Tools Excel, the Hidden Operating System of Business Reasoning Excel has long been the silent operating system of business reasoning. AI may be about to extend that logic into natural language.
Sovereignty The Real Cost of Leaving Microsoft 365 The ICC left Microsoft 365 for OpenDesk, trading convenience for control. A lesson in digital self-awareness and the true cost of sovereignty.
Sovereignty The Paradox of Sovereignty: Europe’s Search for Freedom in a Connected World The EU talks about digital sovereignty as independence, yet its strength still depends on shared systems, U.S. clouds, and global code.
Social media Between Idealism and Reach: Trying Out the Fediverse Trying the Fediverse through Ghost: not a viral channel, but a quiet protocol that reimagines publishing as conversation instead of distribution.
AI Elections and AI Two reports on AI and politics sparked debate in the Netherlands. Beyond the headlines lies a deeper unease: how do we live with technologies that not only reflect language but act within it?
Reviews Reading Breakneck by Dan Wang Few books capture our accelerating era like Dan Wang’s Breakneck: global, personal, and clear-eyed about what drives modern change.
ChatGPT From Free to Paid: Choosing the Right AI Model (with a European Lens) Building on Ethan Mollick’s excellent ‘Opinionated Guide to Using AI Right Now’, this article explores how to choose between the leading AI systems. And what a European perspective adds when moving from free to paid use.
Tools Rediscovering Google Cloud Search Google Cloud Search offers a quiet form of productivity: not by summarising, but by helping you find exactly what you’ve created across your own Google Workspace. A reminder that clarity comes before interpretation.
Money & Finance The Silent Upgrade: What Really Changed When Our Bank Replaced Our Cards Our bank quietly replaced our cards. Everything worked, yet behind that smooth process lies a major shift in how payments and digital identity work.
ChatGPT When Research Turns Into Action: Understanding Deep Research vs. Agent Mode in ChatGPT Both modes inside ChatGPT seem to “think”, yet one begins to “do”. Exploring the quiet shift from analysis to operation in everyday AI tools.
Knowledge Engineering When Bots Become Readers: Publishing in the Age of AI Crawlers Listening to Matthew Prince on Azim Azhar’s podcast made me reflect on who actually reads my blog. People (like you), machines, or both.
AI When AI Makes the Calendar Click A hotel booking, a single prompt, and a small glimpse of how AI quietly starts to understand our everyday tools.
The Hidden History Behind an Email Signature in Apple Mail After thirty years of wrangling with e-mail quirks, this is the simple method that finally made Apple Mail behave and it still makes me smile.
Tools Tracing and Telling: From GPX Tracks to KML Stories GPX shows where you went. KML explains what it means. With Komoot and AI, maps become not just navigation tools but narratives.
AI From Hype to Workflows: Where AI’s Real Shift is Happening We expected AI to change everything overnight. Instead, progress is hidden in pilots and processes. The sinkhole is forming beneath us.
Future of Work AI’s Impact on Work, People, and Labour Law AI drives growth and efficiency, but also reshapes rights, rules, and daily work. A look at the double effect of AI on organisations and labour law.
Identity Decentralised Identity: Prove What You Must, Reveal No More Than You Need To access content or services, we often give away more than we should. Decentralised identity lets us prove facts without exposing our digital selves.
AI Oracle’s Surprise Role in the AI Economy Oracle’s return to AI relevance shows how capital is flowing upstream. From apps to infrastructure. Training fits their strengths, inference remains a question.
Sovereignty From Sand to Software: A Whistle-Stop Tour of the AI Value Chain AI may look like pure software, but it rests on a fragile chain of quartz, optics, fabs, and GPUs. This post traces the journey, stop by stop.
AI Why I Keep Mixing Up Hortensia, Hibiscus and Rhododendron A mix-up of flower names becomes a window into how human memory works and how it contrasts with AI models.
Sovereignty Investing in Atoms: Alain le Loux on Building the Deeptech Future Deeptech demands patience, guts, and hands-on conviction. This article profiles Alain le Loux and the rare venture model behind Europe’s hardware hopes.
Identity Streams and Archives: Two Ways of Living with Our Digital Data Personal data lives in two worlds: flowing streams of fresh information and enduring archives of credentials. Both shape our digital future.
Knowledge Engineering From Ideas to Precision: Why I Use Mermaid with LLMs Image generation is messy for structure. With Mermaid + LLMs, diagrams become clear, tweakable, and practical. A real tool for strategy and logic.
Sovereignty Featured An interview on the structural gaps holding Europe back in deeptech Deeptech isn’t SaaS. It’s often slow, risky, physical and still underfunded in Europe. What’s behind the gap with the US? A rare cross-Atlantic perspective.
Google Chrome, Gemini Nano, and the Browser as AI Platform The AI race is moving into the browser. Experiments with local models helped me recognise Chrome’s Gemini Nano for what it is.
