I attended a talk at Harvard tonight by Lisa Stone of BlogHer entitiled “What Women Want”. Much of the time was focused on what women don’t want. This made her seem angry. Angry at the world for marginalizing women on the internet. Angry at Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for not doing an interview on camera with BlogHer (a lot of time was focused here). Im not sure what made her so angry, but it was a little offputting. She did throw in some great stats about how women are using the net.
Steve Garfield captured the event, so check out his 20 minute video if you’re curious.
The father of an old girlfriend of mine and I were discussing email etiquette. He is the President of a large pharmaceutical company. I asked him how he dealt with the volume of email that I assumed he received.
He told me that he asks people to follow a few simple rules when sending him email. These seem obvious, but Im amazed at how many people don’t know them. Read the rest of this entry »
How many products can you count that have not been replaced by newer, better ones? Is it possible to reach the limit where you cannot make a better widget? or hammer? or bicycle seat?
I am a citizen of the world. I hold a US passport, and I currently reside here in the US by choice, not necessity. Prior to this, I lived in the UK, and I have the right to return and live and work there. Prior to that, I lived in Singapore.
I attended a lecture tonight on Immigration by Professor Kim Williams from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Her lecture focused on politics around race as it applies to illegal / legal immigration in the United States. Im additionally interested in the economic impact of ignorant immigration policies. Read the rest of this entry »
Did you know, I’m addicted to Yelp? Yelp is an online social networking and review site. In 2007, it completely replaced Citysearch (shitty-search) as the way to find good restaurants in Boston, New York, Houston, wherever (in the US)! Here’s why: Read the rest of this entry »
2007 is over, and what a year it was! It was a year of transition and living upside down for me. Here are some stats to give you an idea:
Number of times I moved: 4
Number of companies with which I had a full time job: 4 (incl. my own company)
Amount of time spent away from home (wherever that was): 3 months
Countries Visited: 4 (not counting transits)
Distance Flown: 80,872 mi
Longest Bike Ride: 73 mi
Longest Car Trip: 1,845 mi
Being unsettled created an amazing amount of stress for me in 2007. However, I couldn’t be happier where the year is ending. The bike ride statistic was accomplished yesterday when Ben and I biked from our place in Cambridge to Newport, Rhode Island. Im a little sore, but dancing tonight should loosen me up. See you next year!
I’ve been pretty quiet about what I am doing these days. I’ve dropped hints here and there. It’s an awesome new twist to my tale. It’s great experience and great fun. Im now working at Virosity Read the rest of this entry »
Startups and the tech community in general tend to be more accepting of individual expression. This includes weird t-shirts, casual (slovenly?) appearance and … facial hair! I got back from Argentina with over a week worth of hair on my face. I wore it proudly back to work on the first day. The second day of work, I had a client meeting. That morning I felt compelled to shave it all off. Read the rest of this entry »
Im back from Argentina. The trip was fantastic. If you didn’t follow along at colin.nederkoorn.co.uk, you can check it out for my iPhone pics. Im uploading the pictures to flickr and collecting my thoughts. There will be an article on the good, bad and ugly of Argentina very soon.
While I was gone, it seems like the big news was all about Facebook’s Beacon. It seems like the bad press is in full swing at zuckerberg and facebook. If curious you can always dig in to Mark Zuckerberg’s private life.
I’ve always been cynical about charities. I believe that in general, charities have too much waste. I attended a charity event called “Linus bats for kids”. The event took place at Fenway Park and was in support of Horizons for Homeless Children. According to Charity Navigator, Horizons for Homeless Children is a pretty decent charity. That makes me happier since I gave them money Read the rest of this entry »
Im Colin Nederkoorn. I left my cushy job in sales to become a web entrepreneur. 
2007 is over, and what a year it was! It was a year of transition and living upside down for me. Here are some stats to give you an idea:
Startups and the tech community in general tend to be more accepting of individual expression. This includes weird t-shirts, casual (slovenly?) appearance and … facial hair! I got back from Argentina with over a week worth of hair on my face. I wore it proudly back to work on the first day. The second day of work, I had a client meeting. That morning I felt compelled to shave it all off. 
I’ve always been cynical about charities. I believe that in general, charities have too much waste. I attended a charity event called “Linus bats for kids”. The event took place at Fenway Park and was in support of Horizons for Homeless Children. According to Charity Navigator,