Installing a completely privacy safe Corona app, increasing the risk of overcoming coronavirus together, sounds like a no-brainer. Right? Not if it’s up to the founder of Myndr. Because even though the tracking system is brilliant, it increases the dependency on our mobile phones… We’re slaves to our devices, although …
Since the start of the Corona period, to me it seems like there’s more polarization and opposing opinions than ever. We call out other people on their opinion, and we judge them for it. Instead of being curious and finding new grounds together. Then we go back to our social …
I am trying the alpha test for an app that asks you for just one simple question per day: What are you grateful for today? Gratitude is a powerful antidote for anger, fear, frustration, impatience and so much more. So having this prompt every day (in my mailbox on a …
What you do very often, you become very good at. If you choose to be distracted very often, you become very good at it. If you keep scrolling on a smartphone, you will become very good at it. If you practice focusing, you become very good at it. It’s up …
You can’t say “I have a newborn, so I don’t sleep”. You still decide to use the other hours in the day for other things than nurturing the baby. And you must plan that, it’s ultimately your responsibility to decide and act on this. The fact that you’re owner of …
Since I’ve watched “the social dilemma” on Netflix, I know. And I’ve known for some time to be frank, since I’ve read into tech and brains since 2010. We humans are trigger junkies. We crave for the next micro-stimulus and once we experience something that gives us just that tiny …
Now that I have started using face masks in public, it occurred to me that my phone doesn’t auto unluck anymore. Of course not, just half of my face is recognizable… I now unlock my phone most of the times with my code, and even notice how used to face …
If attention is the currency in life, focus is the big bill.
In Google, you can make reservations now for a table at restaurants. Directly in the Google interface. Without leaving Google. This is yet another step in integrating our lives with Google. We already entered the “hey Google, make a reservation for four at de pannenkoe at 2pm today.”-era. Just every …
The other day I was non-surgical ordering face masks online. The webshop had unique designs for a fair price. It (the website) sent me an order confirmation and within a couple of hours it sent me a confirmation of the shipment. Unfortunately, no package in four days… So I emailed …