February 2012
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A dialog at a networking event
A: Hi what brings you here?
B: I'm building a website for men's clothing
A: Oh cool, I once had the honor to work together with the head of design at GAP
B: Oh [looks interested because of connections!!] cool, yeah so I used to be very good at buying clothes for my brother in law.
A: Oh so you have a good taste?
B: Yes.
A: Nice.
B: So what do you do?
A: I'm an attorney
B: Oh ok, cool.
A: Do you have a card?
B: Yeah sure [handing over business cards]
A: It was nice talking to you.
B: Same to you.
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“I’m candid,” she says. “It gets me into trouble, but I’m...”
– Article in the WSJ about Anne Pasternak
January 2012
9 posts
Your unexpected guide to NYC
I get a lot of mails and questions of friends who want to know what the best things are to do in NYC/Brooklyn. I’m definitely not an expert but I do have some suggestions that will make your trip a lot different from the average NYC tourist trip.
Where to stay? Use Airbnb and find something in Lower East Side, they have great breakfast places like 88 Orchard (great American pancakes with...
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Face, focus and roll *Bonus*: 14 tips from a very...
Yesterday I got this wonderful email of a very good friend. He read my blog series on how I do things I want to do: Face, Focus and Roll. He added a few things, I thought were too good to leave in my inbox:
Don’t blog about the same things, don’t make people ‘re-consume’;
Do small things;
Don’t get (social) media involved;
Do it 100%;
Be less heroic and more...
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Curated nonsense you'll love
THINGS JUSTUS LIKES
I have too much sites but I did not find the perfect place to put everything I like. I prefer to keep things seperate that’s why there is” Things Justus Likes the more curatorial blog.
I’m bad at keeping focus on just one sites so here an overview my other sites/projects:
Main Justus Bruns site;
Ideas Site: things that I have no time for but are cool...
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How an art teacher influences your life
In my secondary school, Sint-Michielscollege [Lovely site btw ;)] in Schoten (Antwerp, Belgium) we had a class called “Esthetica” (Aesthetics) given by a man named Vincent Geyskens. He was a slender young man with black combed hair and a straight nose which held his thin glasses. He usually wore a blue vest with a polo-neck. Besides teaching, he made art which he also exposed in...
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How I do things I want to do: 3/3 ROLL
There’s a lot of exciting things going on in my life. However when you choose not to follow the average path it’s not always easy. But to get things done and create a reach I do three things: I face, focus and roll.
The next weeks I’ll make three blogposts about those categories. Last week I wrote about ‘FACE’ and ‘FOCUS’, here’s the third and last post:
ROLL
Make mistakes, make...
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How I do things I want to do: 2/3 FOCUS
There’s a lot of exciting things going on in my life. However when you choose not to follow the average path it’s not always easy. But to get things done and create a reach I do three things: I face, focus and roll.
The next weeks I’ll make three blogposts about those categories. Two days ago I wrote about ‘FACE IT’, here’s the second serie:
FOCUS:
...
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How I do things I want to do: 1/3 FACE IT
There’s a lot of exciting things going on in my life. However when you choose not to follow the average path it’s not always easy. But to get things done and create a reach I do three things: I face, focus and roll.
The next weeks I’ll make three blogposts about those categories. The first serie:
FACE IT:
You’re hypocrite and inconsequent Yes you are. And that’s...
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“President Obama — himself holds heinous views on a slew of critical issues and...”
– http://www.salon.com/2011/12/31/progressives_and_the_ron_paul_fallacies/
December 2011
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“When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and...”
– Steve Jobs - found on Gizmodo
November 2011
8 posts
How can we make money on preserving rainforest and...
Again don’t say it’s impossible. Come up with ideas or go home.
How can we elect leaders that are ONLY interested...
Please only suggest ideas, things like: “That’s impossible”, I can’t use.
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How can we make money encouraging people to...
Any ideas, suggestions?
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The People of NYC
Bangladeshi
Our bagels are Hamotzei!
Russian Couple from Brighton Beach: “Sure I hold your purse”.
Skyline view and Messaging
This guy was smoking a cigarette
Stripes and legs
The Brooklyn Blue Sox Guy, David C.
View more of my photography or check this serie out on my portfolio website.
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The Shadows in NYC
Cab
Cab II
Person crossing avenue
Driving
Train
Waste
Schoolbus
Borough Park - My neighborhood
In portfolio here. Or check more series and photographs.
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“Critics like the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators decry the bonus system for its...”
– Nassim Nicholas Taleb (professor of risk engineering at New York University Polytechnic Institute) today in The New York Times. Read the whole piece here.
October 2011
18 posts
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Introducing Sarah in NYC
In my previous blogpost I wrote:
“It may sound weird but just stop consuming and start creating.”
I love capturing moments and observing people. Yesterday I took some pictures of my girl Sarah and my trip to her home and decided to share them with the world. I also made a funny collage of clips I made while she was checking her facebook.
This is Sarah Online
New York on...
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Six reasons on why you should have great respect...
