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‘I want to discover the world. I’ll learn to let go of my fear of sleeping on the streets.’
They’re the three young musketeers. Their eloquent and often contrarian views have made them into national celebrities. Sywert van Lienden (21), who wants to demolish the Dutch political establishment. Gadget guru Alexander Klöpping (25), who also makes many a lady’s heart overclock. And possibly the most versatile of the three, Danny Mekić (25). Internet entrepreneur,…
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The Economic Crisis
Danny, What do you expect of 2013 on a personal level? We’ve ended up in an ‘economic crisis’, or at least that the name that’s been given to the current state of the world. That word – ‘crisis’ – is often used lately to mean we’ve fallen on rough times, a difficult period we’re going…
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Own your own data
Two years ago, Mark Zuckerberg made a bold statement. Privacy is a thing of the past, the founder of Facebook declared. A “social norm” that “has evolved over time.” Could that be true? written by Reinier Kist, NRC Handelsblad Barely a day passes without the media reporting on a database leaking large amounts of personal…
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To IT or not to IT?
On new responsibilities for employees in that most important area of business In 1999, when I took up volunteer work at internet service provider Het Net, I literally saw a whole new world: the world of the internet, and modern communications networks in general, capable of connecting people physically – just watch the cables bursting…