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Re: A dog’s winter life

Katharine Yeung — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:44:41 -0000

i really thought my roommate's dog was cold,
so i made him a little shirt. but the dog hated it.....
kept trying to take it off :(

Re: Dead Sea reality

Arjan Tupan — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:36:49 -0000

Oh, it's definitely worth it! Especially when there are a bit of waves, it's an amazing feeling to float. And: you can combine it either with a visit to Jordan or to Israel. Both very worth the trip.

Re: Dead Sea reality

Katharine Yeung — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:14:04 -0000

this is one place I hope to visit in a year or two.

Re: Did anybody see my inspiration?

Arjan Tupan — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:24:56 -0000

Haha, so true! It's just that we get blinded by the daily routines of life sometimes.

Re: Did anybody see my inspiration?

Katharine Yeung — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:56:27 -0000

and I always say,
we often missed out the beauty around us in our daily life.

Re: A new year, a new beginning

Arjan Tupan — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:03:12 -0000

Thanks for your comment! And a happy new year to you too.
One thing I have to say though, is that I'm not sure if the name you use should actually qualify you as a spammer. Could be good to reconsider that. Since from your comment I take it you read the post, I decided to leave this on, but you might get blocked on other sites.

Re: Taking advice can be nice

Arjan Tupan — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:58:48 -0000

Thanks, Elizabeth. I'm really trying :)

Re: Taking advice can be nice

Elizabeth Cull — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:26:53 -0000

Well, stick to the habit. It's not easy, but don't stress yourself out with a rigid routine. Keep flossing at your own pace until you get the hang of it. Brushing your teeth is good, but you need to follow through with a bit of flossing. It gets rid of the stuff that your toothbrush can't remove.

Re: A new year, a new beginning

ovulation — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:02:20 -0000

wonderful poem :)
and there's no maybe...every day IS a new beginning, a new opportunity :)
happy new year

Re: Taking advice can be nice

Arjan Tupan — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:40:51 -0000

LOL. I had the same thing. But after several visits to the dentist in the last month for some repairs, and her telling me every time, I think I'm starting. I already bought some :)

Re: Taking advice can be nice

Katharine Yeung — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:07:09 -0000

everytime I heard "floss",
I'm like: "yea.... you're right.........................."
never gonna happen.

Re: A Rainbow in the Fountain

Arjan Tupan — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:02:51 -0000

Dank je, Frank, fijn compliment. Soms is het ook echt genieten van de kleine dingen :).

Re: A Rainbow in the Fountain

Frank Heukels — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:33:44 -0000

I truelly love the way you keep noticing and enjoying the smaller things in life Arjan!!! Great picture, great feeling!

Re: About

Oana Vuculescu — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:05:25 -0000

Hi,
I am sorry for contacting you this way, but I really wanted to get in touch with you.

My name is Oana and I am a student at Aarhus University in
Denmark working towards a thesis on Innovation. I have taken an interest in
crowdsourcing initiatives, (commons bases peer-production on a different
terminology) and tried to look at them from a different perspective. My
hypothesis is that CBPP work as genetic algorithms in their attempt to solve
problems. I have chosen two case-studies: OpenIDEO and Innocentive.

I saw your profile on OpenIDEO and it would be of invaluable
help to me if someone of your background and expertise could take the time and describe
the phenomenon and its underlying mechanisms. I would really appreciate if you
could answer a couple of questions either via skype or email. Please write to me
at: oana.vuculescu@gmail.com or
ov86426@hdc.hha.dk

Thank you for your time,

Sincerely,

Re: A new running challenge

Frank Heukels — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:35:39 -0000

I think you will be great Arjan! It's a pretty good route with lots of public to cheer you through some tough parts and we'll be chatting away for 21k...;) The most important part for the next months is, take it easy on building up your distance, don't worry about your speed and just don't get injured,,,!!! Have fun!! F

Re: Don’t always trust your travel guide

Arjan Tupan — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:59:10 -0000

Hi, sorry for the late reply. But thanks for leaving a comment. What was exactly your experience in China? Was the guide to0 positive or too negative?

