Bureau debacle.
Vanochtend zag ik het licht. Letterlijk. Helaas was er met dit licht, geen bureau bijgekomen. Het zit namelijk zo: in een appartement in het centrum van Gent met 3 bewoners moeten er keuzes gemaakt worden. De meeste keuzes worden in overleg gemaakt. Zetten we de vuilbak binnen of binnen? Of meer existentiele keuzes: hoe plaatsen we de zetel zo feng shui mogelijk? Maanden is er gediscussieerd over het creeeren van een bureauplaats. In een kamer is er nl. nog een stuk vrije muur over waar een bureau perfect zou staan. Zo een Louis Quatorze bureau met bijhorende fluffy stoel die een Mac en naaimachine alle recht aandoen (bij deze is mijn rol in deze discussie duidelijk). Helaas zag een andere huisbewoner dat niet zo rooskleurig. En ik ben een altruistische persoon,...
One year Mossel Noch Vis.
Somewhere a year ago I was standing in the Acerta office scared to death to put my signature under the statement to become a freelancer. (Somehow I always thought government would rip all my money) But I did sign the paper. And here are we now. Fascinating. A word that perfectly describes the whole year. I’ve earned money. I’ve lost money. I’ve spend money. I’ve happily accepted new clients, but I have also refused clients. I’ve had good experiences and I’ve had bad ones. I’ve discovered which activities I like and which I don’t like. But most of all: the past year I got ‘better’. Better skills, better time management, better tax insights… And to start the new year I also got myself a better Mossel...
If your trademark is something you can’t claim.
There are not a lot of people on this planet I admire only because of their job. However pilots, Google employees and judges always get a full drop of my drool. Pilots because I’ve always wanted their beautiful jacket. Google employees, well because Google just rocks. And judges because they have the skill to be objective whoever is standing in front of them. And that is exactly what judge Victor Marrero must have thought yesterday when Christian Louboutin was standing in front of him. The world famous shoe designer Louboutin always uses a very recognizable trademark in his shoedesigns: red soles. In 2008 Louboutin decided to trademark this red soles. Yves Saint Laurent couldn’t care less and decided to design a pair of shoes with -here’s the big...
Trusting the cloud.
For several years I was one of those laggards completely obsessed by ignoring the digital camera revolution. I got and old analog Canon that my parents used in their second youth and I refused to give it up. Can you imagine? My parents transferred to digital photography before I did. Funny. But embarrassing. For more than 4 years I thought I just loved analog pictures because it’s more exciting and I believed that. But the truth is: I never loved the hassle of analog pictures, I was just afraid of digital photography. Afraid to lose the most precious visual memories because I would trust them to a machine instead of my paper shoe box. When Facebook arrived, I realised scanning pictures was a waste of time, so I stepped to the dark side and got rid of my...