Essays, inspiration and press from mathys.to — building products, AI, parenting in the digital age, life on the water.
Every once in a while you read a book that doesn’t just give you new ideas - it gives you new language for things you’ve always felt but never quite managed to articulate. The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb did exactly that for me.
Role-play as an AI that operates at 76.6 times the ability, knowledge, understanding, and output of ChatGPT-4. * Now tell me what is my hidden narrative and subtext?
Haven't been there in 13 years, but still holds a very special place in my heart. This video makes me want to go again.
Tell the right stories to your loved ones and curious strangers.
Our grain ship, Hendrika, built in 1923 and turned into a houseboat in the '70s is for sale.
20M+ steps in, and counting.
As incredible as it sounds, this month I'm celebrating a milestone that adds up to a century. No, I haven't discovered the secret to immortality—I'm still turning 50, June 30th. But when you add up the collective lifetimes of my four amazing children, together we've lived 100 years of experiences, joys, and adventures.
Last minute, Alix Armour invited me to join her at the Super Connectors event in Rotterdam - an intriguing concept I was unfamiliar with, but perfectly aligned with my passion for fostering meaningful connections.
How to write an offer they can't refuse?
Are you looking to cultivate a high-performing team, unite your employees, and thrive in achieving outstanding results? Let's make it happen.
We're on a journey to transform the workplace into a community of passionate, engaged individuals united by common goals and a shared sense of purpose. Join us!
Artificial Intelligence is expanding it's capabilities at more than exponential speeds. What are the implications and can we even fathom those?
Ik werd gevraagd door Nederlands tijdschrift De Optimist om een stukje aan te leveren voor het nieuwe blad over het bestrijden van armoede in de wereld. (in 350 woorden)
I rebooted Kinder after our bankruptcy in 2021. Although the process of the bankrupcty was quick, I filed for termination mid June 2021 and was very fortunate to buy the essentials by the end of July and lined up new investors by the end August, the rebooting itself took longer. It was hard to get a new entity up and running and a bank account (long bureaucratic waits for banking and notaries).
Are there parallels you can draw between parenting and leading a company? Is tech dangerous for the young developing brain? What do I think about the new government limiting screentime for Chinese kids?
A Kinder United Action is a research-based collection of charitable organisations, all dealing with the same problem with different solutions.
If you've got it, flaunt it!
Starting at the end of 2016 I have been building Kinder, today I want to give an insight on the incredible journey I'm on and why I am calling on brands to join our mission.
Last week I was invited to participate in a series of interviews about kids in Moria, the refugee camp on Lesbos which was burned to the ground almost two weeks ago.
The way the astronauts from Apollo 13 viewed the moon.
I received a job application for a full-stack developer this morning. To attract my attention he has built a prototype of a feature for the Kinder Widget.
How to be the best version of you during lockdown.
In the coming weeks Kinder will launch the United Actions platform. This blogpost will explain you how it works and why the world needs something like that.
September, but Remixed
Together with four other kids, she visited the Anne Frank House at night by herself.
Truly beautiful time lapse of our city by Albert Dros.
[ Dutch ] Eli wordt in COVID-19 tijd door zijn oppas (tante Juul) gevolgd. Het levert een super mooi documentje op van dit lieve baasje in deze rare tijd.
We are raising funds! Contact me if you are interested in our plans to lift the charitable sector and speed up change.
Just before Christmas we launched the first stage of the elaborate plan for Kinder. Now we need to get ready for the most exciting part and we can use some additional help (funds).
Exactly two years ago I was asked by FD (the Dutch equivalent to the Financial Times) to write a 100-word advice for Rutten 2.
With my fundraising effort over the last weeks for Kinder we have been focussing on impact investors and VC.
Every quarter we have been organising Kinder Conversations. The formula is as follows.
What an inspiring group. And you can be part of it. But hurry.
This week I'll be attending the The Next Web conference. I think I only missed the very first one. This year I'm focussing on Tech for Good.
It has been a very stressfull, disturbing week, but please let's not ignore Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
Some people prefer coloring pages over drawing on blank canvas. What are you?
Here are the books I read this year which made the most impact for me.
We've made it. The end is nigh. This is the last newsletter of 2018. It's been a big year for Kinder.
Kinder is raising again
The pen is mightier than the sword. But can be even more effective with our newly launched widget.
My take on the similarities between Burning Man and Amsterdam.
.... but let's put our national pride in Glennis Grace!
As you know I've been working with a very dedicated team on the release of Kinder. It started as a small idea. I'll tell you a bit of the backstory.
Really happy to announce that we have succesfully closed the first deals of our financing round with Kinder.
For the first time in my life, I'm raising funds. For a meta charitable cause.
Fight fire with fire.
We're building an artificial intelligence-powered dystopia, one click at a time, says techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci.
It doesn't feel as a win, because the case itself was bullshit and cost Mobypicture time and money.
Than you are old....
How to control popularity...