TNW2013; an interview with the official graphic facilitator
The Next Web, the European WebTech event on innovation, startups and the future of web. I have been sketchnoting at the last 5 or 6 years now, displaying the visuals full screen during breaks and interludes. I love the vibe, I love the visuals on the big screen, its a perfect fit. Here is an interview at this years TNW;
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The Next Web conference; a visual overview in sketchnotes
The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam, an annual event of world proportions. Tech, innovation, start ups, investors and a lot of networking and beer. This slideshare is a handpicked overview of the presentations that I visually summarized live at the event.
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Lessons given at Rockstart
I am a mentor at Rockstart, have been for a while now. I love working with the enthusiastic startup teams. Apart from helping them with visual thinking and strategy, I am mainly a mentor in lean, giving sessions and workshops on Customer development. Here is a video compilation from one of these sessions.
What’s down there?
New Year, new design
I’ve put my Tumblr in a new jacket for 2013. It is where I share my personal pictures and thoughts. I took the time to write a personal new years post as well.
Wishing you al a courageous 2013.
Leweb 2012 the internet of things; a visual overview in live! iPadsketches
It was that time of year again and my 4th visit to LeWeb Paris, the biggest tech conference in Europe where people in the scene from all over the world meet and talk, new products and services are introduced and people get ready for a new year in webtech. This year’s overall theme was “the internet of things”.
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Visual literacy should be equally important as textual literacy in our educational systems
In my ever lasting hunger to explore the web on possibilities of how to change education and the importance of visuals and visual thinking in our modern society. One that is changing rapidly, every generation more adapted to our digital innovations than the former, while education is lagging behind. I came across a 2005 whitepaper that is stating exactly what I think is so true
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The quest for the one true data wizard; a visual experiment
I was thinking about Big Data and the quest that a lot of companies seem to have for that one Data wizard that will be the answer to all of their Data questions. And though I am not convinced of one data wizard or analist or specialist being the answer, I wasn’t getting my head around what should be the answer either.
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No more hierarchy, we need networks to thrive on
Since hierarchy in both companies and especially for entrepreneurs is becoming something of the past, networks and communities are more and more important to spark innovation and creativity. Inclusiveness is something we need to focus on to welcome and keep people in the network since we need people helping and supporting eachother to excell in what we do best. This video visualization highlights some of the things that are important to a thriving startup community.
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Lean Canvas visualized; insight in the flows of startup Snowciety
For the guys from Snowciety I visualized their ‘Lean Canvas’ (a concept by leancanvas.com) that will give them insight in their businessmodel. Though they had filled out the regular canvas, it misses the flow and connections that help create insight and overview into the model. I created this entirely visual/model based on the canvas that makes them ‘see’ .
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