Willy Dobbe - stock exchange

And now KPN will be bought (in due time) by AT&T

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:56:38 +0100

I have worked for Pink Elephant, that was bought by Roccade making PinkRoccade and worked for AT&T. I have worked for Unisource that was insourced in KPN. I have worked for PinkRoccade (again) that was bought by Getronics (the worst thing that could happen, but that is another story). And Getronics-PinkRoccade was recently bought by KPN, as I predicted. And now KPN will be bought by ...

...AT&T!

Speculation of a takeover bid for Royal KPN NV from AT&T Inc have been quickly dismissed, and although the Dutch telecoms operator will remain at the heart of takeover talk for the time being, an offer for the company is not expected in the short-term, analysts said.

...or maybe not.

But is weird to see, so many employers and it all comes together. See my linkedin profile for details and My Life in Business Cards. I think I will go to a company that will not be bought by AT&T but will buy the big T!

Magnatune's podcasts are great, not evil at all

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:45:45 +0200

Via the Twit network I found out about a great serie of Podcasts over at Magnatune. They are free (as in beer), DRM free, advertisement free and well categorized. Sure worth listening to it on your iPod.

Talking about iPods, yesterday I bought the new fat Nano, my second iPod and .. my first Mac; an iMac! I ordered them online and hope to have them in a week or so. In even more unrelated news, Apple is worth more then IBM! (well, maybe not, but still)

de funda van de ...

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:22:19 +0100

Het gaat niet goed met Funda. Ontslag van de driekoppige directie, een jaarverslag dat laat zien dat het "funda"ment van de organisatie met betonrot kampt en zwaar tegenvallende cijfers.

Emerce schrijft onder "Groei van Funda zakt in::

"Wij verwachten dat 2007 een cruciaal jaar wordt in het bestaan van het bedrijf: we zijn óf in staat om Funda op koers te houden óf zullen worden gedwongen om een minder invloedrijke en minder succesvolle toekomst te accepteren."

Raar. Nog geen half jaar geleden werkte ik aan een suspect die als statement had "we willen de Funda worden van de vrijetijds-sector". Ik dacht toen al, nou dat hoop ik niet voor je, vindallehuizen.nl was er al en de eerste cracks in het bastion van het NVM broederschap waren zichtbaar. Maar ik hield mijn mond, soms moet je ~~klanten~~prospects zelf door een fase laten gaan en niet betweterig voorkouwen wat de volgende 5 stappen zijn die ze mee gaan maken, ook al kan je ze blind uittekenen.

De suspect is niet naar ons gegaan. En heeft zijn doel (budget 50k, doel top10 site) weer normaal bijgesteld. En ik denk ook niet dat in het programma nog staat dat ze "de funda willen worden van de vrijetijdssector". Hoewel, supsect was nogal 1.0. Dus wellicht past hij zich pas aan over een jaar of twee als het nieuws ook daar bekend is dat gesloten muren rondom de tuin niet werken.

Smoking killed the clueful webmaster of malboro.com

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:33:53 +0200

Redirection with Smoke And ... Smoking?

Today's example comes straight from malboro.com and is best experienced with FireFox. Go ahead. Click it. I'll wait.

Baaah! This webmaster wasnt smoking Malboro when (s)he did the rewrite. IE only in 2006 where there are other ways of doing redirects for nearly 10 years. Sad to see how such a big company has such a small vision.

Google Modules on "Personalised Homepage"

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 14:57:37 +0100

Google Modules. Lots of them. I recently started using the Personal Homepage of Google. And with Google opening up the way to add new modules, lots of fun stuff is hapening right now. See the google modules page for 100's of new "widgets".

In this light is is fun to read a good article of an Amazon.com employee on Google's magnet power for talent. Best slogan: "You can't fake being cool".

New version of Photo Exchange online

Thu, 08 Dec 2005 03:46:54 +0100

I use sxc.hu (an online "mostly free" picture exchange) a lot when making presentations. A new version has been put online yesterday. This site has been on willy before two years ago, but the new version has lots of new cool features, so be sure to check it out. Note: not all pictures are "free", check the license per picture.

FiaSCO loosers are at it again

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:20:52 +0100

This is too funny, over at growklaw, the SCO people are demanding that IBM shows the code of the Linux Kernel 2.7... I wetted my pants. Stupid loosers from start.

Hint: There is no Linux 2.7 kernel (yet).

First Google Shareholders meeting

Wed, 18 May 2005 06:53:23 +0200

Old yet still good to see, the Google Shareholders Meeting Slides from May 12, 2005.

And it does mention [the long tail]. *SLAP*

Mom goes Linux?

Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:53:06 +0200

Ballmer:We 'll help you run Linux ... if we must

Despite his fondness for Windows, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the company will make it easier for businesses to manage a wide variety of machines including those running Linux.

Ballmer said on Wednesday that Microsoft has listened to customers who've demanded better support for non-Windows machines in Operations Manager software, Microsoft's key management product. The company will also, he said, step up support for running Linux-based virtual machines in a service pack update to its Virtual Server product later this year.

No show

Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:05:02 +0100

Ordina - News

Ordina heeft besloten geen bod te zullen uitbrengen op PinkRoccade.

MSFT is bigger than the 800 pound gorilla

Wed, 05 Jan 2005 09:06:12 +0100

This is really a good read, Opinion: 2004 Was the Year Everything Changed for Microsoft

... Instead, Microsoft has grown lazy, complacent, and fat--arguably another IBM, a company Microsoft never intended to emulate. And rather than exit markets when Microsoft jumps in, the company's competitors are now watching Microsoft to see where it's heading, then jumping in with both feet. More often than not, Microsoft's tiny competitors get to market first and reap the rewards.

Drunken words

Sat, 04 Dec 2004 05:16:27 +0100

Media Mammon from the ultra cool drunkmenworkhere.org. Words for sale, rated by "The Internet". "Willy Dobbe" calls anyone?

9/11, 3 years later

Sat, 11 Sep 2004 11:29:42 +0200

News from netcraft on this day, 9/11.

In the three years since the Sept. 11 attacks, Wall Street firms have gradually shifted key parts of their IT infrastructure out of New York, moving backup data hundreds of miles away and building a dedicated IP-based extranet to prevent future terrorist attacks from disrupting the financial markets.

Visualisation of Market Information

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:26:09 +0200

Found via a misplaced comment recently placed on willy, I quess meant as a comment on this post

"You might be interested in another visual tool that's similar and been online for many years. It visualizes stock market info.

http://www.smartmoney.com/maps/?nav=DropTabs

FiaSCO

Sat, 15 May 2004 20:43:05 +0200

Ooooh, If only //SCO had put options to buy. This because I knew for sure that //this was going to happen and I would have been able and willing to put some real money on puts on these loosers.

And the //winner is...?