FriendTime What would a social network that's actually good for humanity look like? In this post, I compare the current biggest social network (Facebook) with what I would think the perfect social network should look like. There are many big differences.
Why I like the four seasons in the Netherlands I like the Winter in The Netherlands because of the snow and the Gezellity with friends, playing games, inside. I like the Spring (Lente) because of the first flowers, new animals, and the love in the air. I like the Summer (Zomer) because W
Quitting my job, living cheap, working full time on my startup(s). Saving hundreds of euro's every month. I quit my job to work on my own startup(s). I want my savings to last as long as possible, so I decided I want to live more economically. I cancelled Ziggo (the Internet + TV subscription) saving me €54 per month. I switched
Didn't do shit It’s 3:15 pm and I have done nothing productive today. I could do this forever. At least for a year. There is enough content to consume. However, only
Science Fiction Expanding at the speed of light, and preserving it into eternity Unless you can travel faster than light, I can't find a better goal for humanity to strive for. In my opinion the purpose of life is to live which means to exist and procreate. To multiply, and remain. In a competitive universe, which we
Science Fiction The Evolution Revolution I have a vision of a good future where biology (plants and animals), humanity and technology live together in harmony on earth. I call it the ultimate equilibrium. In this post I will describe how it looks and how we could get there. I
Living in harmony with animals Guy Built A Bird Feeder That Accepts Bottle Caps For Food, And These Wild Magpies Love ItBored Panda is a leading art and pop culture magazine which is viewed nearly 100 million times every month. Our mission is to spread good news and highlight
Experiment #237: Save 35 hours a week by eliminating the need for the smartphone I've tried many times and many things to spend less time on my smartphone. However, whatever I tried, after a while I always got back to my smartphone. In the
Entrepreneurship My new startup - BackpackingTribe - is taking off! I started BackpackingTribe about a week ago, and it's taking off! BackpackingTribe is a platform where backpackers can join a group, a.k.a. tribe, to travel from hostel to
The Dev Lifecycle My lifecycle is as follows. I get a regular job... Save up money until I have savings for about a year, then I quit my job and start fulltime on side-projects until I'm broke. Then I find a job again. This cycle repeats itself.
What I think Facebook should do There should be a premium variant of Facebook without ads, where you can choose what you want to see. What if you could set your goals and values and it would show you videos and posts based on that? Posts that maximize the possibility
Know Thyself. But how? I forget things. I read things multiple times without seeing the connection. I went to Tarifa 3 years ago, but I forgot most bars/cafe's I went to. It will happen again if I don't safe it somewhere! Because of fractured attention and stress,
The (dis)advantages of making your mobile app invite only It's a common pattern: making your app invite only. But is it desirable? It all depends on your app. You could ask new users on the website to request an invite by giving their email. Then, you can email users that are invited a
Dunbar1 Why I made FriendTime When I was eleven years old, I learned how to make websites. When I was twelve I created a mafia game (For a similar example, see Omerta). Creating this game,
Dunbar1 The problem we're solving with FriendTime The problem Chaos Your contacts are scattered across all kinds of (social media) channels Privacy is gone Your data is sold and used to maximize profitability of you and your friends Sparse relationships The internet has grown the amount of people we interact with,
How much does it cost to build an app? It depends... Some apps can be created quickly. I created this one in just 26 hours. However, some apps cost millions. It can be anything in between. As a startup, you may want to keep it cheap and efficient. To keep it as cheap
My Coding Principles TFTSS = Too Fancy Too Soon Syndrome Many apps create very fancy solutions to problems that have far more elegant and basic solutions. DEP = Dont embrace perfectionism Perfectionism can be good if you can do it quickly, but it doesn’t always need to be
Programming How to scrape public information from LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter using Javascript For my app Dunbar I needed to scrape person information. The goal was to get profile picture options to show them in the app. It wasn't easy. A whole new world opened up to me. The world of data scraping! Puppeteer (Node JS) is
Install An Express+MySQL App on a remote server This is the way I do it, not all steps are necessary. Create a Linode Or DigitalOcean Droplet. They are both good.Initial server setup2. Install NGinx 3. Install Node 4. Install MySQL 5. Create database: mysqlCREATE DATABASE name;6. If you want emoji's
Programming Application Loader gone in XCode 11? This is how you upload your app now In XCode 11.1, application loader is nowhere to be found. Apple has removed it, seemingly for no apparent reason. This is how you can still upload your app: Install Transporter
How to set up mailchimp MailChimp Setup Going to the right URL To make sure people end up on yourwebsite.com/emailsuccess, please do this: In MailChimp, 1. audience 2. Manage audience 3. signup forms 4. form builder 5. forms and response emails -> confirmation thank you page
Booki The Human Network Explosion In the past 2 centuries, urbanisation, distance communication (telegram, calling, television, internet, flat communication) and accessible commuting speed has caused our networks to expand. As a result, we are digesting
