conferences Ton 2008-01-23T13:17:56+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/01/thoughts_on_gtd.html Working with a Getting Things Done system in the past 9 months or so leads to a few thoughts I'd like to share. Because it seems to me there is a systemic weakness in the concept of GTD. This does... Effectivity Ton 2008-01-23T09:41:53+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/01/medinge_2008_br.html Stockholm, Seal Beach, Calif. and Wellington, January 4 (JY&A Media) The Medinge Group, an international think-tank on branding and business, releases its fifth annual Brands with a Conscience list. In the Group's opinion, these eight diverse organizations show that it... misc Ton 2008-01-06T14:17:39+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2008/01/world_wide_pape.html Stephanie Booth came up with WoWiPAD, which is how I (and Elmine as well) will spend our day: So, another of these "get-together" initiatives I'm launching is the World Wide Paperwork and Administrivia Day, which we'll call WoWiPAD from now... misc Ton 2008-01-02T08:01:33+01:00