Er is altijd wel iemand beledigd

Helaas wordt de vrijheid van denken nogal eens verward met de vrijheid tot beledigen. Unfortunately, freedom of thought often gets confused with freedom of insult.  

Analogy

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Driewerf hoera voor Tap That

Serious gaming en Seksuele Gezondheid hebben een moeizame relatie. Want de veel gedane aanname: "seks is leuk en dus is een spelletje over seks ook leuk." leidt tot luiheid. en dus tot slechte games. Net zoals "Seksuele gezondheid is een heel moeilijk onderwerp en al die nuances en stapels informatie moeten terugkomen in een spelletje" …

Why Google feels it should never ‘forget’. And why they’re wrong.

The European court has decided that people have a right to be forgotten, or have certain things forgotten about. This ruling means that Google is no longer allowed to ‘remember’ certain things for us, forever and for everyone. This morning I read an open letter by David Drummond, Chief Legal Officer at Google. Google, he …

Farmers from the Pirate Bay.

As the proud father of two sons I have had to educate myself in an area where I never thought I would have any expertise whatsoever. Tractors. They love them. The two things that make them happiest of all are tractors and playing games on my tablet or laptop. So naturally, when I saw that the …

Being sick. 2013.

Man, being sick has changed. It seems like only a couple of years ago when being having the flu meant that you were on the sofa under an uncomfortable blanket. Constantly switching between watching dvd’s, reading books, doodling in a sketchbook, textmessaging people for sympathy and checking the tv for news on ‘the world out …

The digital future

Mat Honan's piece 'Kill the password' in the latest edition of Wired almost brought me to tears. Mat's online profile was hacked, probably for his Twitter account, @mat, and the hackers decided to just erase all his documents he had files in the cloud. Which meant everything digital he had, including all the pictures of …

Star Wars. Why people with autism love it.

Let's get my credentials straight first; As is the case with anyone who has any decent taste in cinematography; the Empire Strikes Back is in my film top 5 as well. I've seen The Phantom Edit, I own the Lego Millennium Falcon and I intend to teach my sons about exceptional sci-fi by the Machete …

Minor book-depression

I was just in a bookstore. I saw a copy of Evgeny Morozov's book 'The Net Delussion' on offer which lured me in. As I picked it up, it happened. My eye fell on Jonah Lehrer's latest book 'Imagine. How creativity works'. Two books I wanted to read. I left the bookstore without buying either. …

Being real. Is it really important?

One of the most important factors for companies to be succesful in marketing is ‘authenticity’. Or at least, such is claimed by marketing gurus. Why is Apple one of the most successful consumer brands in the world? Because of Steve Jobs. And Steve was authentic. Same story with Nike. And Coca Cola. Coca Cola brought …