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Thank you Steve Jobs

Thousends of entrepreneurs look up to the best tech guy around. Now a new guy takes the lead at Apple. Today I was driving and boring as I am listening to Business News Radio. They stated that it was good for Apple to have a new CEO....  We (the listeners) could reply.. At Microsoft changing the guard didn't work out that great. Bill his successor Steve didn't manage to steer MS to the front of innovation. So maybe Timothy (Tim) Cook will face the same faith?? To replace someone like Steve isn't easy. The big winner here is Steve himself. He can rest. Maybe too late, but he left a footprint of innovation in design, computing and feature film, like noone else in modern history. He is the Albert Einstein of design and technology. The music industry should throw him the best goodbeye party ever given to anyone in history. He changed the game and made music companies thrive again. When iTunes sold its 2nd billion track I started to build my beloved venture IIP. This time I wanted to wait starting a business untill I saw prove it was going to be a business. Thanks Steve for shining that light. M

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Rupert's NewsCorp.. Is the extraordinairy success only there bc of the way they gathered news in the UK?

The man that started the wave that eventually blasted News of the World from the face of our planet is dead. I feel a John Grisham story coming up. Thinking of this bizarre sequence of events with regards to NewsCorps News of the World I thought what if....

What if this way of journalism is the core of the success behind Ruperts empire? All countries he has got operations are based on a simple principle. New news first directly from the source, without the source knowing they are spilling the beans... Hmmm. I don't know Rupert and have no proof of any of the above. It's the smoking gun thinking, but he seems a very "on top of things guy" and what happened in the UK is not an incident, but something that has been going on for a long time and resulted in great financial success. So "Ich habe es nicht gewust" sounds a bit strange to me and also the very strong actions coming from RM by closing the paper immidiately. I am suspicious and wonder what we will see next?

Goldrush

Over the last 6 years once in a while, but the last 6 months almost everyday many people tell me about Gold. The world is in turmoil and everybody that has assets is thinking GOLD. I did not know you could pay your taxes in gold in some states in the US, I did not know govenments were buying Gold again to create stability. I did not know Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain etc. borrowed so much that maybe they will have to fold. Wow I know so little. But still its fun to talk to people that actually own something and think with them what to do. Is Gold a great investment? Yes it is when the EURO collapses or the $ or Yen or any currency you are vested in. But what if this currency poker game ends in the favour of the EURO and people that bought Gold at a high and will be left with Gold worth low? So a good spread is the safest play? Hmmm. Again I realize that I know so little of this world and what it has turned into from a financial POV that seriously I cannot say a "snugger" word about this. What I do know is that the banks, large corporates etc. fucked us all hard with their financial products based on thin air and that now I realize that the ego's in governements must be a big or even bigger because the guys and girls in charge all have us fooled with their vision for Europe and a new world order. Chapter 11 for Europe? What the F*&&^%

Dutch Christian minister shoots with blanks

I know talking about politics is not the best thing to do if in business, but exceptions need to be made. Personally I get upset about the changing of the Dutch mentality with regards to a multi cultural society and the way we treat people that come here to create a better life. Today in the news our Dutch minister of immigration etc. He wants illegal people that have no chance of getting a visa to pay for their removal from Holland. Most voters probably think this is a great idea, let these mother %^&*( pay for their crimes (The crime being to be in Holland for a better life and not having a visa). So the Christian party wins some votes. I call these ideas stupid because these people have nothing, thats why they moved here in the first place. So again our airhead politicians focus on things that don't need attention, there are bigger fish to fry.

 

 

First proof that buying Hyves by TMG was not smart...

They should have bought Myspace for less ;-)

Dutch Public Broadcast System

Soon the Dutch governemnt will announce a new appraoch for the public BC system. The idea is to merge the different broadcasters, based on their own ideas. I am not close to the people involved, but know a couple of them. I just don't believe this is going to be easy. From 12 ceo's to 3, 12 cfo's to 3 etc etc. So many people have worked for ever in this system, so I think we should prepare for the worst severence pay in Dutch history. Or are the boys and girls in Hilversum smart by keeping the foot on the ball and deceive the politicians. One public broadcaster with a board of directors of 30??? I don't understand why the government doesn't take this opportunity to make a real change??? At the end of the day, the plan as I understand is not that well thought through and doesn't serve the public at all. Not to mention our cultural heritage on TV and Internet. Allowing only webbased activity based on the TV shows aired on the public net, shows how stupid our politicians are when it comes down to Internet. It should be the other way around ;-) OMG, I cannot believe the this....

I rest my case

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Deeply ashamed! Man that sets himself on fire is dead

Man sets himself on fire

What kind of world do we live in that somebody gets so desperate that he sets himself on fire and dies? He applied for asilum in Holland and was not granted a residence permit. The likes of Geert Wilders and everybody else that is for keeping borders closed are responsible for this and in my eyes bloody murderers. We should have political leaders that care about our society and civilization and not just work the underbelly feelings with stupid voters. Why not grant everybody that comes in a working/staying permit, tax number etc. You build up your credits as you contribute, if you dont contribute you will have to leave again. When you are here to be a criminal you have to go too. Keep it simple and open instead of being afraid and closed. What a terrible way to die! R.I.P