Ever wonder if you can build your own phone? Well this guy did. Last time I checked how to make a phone myself, the only thing I could find always seemed very hard and not very practical (just have a look at this DIY Smartphonebased on a rasperry-pi) But the Strange Parts’s project is really impressive and give plenty of hopes for a different future of DIY-phones. While I am probably not going to that myself, it is still rather instructive and inspiring....

Ok, if you have never heard of Shenzhen, China you might want to get yourself up to date with this quick article – because really, it is getting more and more attention lately, as it has turned into a major platform of electronic hardware manufacturing of the past 15 years.  Located north of Hong Kong, Shenzen is the center of the supply chain hub for electronics. All of the major contract manufacturers working for Apple, HP, Microsoft and all the big guys all are there....

So, the news broke. It’s all over the Internet. Mastodonis the new cool kid on the block. It came out on my radars a few months ago on ProductHunt, but now it’s “officially” a serious project : At least most of the major media outlets like for instance : Mashable: Bye, Twitter. All the cool kids are migrating to Mastodon.Mic: What is Mastodon? Everything to know about new social network**Yahoo: **Mastodon, the new alternative to Twitter**The Verge: **Mastodon....

Edit: looking back at this post from a few years back, it does look incredibly naive but still leaving this up - still a a few good links Back in the (not-so-distant) days, if you wanted to have some online software — to manage your invoices or your customers — or any kind of business management solution — you had to have your own servers for your company and install-and-configure the hell out of it....

When I talk to people about the Internet – the first reaction is always : “Yes! Today you have no choice”. Then when I dig a little deeper – you hear the real stories. The “Yes… but…” – not in our industry – people are not buying online really – the market is not ready – it is still early So first, who is connected? Look, in case you haven’t noticed but everyone is....

For a project I am working on I had to find a way to build some lightpad on the cheap. Lightpad or Tracing lights – and I found these 3 different ways to go at it.  Walmart-style DIY lightpad Not much building-welding-connecting involved. Just buy 20 euros of office supplies and you are done. I might go with that one. Thanks   Makerspace-style lightbox From Instructables, I found this interesting under 30 dollars version....

That’s not new. That’s also not something people pay enough attention to. Content is king for a reason. Content is the expression of your knowledge. Content is what help you communicate your brand. Content is what define if you exist or not on the internet. Content is what connect people with each other. Content is what make your voice meaningful. Content is what help you make a difference For all these reasons and many others, content is king....

Here are three myths about WordPress that really annoy the sh*t out of me because they are just so outrageously outdated and so misinformed that it 100% piss me off to still hear such BS said in meetings – especially when it comes from the IT guy in a company. However, I know it is counter-productive to shout at people for things they do not know, especially when they act out of lack of knowledge and are just repeating what some other uninformed person told them – so I thought it would be better for me to write about it and email it calmly to people (while pressing that “Send” button with rage…)...

Selling online has the highest profit margin. It’s also one of the cheapest way to sell direct to consumer at scale. That’s also why it is growing rapidly over the past 5 years, and it will keep growing as the world is going increasingly digital. So, if you want to make the jump to ecommerce and sell online, let’s have a look at what you want to consider before you build anything....

“It ain’t as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.” “Get mad, then get over it.” “Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.” “It can be done.” “Be careful what you choose: You may get it.” “Don’t let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.” “You can’t make someone else’s decisions. You shouldn’t let someone else make yours....

Communication is at the heart of human relationships. Human relationships is what allow us to build a common future. If you want to change this common future you need to learn how to communicate about the future you want and why it should matter to others humans. If they know why it matters, they will be more encline to listen how to get there. Then, you will be able to tell them what to do to make this a reality....

I stumbled upon this video the other day. Some ex navy seal guy, they do army-style training programs for people who like to get their butt kicked. But also, they happen to have very good content on psychology of motivation (which actually make sense given what they do as a job.) The following video is about the reasons behind lack of motivation, lazy-style, I’ll do it tomorrow approach. TL;DW: Lazy is incompetence-driven....

Steven Pressfield has really coined the term *resistance in his famous book The War of Art amongts some other books he dedicated to it, and his words are so accurate that it is a must read for everyone in the business of making shit happen. TL;DR The resistance is a phenomenon well known to creative people, entrepreneurs and anybody trying to make something different and/or new happen – to some extent it is like a force of nature that manifest itself against our will to improve, our desire to advance....

If this look like the org. chart of the place you work at, you might want to consider thinking to go somewhere else.  No organisation ever started to end up like this, but it usually happen when you do not ingrain a culture of learning into your people and your organisation. This happen when you put people who are just about the how, without understanding the why. The moment people stop caring where the company is going, and just care about their “job” you know things will turn bad....