Europe

Intentional Power: Europe Between Negawatts and Realpolitik

AI runs on energy. Europe’s grid isn’t ready. I’m starting to see how digital strategy, infrastructure, and sovereignty all connect.

Europe

From Resistance to Strategy: What the EU’s Digital Acts Mean for the Work I Do

As I’ve made peace with regulation, I’ve noticed some signposts—practical cues for navigating strategy in this new digital terrain.

Europe

Mapping Europe’s Digital Ruleset

Mapping the EU tech landscape wit a focus on the Netherlands: from GDPR to ESMC, from Brussels to Brabant. A strategist’s guide to rules, funds, and where to plug in.

Europe

Playing the EU Game: Learning the Digital Rules by Getting in the Game

From grants to governance, the EU’s digital world is a maze. I dove in—starting with DG CONNECT, DIGITAL, and the logic behind the rules.

Identity

WhatsApp is Quietly Becoming a Platform — And That Changes Everything

WhatsApp Is Becoming a Platform: What That Means for Identity, Contact Management and Strategy

ChatGPT

ChatGPT Connectors: The Emergence of a New Interface Layer

ChatGPT just got a new superpower: connectors. Real-time access to your tools like Drive, HubSpot and Notion—without uploading a thing.

Google

Google's AI for Individuals and SMBs: Clarity, Costs, and Strategic Choices

Google's AI options are powerful but confusing. Here's how I compared Google One vs Workspace—and why SMBs should think twice before locking in.

AI

Beyond LLM’s: The Hidden Dangers of AI in Scientific Research

My focus was fixed on LLM’s like ChatGPT's disruptions until I realised, through Niall Ferguson's insights, that specialised scientific AI is the true global threat or risk.

Future of Work

Will I Manage Agents as I Would Employees?

AI agents are joining our teams. But will we manage them like employees? Here’s my take from the edge of strategy, automation, and organisational design.

Google

Markdown in Google Docs: A Practical Step Forward

With Google's Docs now fully supporting Markdown, revisiting this elegant format felt essential. It’s clearer, simpler, and more universally useful than ever.

ChatGPT

Choosing ChatGPT Team: From AI-Confidant to Trusted Colleague

Migrating to ChatGPT Team reshaped my digital workflow—less friend, more colleague. Here’s what I learned from shifting accounts, data, and mindset.

ChatGPT

How OpenAI o3 Became a Geospy and Found My Photo’s Location

I asked OpenAI’s o3 model to play geospy—like a human OSINT analyst. It zoomed, searched, reasoned, and nailed the photo’s location. Watch it unfold.

AI

Should I Opt Out of Meta’s AI Training?

Opting out sounds easy. But what if it costs visibility—or influence? I’m sharing the tension, not the answer. Curious what others are doing.

Sovereignty

My Venture into Venture Capital: What I Learned About DeepTech Investing

Behind every groundbreaking technology lies a hidden system of risk, funding, and patience. This is what I discovered about venture capital.

Etymology

What We Mean When We Say "Flywheel"

From rollercoasters to startups: the flywheel stores energy, builds momentum, and turns early effort into lasting acceleration.

Etymology

Who Is the Author? Authenticity in the Age of AI

AI helps us write—but are we still the ones deciding what’s worth saying? A reflection on authorship, ethics, and identity.

AI

Not Doing Is Also an Act

In a world of instant input and infinite output, choosing not to act is a creative decision. This is a reflection on AI, growth, and intent.

AI

Search in the Age of AI

Search is no longer about finding—it’s about understanding. From keywords to context, here’s how AI is changing the way we ask, find, and think.

Social media

Locked Out by X

One post on X triggered a bot check, a failed challenge, and a platform label. I documented the process—because this could lock out anyone.

AI

What Zeta Alpha Gets Right About AI (That Others Don’t)

AI you can trust, built for complexity. Zeta Alpha shows how European companies can take back control with search that works—across formats, securely.

AI

Scaling RAG Applications with Weaviate.

Learn how Weaviate's open-source platform supports AI agents and knowledge bots through advanced vector search capabilities.

Knowledge Engineering

Signals, Systems, and Speech

What happens when language models meet logic? Larry Swanson and I explore neurosymbolic AI, voice tech, and the human meaning behind machine-readable content.

Identity

LinkedIn Verification: When Identity Becomes a Profile

LinkedIn asks you to verify who you are — but then turns that into your public label. What happens when identity gets locked into a profile?

Google Featured

The End of Google Search (as we know it)

Google didn’t warn me. It just erased my blog. What looked like a bug turned out to be a glimpse into the future of search—and it’s not built for us anymore.

Tools

Descript - From Visual Storytelling to Storytelling with Visuals

Descript flips video editing: start with your words, not your footage. Here’s how it changed the way I create—and why I’m not going back.