Recently I stumbled upon a tweet of some random follower:
“Did anyone already placed a big sign near those protesters saying: “Go and work.”“
It shocks me day in day out to be confronted with people that agree. But I do not. Totally Not. Here’s why:
1. Our whole global economy is based on waste
Apple recently launched a new iPhone and it holds this new brilliant...
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WatchFunny and sweet short documentary about bags. Reminding you bag (back) to my previous post when being in a Brooklyn supermarket.
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“Plants keep growing, sheep keep breathing; the world doesn’t stop, just...”
– Rebecca Burgess in 150 miles wardrobe (Check out video, if you have time)
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http://boingboing.net/2011/10/15/occupy-wall-street... →
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Plastic bag in random supermarket in Brooklyn
Me: No thank you I don't need a bag
Cashier: [nods]
Another Cashier: Why don't you give the poor guy a plastic bag.
Cashier: He didn't want one.
Another Cashier: Why?
Me: I'm trying to save the planet.
Another Cashier: The planet is already destroyed.
Me: Well, I'm from Holland and back there we need to pay to get bags.
Another Cashier: That's so ridiculous.
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“We wasted 4 trillion dollars […] that could have been used to put every...”
– Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author on Occupy Wall St and money wasting wars. View full interview here.
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Pluk de Bloemen
In een wereld waar u de
mensen telt
bij een demonstratie
tegen de andere kant
van de slechten
kan u bij
uw volgende salaris
een iphone 4s
kopen
vragen
hoe laat is het
en hoe lang het duurt
voordat mijn vriendin
haar menstruatie weer
heeft
nee
u heeft meer keuzes
elke wijn op de wijnkaart is te duur
en te goedkoop
keuzes over de kleur van uw haar
uw seksleven
en uw psychologe...
“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting...”
– Frederick Keonig
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A letter to the Occupy Wall Street Protester
Dear protester,
-
I see your words
Your reason
your duty to stand for your rights
I see you explaining
belonging to the 99%
I see you pointing
to the buildings arround you
“It’s their fault
everything is their fault”
I understand your reasoning
-
But you see,
Nobody is perfect
There’s nobody
who has the intention
to make you lose your job
all your money
...
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“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve...”
– Steve Jobs, a quote from his 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University. A true hero, a game changer, a great inspiration is lost, and we will miss him. May he rest in peace.
September 2011
5 posts
“Life is a giant classroom, man.”
– Nick Ditmore, my colleague at Times Square Art Square
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“Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and...”
– Winston Churchill (via auntie’s mail)
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The new U.S.A.: The United States of Asia
It was last week I entered with Edith (my landlord) the kitchen on the second floor (European standard: first floor) where I met Richard. Richard is really named Cao Zubao.
Like myself I guess you probably agree that it’s a sad fact Chinese people rename themselves with a typical American name to make it fancier and easier for us (western people) to pronounce. But I must say Richard really...
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Dear Miss Entrepreneur,
“You know he’s going to turn Times Square in Art Square” Samantha Smith told the barista right after ordering an iced black coffee and an espresso at this wonderful little coffee place, Joe the Art of Coffee.
Sam is one of those young ladies you only find in NYC. She’s way too connected, enthusiastic, knowing what she’s doing, not affraid of saying no and give crazy...
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As if you where a four year old kid going to...
The passed days one of the things I’ve been doing is searching for a room. Leaving voicemails or mails in inboxes looking/sounding a bit like these:
Hi there,
This room looks really great. I would love to move in by the 10th of September (or even earlier). I can pass by tomorrow if you prefer.
About me:
I’m a designer;
I normally organize events like these;
I have a foundation...
August 2011
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Breathe slowly.
A couple of months ago I had the opportunity of giving a presentation in front of film producers and experts in the field of sustainability. I decided to talk about two things:
An excerpt from an interview with Bill Gates about his mother: Mary Maxwell Gates;
A fascinating research titled “If Money Doesn’t Make You Happy, Consider Time.”, by three researchers of the Stanford...
July 2011
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Het allereerste 'Airplane Food Event'
Het was zomer 2008 ergens eind juni wanneer ik met de broer van mijn vader en zijn vrouw een biertje drink in een toeristisch dorp tussen de toppen van de rotsen in Guilin (een provincie van China tegen Vietnam). Er is een fikse discussie gaande, zoals wel vaker in onze familie. Met mijn oom gaat het vaak over Apple’s marktaandelen en hun design, en met mijn tante over het boeddhisme en het...
April 2011
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Why you shouldn't pay for a Spotify account and...
Recently I discovered paying 10 euros per month for Spotify was a waste of money since 75% of my time I was listening to music that was already on my iPod, 10% of online music (youtube, internet radio, etc.) and the other 15% just Spotify.
I decided to cancel my subscription and just move back to the old flow: using iTunes, etc. However, you realize that Spotify really made it possible to...
December 2010
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October 2010
5 posts
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The Balloon Project at Lowlands
"What have the Romans..." I just love Monty...