Time to Reflect

Antwerp Central Station

Koen Daems — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:31:11 GMT

The best in kind so far: Antwerp Central Station...(read more)

Information – what the F*** ?

Koen Daems — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:51:44 GMT

There are a lot of F*** words out there. FUSI is one of them: Find, Use, Share Information. Some of you probably know already that I’m pretty obsessed with how people handle the information overload that we all experience. FUSI is definitely...(read more)

Ferris: IBM’s Open Collaboration Client Solution Saves Money?

Koen Daems — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:50:15 GMT

A very good Study and good comments by Peter show that IBM’s talk about being cheaper than Microsoft is based on… nothing. Read it on Peter’s blog: http://www.peterdehaas.net/2009/01/ferris-ibms-open-collaboration-client-solution-saves-money.html...(read more)

Gadgets at Microsoft Research Labs

Koen Daems — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:49:01 GMT

Working at Microsoft is fun. And some guys have even more fun than others… Technorati Tags: Gadgets , Microsoft , Research Labs...(read more)

Who says we don't have FREE SOFTWARE ?

Koen Daems — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:09:00 GMT

There's a great list of free software right here on Blake's blog. Go and check it out: http://bhandler.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!70F64BC910C9F7F3!1231.entry (Note that though all downloads are supposed to be still active, many small tools have already...(read more)

Verizon picks Microsoft search over Google, Yahoo

Koen Daems — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:32:01 GMT

Verizon Communications Inc has chosen Microsoft Corp to provide Internet search services for cell phones, in what is seen as a blow to rivals Google Inc and Yahoo Inc. Read the full story here: http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?Feed=OBR&Date=20090107&ID=9493469&Symbol=MSFT...(read more)

The Mac Wheel – not for serious people

Koen Daems — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:03:00 GMT

Definitely not for me… The very last sentence of the news lady on this topic says it all: “It remains to been seen if the Wheel will catch on in the business world where people use the computer for actual work and not just clicking around” This woman...(read more)

Microsoft Digital Life Style

Koen Daems — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:37:55 GMT

enjoy...(read more)

Ontwikkelaar noemt Openoffice.org "stervend paard"

Koen Daems — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:11:00 GMT

(based on blog entry in English: find it here – including the numbers: http://www.gnome.org/~michael/blog/ooo-commit-stats-2008.html ) Minder politiek en meer vrijheid moeten kantoorpakket nieuw leven inblazen Rowald Pruyn 30 december 2008 Bron: ZDNet...(read more)

Personal Brain – feedback

Koen Daems — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:40:52 GMT

A few days ago, I downloaded and installed Personal Brain – a MindMapping tool. I love the tool, you can basically map anything in there (your whole brain if you want). I got one problem however: I love the tool, but I don’t see the benefit of it! ...(read more)

Making It All Work

Koen Daems — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:51:00 GMT

From the author of the bestseller “Getting Things Done,” comes a new book that will change your life. “Getting Things Done” hit a nerve and spawned a movement with businesses, students, and techies all the way from Silicon Valley to Europe and Asia. Now,...(read more)

What's Next for Computer Interfaces?

Koen Daems — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:08:42 GMT

Microsoft is helping in developing the next gen of Computer Interfaces – especially important when handling small devices such as hand held computers, PDAs, Mobiles… The idea is to use your fingers at the back of the device, not at the front,...(read more)

Windows Live Hotmail in Outlook

Koen Daems — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:56:16 GMT

For all you Outlook addicts (as I am) – the connector enabling integration of Live Mail (Hotmail) and Outlook has got an update. Read about it here. There’s also a link to the download site. http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook/archive/2008/12/16/microsoft-office-outlook-connector-12-1-is-here.aspx...(read more)

RSS Reader

Koen Daems — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:07:38 GMT

A whole new way to read (and play with) your RSS feeds – by MSNBC. Great looking! Unfortunately, can only be used with MSNBC feeds. Take a look here: http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i//msnbc/Components/spectra/index.html Enjoy...(read more)

A tool for GTD?

Koen Daems — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:57:05 GMT

I’m more and more fascinated by the power of Getting Things Done (see my previous blog post for book reference). I bumped into a tool that might be interesting in this context: Personal Brain ( http://www.thebrain.com/#-42 ). I’m downloading and...(read more)