Stefan Meeuws writes on TimeSpaceMatter.https://www.timespacematter.com/https://www.timespacematter.com/2026/10/about-week-2049-waking-up-and-its-fall-again/https://www.timespacematter.com/2026/10/about-week-2049-waking-up-and-its-fall-again/The week when Autumn, or Fall, or Autumn is truly upon us.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2024/08/about-week-1933-or-1991/https://www.timespacematter.com/2024/08/about-week-1933-or-1991/So, four years and some months ago I last did week notes. I thought it would be fun to pick those up again. Since I'm a lazy person, I went to a site to calculate the current week number of…Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2024/08/i-use-raycast-for-my-almost-auto-connecting-my-bluetooth-headphones/https://www.timespacematter.com/2024/08/i-use-raycast-for-my-almost-auto-connecting-my-bluetooth-headphones/So I got some new nice new wireless headphones. I mostly used some basic AirPods over the past two years, but I work in a big office with lots of people around me. So I started to miss noise cancellation…Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2023/03/going-green-6-greener-living-ideas/https://www.timespacematter.com/2023/03/going-green-6-greener-living-ideas/It’s a constant struggle for me. I think we need a whole lot of policy change to meet our climate goals and save our planet from climate change, deforestation, and pollution. But then again, while…Sun, 26 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2022/03/flee-not-escapism-but-essential-viewing/https://www.timespacematter.com/2022/03/flee-not-escapism-but-essential-viewing/Danish animated documentary FLEE has been collecting quite a few awards and nominations since its premiere in January 2021. And rightly so, it works both as a wonderful animation and a personal, moving documentary of…Sat, 12 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2022/03/stuck/https://www.timespacematter.com/2022/03/stuck/I am stuck. People in my life are stuck. Society is stuck. The world is stuck. Once I’m stuck and I haven’t found a way to get unstuck, it’s hard not to notice more stuckness…Tue, 08 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2021/06/songart-sunblind-by-fleet-foxes/https://www.timespacematter.com/2021/06/songart-sunblind-by-fleet-foxes/After spending so much time indoors, it’s a joy to be outside and see Spring unfold around me.Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2021/05/sse-the-anatomy-of-feelings/https://www.timespacematter.com/2021/05/sse-the-anatomy-of-feelings/The title track Only Skin of this new album by songwriters Lowri Evans and Tom McRae is a thing of beauty.Sat, 22 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2021/01/going-green-5-cheese-is-heaven-cheese-is-hell/https://www.timespacematter.com/2021/01/going-green-5-cheese-is-heaven-cheese-is-hell/In the Summer of 2019, after attending barbecue with way too much meat on the grill that can possibly be safe, moral and responsible, I decided to become a vegetarian. I had been eating less…Wed, 27 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2020/09/almost-every-letter-changed-netflixs-the-letter-for-the-king/https://www.timespacematter.com/2020/09/almost-every-letter-changed-netflixs-the-letter-for-the-king/The last time I’ve read The Letter for the King (De Brief voor de Koning) by Tonke Dragt before writing this article, was over ten years ago when I was still studying. I disappointingly discovered…Sat, 26 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2020/09/going-green-4-voting-with-your-wallet/https://www.timespacematter.com/2020/09/going-green-4-voting-with-your-wallet/It’s a problem environment friendly folks run into frequently. Green companies taking money from companies that aren’t green. Recently,oat drink company Oatly made the news for taking private equity money from an investment firm called…Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2020/05/sse-a-voice-of-understanding/https://www.timespacematter.com/2020/05/sse-a-voice-of-understanding/Only want to get to work, but every morning I’m too sick to drive.Suffering whiteout conditions, forget the mission just get out alive Whiteout Conditions – The New Pornographers The song Whiteout Conditions is one…Thu, 14 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2020/01/going-green-3-train-holidays/https://www.timespacematter.com/2020/01/going-green-3-train-holidays/On #FridaysforFuture, Stefan Meeuws publishes a blog on going green. He has recently become a vegetarian, is switching to a greener bank and in general tries to reduce his impact on the environment. This blog…Fri, 24 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/11/going-green-2-protect-fund-restore/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/11/going-green-2-protect-fund-restore/On #FridaysforFuture, Stefan Meeuws publishes a blog on going green. He has recently become a vegetarian, is switching to a greener bank and in general tries to reduce his impact on the environment. This blog…Fri, 15 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/10/bbcs-onecoin-podcast-the-missing-cryptoqueen-has-it-all/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/10/bbcs-onecoin-podcast-the-missing-cryptoqueen-has-it-all/A conspiracy, larger than life characters, pyramid schemes, plastic surgery: if you want a podcast that has all the ingredients of a mystery novel and combines with some decent journalism, look no further than The…Tue, 22 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/10/going-green-1-switching-banks/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/10/going-green-1-switching-banks/Every #FutureFriday Stefan Meeuws publishes a blog on going green. He has recently become a vegetarian, is switching to a greener bank and in general tries to reduce his impact on the environment. This blog…Fri, 04 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/09/choose-better-leaders/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/09/choose-better-leaders/We can disassociate ourselves from the leaders making bad decisions right now, around the world. “They’re not my leaders, I did not vote for them…” But the fact is, as societies we did. So let’s…Mon, 16 