Re: Don’t always trust your travel guide

Charleston SC hotels — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:55:36 -0000

Yeah, I agree on that one. Sometimes, travel guide cannot be trusted fully. I, personally, experienced that when my mom & I went to China.

Re: Bikes in Riga: different but familiar

Arjan Tupan — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 20:34:32 -0000

Ah, that is it? We were wondering why no-one uses (or even has) a bell in Riga. But it's just a useless thing. I really don't like it how sometimes they sneak up on you from behind.
Funny thing: in China we once rented bikes for a day, and there everybody was using bells, but also yelling 'Wei! Wei!' to announce their presence. When we started doing that, most of them looked very surprised and started laughing at us.

Re: Bikes in Riga: different but familiar

Ivettehogervorst — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:57:06 -0000

Same, same but different like they say in Thailand! Did you also noticed the growing 'Gazelle' bicycles in town? Brings back memories! We might even find our once in the Netherlands stolen bike back!? Hahaha A bit annoying thing about cycling around here (like I do here in Jurmala) is the fact no one responses at the sound of my bell!!? Guess they just don't recognise the sound, or just ignore it....?

Re: Bikes in Riga: different but familiar

Arjan Tupan — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:51:04 -0000

Hi Jules,
Thank you very much for leaving a comment! And I can assure you: many of the cyclists are indeed Latvians.

Re: Bikes in Riga: different but familiar

Jules — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:57:00 -0000

Interesting one - I was told by one of my colleagues in Riga that the only people cycling there are foreigners. Now I know he was wrong. :)

Re: In The New Capitalist Manifesto, Umair Haque (@umairh) explains how capitalism is evolving

BrianBoudreaux — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:15:57 -0000

it is amazing how differnet human minds indulge in great thinking, thank you, tokai191235@yahoo.com.

Re: Happy First Birthday, @OpenIDEO!

Arjan Tupan — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:04:22 -0000

Haha, thanks Meena. And I agree with you. It's been an honour to be part of the journey with all these cool people. And a lot of fun as well!

Re: Happy First Birthday, @OpenIDEO!

Meena Kadri — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:14:45 -0000

You and other über-community-centered collaborators have been such a highlight during this first year of OpenIDEO, Arjan. It's been such an honour to part of this journey alongside all of you.

Re: Happy First Birthday, @OpenIDEO!

Nataliesoudani — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:51:02 -0000

Dear Arjan,

I would also like to congratulate OpenIDEO with their 1st birthday and ask the question:

What motivates
people to keep on sharing ideas, develop new concepts and innovate on Open
IDEO?

As you have had the
opportunity to participate in the new and exciting activity of collaborative
innovation via OPEN IDEO, you are now invited to help further the research into
the academic field of open innovation and crowdsourcing.

A sincere
invitation for a short online interview

I'm a master's student at
Copenhagen Business School in need of your help. I am doing a research for my
master thesis on what motivates people to engage in different crowdsourcing
platforms? What drives them and which incentives can be identified for best
practices.

I am looking for interested
members of the community who are willing to participate in an online
interview of no more than 30 min. via instant messaging (IM), this
could be via Skype, Facebook chat, msn or another IM program of your
choice.

My motivation for this
project is to study the underlying motviations that drive people to
collaboratively innovate together, what drives them and how organizations can
facilitate these crowdsourcing platforms? In order to collect data for further
research into the field, I am in need of your help! If you have the opportunity
to spare some of your time and help out by being a part of this academic
research, please let me know. It will only take 30 min.
of your time, be completely anonymous and
greatly appreciated!

Could you be interested in being part of this research? Please let me know either via email or by leaving a comment below. I will contact you to
schedule a short interview in the nearest future.

Your help is greatly
appreciated!

Sincerely,

Natalie Soudani

MSc Strategic Market
Creation, CBS, Denmark

nataliesoudani@gmail.com