Month: October 2013

  • The function of functions

    The function of functions

    What do a captain, a cook and a carpenter have in common? They all work aboard a ship, and they each have their own tasks and responsibilities: navigating the ship, preparing the meals and making repairs when necessary. They relate to each other as a hierarchy: the captain is in charge. And even though they…

  • A private cloud for every citizen

    A private cloud for every citizen

    Letter to the editor of the Financial Times, published today: Dear Sir, Jonathan Shaw states in his letter (October 15) that we need to grow up fast, in the digital age, and that the public needs to be more aware of the freedoms and constraints inherent in our increasing adaptation to the digital age. He…

  • Technology should work for us, not rule us

    Technology should work for us, not rule us

    Higher employment rates, less government spendings, lower taxes. A larger, stronger economy and a more comfortable life for everyone. More safety. All of these things are possible when technology takes up its proper place in society, and if the government enables that. Serving society, with goals set in advance and with clear expectations — not…

  • Online trends for entrepreneurs: autonomous washing machines and online child rearing

    Online trends for entrepreneurs: autonomous washing machines and online child rearing

    Raising children will soon be done not with colouring pencils but with iPads. This and other technological developments can no longer be ignored, says Danny Mekić during the Week van de Ondernemer (Week of the Entrepreneur) in the MKBuzz. Multidisciplinary internet expert and young entrepreneur Danny Mekić is one of the speakers during the Week…

  • Interview with Avenir, VU University Amsterdam

    Interview with Avenir, VU University Amsterdam

    Danny Mekić (26) first became an entrepreneur at the age of 12, literally working from the attic of his parents’ house. Fourteen years later, he is working on his third company, a consultancy firm run by teenagers and people in their twenties, and he’s replaced his parents’ attic with the board rooms of 40 of…

  • Cry freedom (Freedom and Security)

    Cry freedom (Freedom and Security)

    Letter to the editor of The Times: Dear Sir, The article ‘Freedom and Security’ (Leading articles, The Times 12-10-2013) suggests that Edward Snowden doesn’t understand the balance between freedom and security. What balance? Snowden has proved that our digital private lives are no longer private. The NSA and the GCHQ have virtually bugged everyone with…