Continue reading RIOT 2026, the ThingsCon report on the state of responsible technology

RIOT 2026, the ThingsCon report on the state of responsible technology

Such a wonderful read on the state of responsible tech! If you’ve ever been to ThingsCon events, this report and its authors will look familiair. If you are not familiair, this report will help you navigate a slew of new perspectives on tech, society, behavior, design and philosophy. RIOT also provides more interesting perspectives, background…

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Continue reading AI’s are inbred fever dreams and why it’s okay

AI’s are inbred fever dreams and why it’s okay

Entropy is a bitch, and we’re all going to see the effects of it in 3, 2, 1 … Everybody is talking about the avalanche of new, cheaper, large language models (LLM’s) and other AI implementations. DeepSeek, also known as CheapSeek seems to stand out because it’s based on the ‘heavy lifting’ done by other…

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Continue reading It’s Just A Model – a podcast on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design and behaviour

It’s Just A Model – a podcast on the interstitium of innovation, tech, design and behaviour

Together with Ron Kersic, I produce and present a podcast on topics that most people don’t talk about. We call it the interstitium, the connecting tissue, highway, magic space where topics like innovation and design come together, similarly where business models, history and AI come together. Our conversations are informal and unrehearsed. You can find…

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Continue reading AM:Innosurance – De rol van verzekeraars binnen het Smart Home ecosysteem

AM:Innosurance – De rol van verzekeraars binnen het Smart Home ecosysteem

De potentiĆ«le impact en implicaties op en voor verzekeraars van smart home lijkt groots, met mogelijkheden om schade in, om en aan het huis flink te reduceren. Consumenten lijken van hun verzekeraar te verwachten deze (r-)evolutie te verrekenen door het verlagen van premies en te komen met slimme waardeproposities. Maar hoe kunnen verzekeraars een relevante…

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Continue reading Trouw (Dutch News Paper): Tech talent gets inspiration on their way to Berlin

Trouw (Dutch News Paper): Tech talent gets inspiration on their way to Berlin

For Mirabeau, we joined a hackathon set in a train from Amsterdam to Berlin. One of our Dutch national papers published about our antics and our flexing of creative and innovative muscles. “Peet Sneekes werkt bij een digitaal marketingbureau en hij en zijn team willen vooral het comfort vergroten. Dat begint bij het persoonlijk maken…

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