Blog Interdependent Thoughts maintained since 2002 by Ton Zijlstra.
European citizen in a networked world. Based in the Netherlands, living in Europe, working globally. There are no Others. There is just me and many of you.

I write about how our digital and networked world changes how we work, learn, decide and organize. I explore the tools and strategies that help us navigate the networked world. I am passionate about increasing people's ability to act (knowledge), and their ability to change (learning). Key-words: open data, open government, fablabs, making, complexity, networked agency, networked learning, ethics by design.

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There are 5 posts found on this site published on April 26

April 26, 2018
- US May Restart Charging For Satellite Data 2019 The US government is looking at whether to start asking money again for providing satellite imagery and data from Landsat satellites, according to an article in Nature. Officials at the Department of the Interior, which oversees the USGS, have asked a federal advisory committee to explore how putting a price on Landsat data might affect […]
- Twitter Not GDPR Compliant (nor Flickr, nor ….) Many tech companies are rushing to arrange compliance with GDPR, Europe’s new data protection regulations. What I have seen landing in my inbox thus far is not encouraging. Like with Facebook, other platforms clearly struggle, or hope to get away, with partially or completely ignoring the concepts of informed consent and unforced consent and proving […]
April 26, 2012
- First Step To MiniFabLab Yesterday I took a first step in a new experiment: I bought a desk top milling machine (Roland MX-15, see pic). At 750 Euro (compared to 3000 new), this second hand machine is price competitive with anything else currently on the (DIY) market. I bought the machine from Hanne van Essen, one of the founders […]
April 26, 2008
- Wii Fit, Cool and Brutally Honest ;) 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 I was still interested in buying one (Yes!), we went to pick it up today. […]
April 26, 2007
- Map Your Name on Map My Name …..and help a couple of Portuguese students determine the ‘exact number’ of internet users within a month. Right now they are on day 4 (it start April 22nd) and so far my home town Enschede boasts 21 internet users. With almost the highest broadband penetration in the world here in the Netherlands I have a […]