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Dinner for one
Posted by andries on Dec 16, 2009 in Fun
A classic amongst classic! Still played on the BBC I belief every new year’s eve 
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5zld2_diner-pour-un-humour-anglais-tres-d
Adventure to make the world less boring
This must have been the most hilarious website I’ve seen recently and definitely the most disturbing to read while being confined between the 4 walls of my office: http://www.theadventurists.com
The idea of Adventurist is simple. Take the smallest and least practical vehicles available in an entire continent and throw it into a charity race at some of the most ridiculous and least hospitable terrain on our good earth. Brilliant! And incredibly dangerous. But I love it. The races come in different shapes and forms: the Mongol Rally, the Rickshaw Run, the Africa Rally and the Mototaxi Junket. Woohaa!
The battle between old and new media
Posted by andries on Dec 2, 2009 in Insights
Newspaper publishers will now be able to set a limit on the number of free news articles people can read through Google News. Here is what an interesting BBC article had to say about the dilemmas and limitations both old and new media models have.
The dispute between media groups and Google reflects the general confusion over how traditional media can make money on the internet.
Every newspaper owner angry about Google’s linking policy can use a simple remedy: add two lines of code to a file on your servers and Google will leave you alone.
Deep down, most media owners realise that the old “publish it and they will come” principle does not work in an on-demand world.
If Google would not link to their websites, the very same media groups would bitterly complain about Google’s refusal to generate valuable online traffic.
Unless you own premium content (from the Wall Street Journal at one end to porn at the other), making money from on-demand content means first and foremost that your audiences have to be able to find you.
The problem: Nobody has quite figured out a business model for a world where consumers don’t want their morning or evening news, but want the Now O’clock News – the “on-demand and to my taste” news