#SXSWCorona: NO, COVID-19 will not break the internet. It was built to withstand a global nuclear war
Country after country goes into lock-down. City after city grinds to a halt. Businesses migrate from the office parks into
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Musings
thoughts, feelings, musings, reflections on life, the universe, everything
COVID19 will ebb away, but your values will go viral
What is civilization? The poet Robert Frost once eloquently described civilization as “a clearing in a dense dark forest”. As
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#SXSWcorona: Living and working through your keyboard
All the sudden, millennia of civilization grind to a screaming halt. Streets are empty. Flights are cancelled, hotels go to
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#SXSWCorona: Your opinion does not matter. Science, and facts do.
It’s been on my agenda for three years now: the battle against fake news. The level of dumbfuckery that is
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#SXSW2020: Welcome to Hotel California
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air Up
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It’s called home!
So, we moved. After 15 years in our previous home, it was time to move on. We had many great
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The future-killing thought bug: The Chicken or The Egg
A quick rant before diving into the first day of #SXSW. O sweet Jesus. We all know them. The very
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SXSW: Truth to Power, Power to Purpose
SXSW 2019 slowly powers down. My 15th one, and, -once again- a splendid edition. Austin is still weird. SXSW still
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Disrupt your cash cow, before your competitor does
The status quo. Soft killer of ideas, people, businesses and countries since the beginning of dawn. The dangerous feeling that
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Elon Musk: “Earth is the cradle of humanity. Staying in the cradle forever is plain stupid.”
Well, there you go. What started like a small whisper through the back alleys of the SXSW Austin convention centre,
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