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Travelling with the tools of the future: What a weekend trip to L.A. can look like 19 Jun 2013 | 10:09 am
This weekend, my co-founder Joel and I took a 2 day weekend trip to L.A. There was no particular reason for it really. Ever since we arrived in the US, we hadn’t spent much time exploring other parts ...
So few are part of the tale 25 Feb 2013 | 09:24 am
Recently, my slight obsession with Lord of the Rings got a tiny bit worse and I dove into reading all the books from start to finish. Right now, I’ve made my way through The Hobbit and half way throug...
What could go wrong? 24 Feb 2013 | 09:38 am
That is the line, that we have had built into our heads since the very start. “What could go wrong?”, is what our ancestors asked themselves every day. When they went into the woods to gather berries ...
How can you reinvent yourself? 15 Feb 2013 | 09:33 am
Let’s say you’ve grown up in a small town like me. Or a big town. It doesn’t quite matter so much. You went to school there, you made lots of friends there. You even found your first love there. Then ...
Listening to music is like taking drugs 22 Jan 2013 | 08:23 pm
There is a question I’ve recently asked myself: When was the last time I’ve actually listened to music? I don’t mean: When was the last time I walked somewhere and I listened to music. Or: When was th...
It’s your privilege 5 Jan 2013 | 11:31 am
Every evening, or sometimes during the day, I’m writing to do lists. Or sometimes an Anti-to do list. I love these lists. Seriously, I think it’s a great feeling to tick things off and to feely mighti...
The “being realistic” fallacy 29 Dec 2012 | 11:10 pm
On my way to the airport this week, I’ve had an amazing conversation with Joel. It was about a topic I thought I had nailed for a long time and realized that actually rather the opposite was the case....
Why I dropped out of college to work on a startup 22 Dec 2012 | 11:00 pm
On this day, around 2 years ago, I’m about a few weeks away before I’ve had a brief Skype chat with Joel on a side project he was working on. He’d called it bfffr.com. It was a site that would (…) Re...
The power of reading books more slowly 15 Dec 2012 | 02:55 pm
Every evening, before I go to bed, I tend to read 2-3, sometimes 4 pages of a book that I’m in the middle of. It didn’t used to be like that, I would take time out of my day and (…) Read the rest of ...
Why positivity trumps everything 3 Dec 2012 | 09:21 am
How do you focus on daily positivity and happiness in life? You practice it every day, just like playing the violin or learning to ride a bike. Here are some of the lessons we’ve learnt so far with Bu...