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/03/uncover-songs-moddi-shows-relevance-of-covers/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/03/uncover-songs-moddi-shows-relevance-of-covers/Cover songs, were they ever a novelty? Every band and artist I know has dabbled in doing an acoustic version of a classic song by another artist. Covering a quiet song in a loud way…Sun, 31 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/03/a-statement-from-time-space-matter/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/03/a-statement-from-time-space-matter/Let’s begin. TimeSpaceMatter is an honest attempt to get rid of content dominated by differences in time, space and matter. The Internet has been a great way to connect with people all over the globe,…Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/03/on-creativity-and-structure/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/03/on-creativity-and-structure/The beginning is hard, always hard. Staring at an empty page is intimidating. And that is when I get round to staring at an empty page. I have to get the life stuff out of…Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/03/heavyweight-shows-time-can-heal-most-wounds/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/03/heavyweight-shows-time-can-heal-most-wounds/Choking up in the train isn’t something I usually do. I’ve been known to do it, but under vastly different circumstances than while listening to Heavyweight. No podcast I know does as great a balancing act as…Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/03/about-week-1651-utrecht-russian-doll-and-things-you-cant-do-yourself/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/03/about-week-1651-utrecht-russian-doll-and-things-you-cant-do-yourself/Well. That’s just great. I completely forgot about my week notes last weekend. And do you know why? Well… I don’t. I really don’t. I stayed in Utrecht from last Sunday night, which perhaps robbed me of my usual surroundings…Mon, 04 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/02/about-week-1649-first-days-of-spring-arrive/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/02/about-week-1649-first-days-of-spring-arrive/What a glorious weather this weekend. I know, I know, it’s only February and as my parents say: “Back when your sister was born late March, it was snowing”, but I happily take this weather to be the first days…Sun, 17 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/02/about-week-1648-about-fake-news-john-green-and-the-podcast-wars/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/02/about-week-1648-about-fake-news-john-green-and-the-podcast-wars/Folks, I've decided to mess with the format this week. Hopefully it makes for better reading than the bulleted list I used before. I guess bullets are mostly useful when you're a person of fewer words (so not me). Also,…Sun, 10 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/02/about-week-1647-the-end-of-podcasts-andrew-bird-and-more/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/02/about-week-1647-the-end-of-podcasts-andrew-bird-and-more/Well that's the second week in a row these week notes are late. Sorry folks, it's my intention to ideally post these in the weekend - like Sunday night - but it completely slipped my mind last night. Even though…Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/01/about-week-1646-no-ipad/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/01/about-week-1646-no-ipad/The iPad Pro is gone. Well not indefinitely, but the device that is turning out to be my main productivity tool, has gone in for repair the second time. I love the thing, but the touch screen sometimes doesn't respond.…Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/01/about-week-1655-new-plants/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/01/about-week-1655-new-plants/Writing with a headache isn’t ideal, but leaving it till Sunday night to write these week notes isn’t either. But here I find myself writing on Sunday night with the headache. So forgive me if this update is slightly shorter…Sun, 20 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/01/about-week-1644-back-to-work/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/01/about-week-1644-back-to-work/The first week back at work after prolonged time off (in my case three glorious weeks) isn’t the easiest. One of the benefits of having time off is being able to relax and wind down and view your life from…Sun, 13 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2019/01/about-week-1643-a-new-year-starts-in-london/https://www.timespacematter.com/2019/01/about-week-1643-a-new-year-starts-in-london/Happy new year everyone. My 2018 was pretty good all in all. It wasn’t always smooth sailing, but I’ve done so many things this year that I hadn’t done before. Or at least I’ve done things differently. Being in a…Sat, 05 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2018/12/about-week-1641-video-games-london-christmas-run-up/https://www.timespacematter.com/2018/12/about-week-1641-video-games-london-christmas-run-up/Video games Consuming entertainment as an aspiring creator of one, isn’t ideal. While it’s perfectly fine to get inspired by reading, watching or listening, there’s sometimes a bit of guilt involved when it comes to life and things. Then again,…Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2018/08/about-week-1623/https://www.timespacematter.com/2018/08/about-week-1623/According to this website, I’m now in week 1623 of my life. Time to try out some weekly notes for a while. I need a way to reflect on my life. This is one attempt. Houses / Cats I’ve been…Sat, 18 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2018/08/re-apple-cutting-apps-from-their-affiliate-program/https://www.timespacematter.com/2018/08/re-apple-cutting-apps-from-their-affiliate-program/I kind of get why #Apple kills their app affiliate program, but it still sucks for publishers trying to survive while offering content on popular and less popular apps and games. As engaging as the App Store editorial content is,…Thu, 02 Aug 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2018/07/changing-my-password-manager-how-to-make-it-just-work/https://www.timespacematter.com/2018/07/changing-my-password-manager-how-to-make-it-just-work/Earlier