http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech Flabbergasted: A blog written by Pieter Ophals, about communication, marketing, technology and gadgets in general. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:47:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2012/03/hear-hear-a-new-kickstarter-fundraiser-petridish-org-for-science-is-here/ http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2012/03/hear-hear-a-new-kickstarter-fundraiser-petridish-org-for-science-is-here/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:46:02 +0000 havelovewilltravel http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/?p=358 Ever heard of Petridish? You’re probably nodding no right now… and that’s understandable. Because this website has just about opened its doors and is already making people aware of the marvel that comes with researching and more importantly, raising money to execute the experiments! But fear not, you can become one of the fundraisers to [...]]]> http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2012/03/hear-hear-a-new-kickstarter-fundraiser-petridish-org-for-science-is-here/feed/ 0 http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2012/03/updated-everything-is-a-remix-some-food-for-thought-about-the-creative-industry-added-part-4/ http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2012/03/updated-everything-is-a-remix-some-food-for-thought-about-the-creative-industry-added-part-4/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:13:27 +0000 havelovewilltravel http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/?p=346 UPDATE: added part 4. Kirby Ferguson got around to finish the series and couldn’t resist bumping this once more. I hate to be the announcer of this. Knowing that I’m still rather young and all, but I’ve always been quite in the know by looking at stuff around me that there isn’t a lot of [...]]]> http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2012/03/updated-everything-is-a-remix-some-food-for-thought-about-the-creative-industry-added-part-4/feed/ 0 http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2012/03/debunked-myths-millions-of-active-users-on-facebook/ http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2012/03/debunked-myths-millions-of-active-users-on-facebook/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:47:47 +0000 havelovewilltravel http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/?p=332 When facebook announced earlier this year that it wanted to go for stock entry. It pegged the number of it’s monthly active users to potentional financial investors. A number of monthly active users swinging somewhere around 483 million people. Those are huge numbers which give a huge sense of reach to ad agencies and marketers [...]]]> http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2012/03/debunked-myths-millions-of-active-users-on-facebook/feed/ 0 http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/09/todaysart-coming-to-brussels-next-week/ http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/09/todaysart-coming-to-brussels-next-week/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:46:16 +0000 havelovewilltravel http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/?p=308 Yes! There is indeed a place for soundcrafty people and their videocrafty counterparts! It’s called ICAS (International cities of advanced sound) and they finally consider Brussels to be a city of advanced sound. After having Cimatics shake things up a few years ago, TodaysART finally chose to start up a belgian counterpart of their already [...]]]> http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/09/todaysart-coming-to-brussels-next-week/feed/ 0 http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/stubru-of-stubeu/ http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/stubru-of-stubeu/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:54:00 +0000 havelovewilltravel http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/?p=290 By exception: this post is written in dutch. Studio Brussel beu? Dan ben je heus niet alleen. Een 3-tal weken geleden startte een (ex-)luisteraar een fanpage op Facebook die als doel had om aan de Studio Brussel muziekdirectie duidelijk te maken dat de huidige Studio Brussel-formule niet meer werkt. De initiatiefnemer sloeg er niet in [...]]]> http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/stubru-of-stubeu/feed/ 0 http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/gamescom-2011-what-a-fair-some-tips/ http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/gamescom-2011-what-a-fair-some-tips/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:22:24 +0000 havelovewilltravel http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/?p=242  Last week I attended the biggest Videogame Industry Marketing Event in Europe.  I drove to Cologne with a couple of my friends and visited Gamescom at the Koelnmesse, Cologne in Germany. Although it’s almost a week ago. I’d like to share my thoughts on how I experienced this event and even give some tips (This [...]]]> http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/gamescom-2011-what-a-fair-some-tips/feed/ 0 http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/apple-the-end-of-an-era-steve-jobs/ http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/apple-the-end-of-an-era-steve-jobs/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:15:54 +0000 havelovewilltravel http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/?p=250     Dear Apple cult, today marks the end of a long era of innovation, product research and development. From now on we’ll have to do without bi-yearly innovations that shake up the whole way of how we interact with technology. We won’t have any more iPhones and iPads that make us go out of [...]]]> http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/apple-the-end-of-an-era-steve-jobs/feed/ 0 http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/modulations-cinema-for-the-ear-for-every-music-fiend/ http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/modulations-cinema-for-the-ear-for-every-music-fiend/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:43:19 +0000 havelovewilltravel http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/?p=210 I love music. I absolutely adore music. I wake up with music, I go to bed with music. Music is part of my being. And I’m a very lucky guy, owning a very fine jazz, classic rock and drum ‘n’ bass vinyl collection. But apart from that, I’ve always been fascinated by the production of [...]]]> http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/modulations-cinema-for-the-ear-for-every-music-fiend/feed/ 1 http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/game-of-thrones-the-magic-of-hbo-produced-series/ http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/game-of-thrones-the-magic-of-hbo-produced-series/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:17:18 +0000 havelovewilltravel http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/?p=185 Well, I might not watch a lot of ‘live’ television, but there are some real gems out there if you’re looking for them. I can assure you that Game Of Thrones is one of those. This series bears no similarity to Lord of the Rings or whatsoever. It’s got a tale of its own. Game [...]]]> http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/game-of-thrones-the-magic-of-hbo-produced-series/feed/ 0 http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/everything-is-a-remix-some-food-for-thought-about-the-creative-industry/ http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/everything-is-a-remix-some-food-for-thought-about-the-creative-industry/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:30:14 +0000 havelovewilltravel http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/?p=145 I hate to be the announcer of this. Knowing that I’m still rather young and all, but I’ve always been quite in the know by looking at stuff around me that there isn’t a lot of originality surrounding movies and music. I’ve always liked music that consisted of different elements than the ones featured on [...]]]> http://www.flabbergasted.be/freedomofspeech/2011/08/everything-is-a-remix-some-food-for-thought-about-the-creative-industry/feed/ 1