Life & Work
On leaving QueroMedia & joining forces with Websaus
Written on May 26th 2010, filed under Life & Work with 3 comments.
Today has seen the end play of a long and hard month. I'm sure I've raised quite a few eyebrows as I made my decision to leave QueroMedia public. I wasn't unhappy here, I wasn't stuck in a dead-end job and I didn't suffer from a lack of responsibilities.When renewing contracts Mobistar finds silence to be golden
Written on April 7th 2010, filed under Customer Relations, Life & Work with 0 comments.
A friend of mine sent me a message today. "Damnit!" He exclaimed. "I wanted to cancel my mobile phone subscription at Mobistar. Turns out they renewed it for two years a couple of months ago. They'll charge me 150 Euro to cancel it." Turns out, I'm in the same situation and it pisses me off.Truvo: Lies, damned lies & statistics
Written on September 22nd 2009, filed under Life & Work with 10 comments.
Some corporations are lucky. They've found a nice little way to make a lot of money without much in return. Publishers of the Yellow Pages fell into that category until the end of the nineties when the Internet started to boom.Mobile phones for seniors? Now there’s an idea!
Written on September 12th 2009, filed under Usability, Life & Work with 0 comments.
Todays manufacturers focus on two things: creating phones with a boatload of features and making them as small and as light as possible. My grandparents just want a practicle phone with which they can call and be called. Until recently it was impossible to find a mainstream phone that allowed just that.A word about planning
Written on April 22nd 2009, filed under Life & Work with 0 comments.
I'm not too fond of detailed schedules. Some people spend most of their days planning things numerous months or steps ahead. You know them. They love their Excel sheets and their schedules. They go absolutely berserk when they're a minute behind.Wifi rant
Written on January 30th 2009, filed under Life & Work with 0 comments.
I’m sitting in the conference room of one of the most exclusive hotels in Brussels, Le Meridien, and I’m writing this in a word processor. The reason? There’s no internet access here.What can and can’t you read and see?
Written on December 30th 2008, filed under Life & Work with 0 comments.
If it were up to the governments and various industries a large amount of websites would be blocked. The mere concept boggles the mind. How can democratic governments — many who criticise China for blocking parts of the web — even think, let alone talk about this.Telenet: You don’t seem to want my money…
Written on December 9th 2008, filed under Usability, Life & Work with 0 comments.
I've never been a fan of the way Telenet treats its customers and potential customers, but today was the last straw. After spending over one hour on the phone - thankfully spread out across several days - I'm told that: "their computer-system is down right now due to an upgrade and I should call back later".Twittering
Written on July 2nd 2008, filed under Life & Work with 1 comment.
Something that's always struck me as kind of useless has, for reasons that are still unknown, convinced me to give it a shot. I'm talking about microblogging platform Twitter.Page 1 of 1 pages