Michiel Frackers' Blog about nothing in particular

I am not a journalist, but an entrepreneur and investor so my interviews are more chats and tend to have a different approach and atmosphere from a typical media interview. I don't pretend to be unbiased, I'm a believer in this medium and the industry and I am trying to show the 'best of breed', so to speak. So when we sat down with Daniel Brusilovsky a few weeks ago at the Techcrunch offices, the plan was to hear the views on technology of a very bright kid. And perhaps to advise him to have fun and stay a kid as long as possible. We had a nice talk and we finished editing the video last week, just before all hell broke loose.

10:03 AM | category: Technology |

Tuesday 2 February 2010

True Tuesdays episode 1: Janpieter Scheerder

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Tuesday 13 January 2009

Please find me elsewhere on the web in English

For years I have been telling myself I'll blog in English again as soon as I find the time, but I'm giving up looking for it. Time is permanently missing. If you are interested to see what I'm up to, I keep a moblog for friends and family here, my Twitter-self is here, Facebook here and my LinkedIn profile is here. So I will rarely post on this blog, but hope to see you around!

03:13 AM | category: Media |

Thursday 8 June 2006

Arthur van Hoff back with Zing

Arthur van Hoff is out of stealth mode and launched Zing. Here is what Gizmodo says:

Zing is partnering with Yahoo! and Sirius for their new player. The initial prototype includes 8GB of storage space that can be filled wtih music via a Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or direct connection. Zing is trying to eliminate the need for a computer with portable media players by allowing for album downloads to come directly to the player via the Wi-Fi connection. Also the Zing player will have the ability to stream Sirius satellite music from the Wi-Fi connection—what?

03:39 AM | category: Technology | Comment(s) (0)

Saturday 1 October 2005

Back from High Tech Connections

This week I tagged along on yet another trade mission, this time with the Dutch secretary of foreign trade to Boston for High Tech Connections.

On Sunday night we were invited to a buffet/banquet in the Fogg Art Museum, part of Harvard, in Cambridge. After dinner we walked around, the first time I have ever been in an empty museum. It was unbelievable.

05:17 AM | category: Finance |

Sunday 18 September 2005

Around the world in a week

My body is back home in Amsterdam from a week full of heaven and hell. My mind is still caught somewhere in between.

It's Saturday, September 10, and cameraman Albert is up high on a Swiss alp filming the arriving Challengers.

On Sunday we had to floor it, driving from Switzerland through Italy to Slovenia, to keep within shooting distance of the most spectacular cars.

05:29 AM | category: Culture | Comment(s) (0)

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