this year I've decided to change my password manager. I've been using 1Password for my Apple products for many years now, but I have a job with a Windows pc now, and no way to install 1Password myself. I…Sun, 01 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2018/03/broken-window/https://www.timespacematter.com/2018/03/broken-window/Having used mobile phones since the late nineties, I was sad to discover that I was no longer part of a fabled group of human beings. This fabled group being the humans that haven't actually dropped their phones and damaged…Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2018/02/three-times-cinema-three-billboards-shape-water-black-panther/https://www.timespacematter.com/2018/02/three-times-cinema-three-billboards-shape-water-black-panther/I went to the cinema three times so far in 2018. I saw three excellent films, all in their own way. Here are my (shortened) thoughts on them, in the order I saw them. Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri This…Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2018/02/ipad-pro-instead-laptop-first-months/https://www.timespacematter.com/2018/02/ipad-pro-instead-laptop-first-months/Inspired by this blog by Charles Arthur, I want to do my own write-up. After all, I bought my iPad Pro instead of buying a new laptop. So does it work for me? Working so far As I work in…Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2018/01/invisible-storm/https://www.timespacematter.com/2018/01/invisible-storm/My favourite band released a new album last Friday. Turin Brakes is the name of the band, Invisible Storm is the 8th album by them. I wrote down my thoughts on Ether Site. You can read them here.Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2018/01/lovesick-season-3-back/https://www.timespacematter.com/2018/01/lovesick-season-3-back/I really really like Lovesick and I'm so happy we got a season 3. I binged the first season in a day or two, and series 2 in not much longer. I will take, for various reasons, more time to…Fri, 05 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2018/01/things-look-forward-2018/https://www.timespacematter.com/2018/01/things-look-forward-2018/In no particular order, things to look forward to: - Great new music. Most of all the new Turin Brakes album Invisible Storm that is released on 26 January 2018. - Live gigs, including Turin Brakes many times, but also…Fri, 05 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2018/01/bought-ipad-pro/https://www.timespacematter.com/2018/01/bought-ipad-pro/I’ve never been a real tablet user. I’ve had iPads around the house for years, mostly borrowed ones or ones from work, but I’ve never really used them properly. I tried magazine reading - but ended up with a backlog…Tue, 02 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2017/12/my-songs-of-the-year/https://www.timespacematter.com/2017/12/my-songs-of-the-year/My songs of the Year So I didn’t blog here that much. But I did listen to a lot of music. I decided to write a bit about that music here. Here’s some songs that made an impact on me…Sun, 31 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2017/12/winter/https://www.timespacematter.com/2017/12/winter/Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2016/10/fionn-regan-made-new-album/https://www.timespacematter.com/2016/10/fionn-regan-made-new-album/So that's good news, after my previous two blogs. Hope this is not the album cover though ;). https://twitter.com/fionnregan/status/793052771322912768Mon, 31 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2016/09/wrote-fionn-regan-last-week/https://www.timespacematter.com/2016/09/wrote-fionn-regan-last-week/After I wrote about Fionn Regan last week, it's nice to hear Abacus will be sampled on the new Bon Iver album. Still doesn't tell us what he's up to though. But he gave permission I presume. Or someone did.Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2016/09/apple-being-apple/https://www.timespacematter.com/2016/09/apple-being-apple/- Wireless EarPods: never ever have my earbuds / headphones stopped working due to anything other than the cable breaking. Wires will have to go at some point. Magic also means an effortless experience of using them and trying them…Thu, 08 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2016/09/apple-tax/https://www.timespacematter.com/2016/09/apple-tax/Letter from Tim Cook / Apple: The Commission’s move is unprecedented and it has serious, wide-reaching implications. It is effectively proposing to replace Irish tax laws with a view of what the Commission thinks the law should have been. This…Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2016/09/go-see-kubo-two-strings/https://www.timespacematter.com/2016/09/go-see-kubo-two-strings/I saw Kubo & The Two Strings last Saturday, a great stop-motion animated film by Laika (who also did the wonderful Coraline). It's a pretty amazing story combining a 'Legend of Zelda'-type quest, the stories that make a life and…Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2016/08/what-is-fionn-regan-up-to/https://www.timespacematter.com/2016/08/what-is-fionn-regan-up-to/I've enjoyed Fionn Regan's music ever since a fellow member of a forum I posted a lot on, send me his Hotel Room EP as a 'Thank You' for some bootlegs (read: live recordings of a band) I sent him.…Thu, 25 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2016/07/kindness/https://www.timespacematter.com/2016/07/kindness/2016 has been in general, a pretty crappy year so far when reviewing newspaper - website - headlines. Besides all the attacks on innocent people from Baghdad to Brussels, from Paris to Istanbul and then everything in the United States…Tue, 12 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2016/02/2016-so-far/https://www.timespacematter.com/2016/02/2016-so-far/- I've started a 4-day-workweek in an attempt to do more personal projects. Fulltime employment is sooo 2015. It feels liberating to have more time available that you can decide what to do with. But also: OPTIONS OPTIONS OPTIONS! -…Tue, 16 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2015/07/im-starting-a-mailinglist-soon/https://www.timespacematter.com/2015/07/im-starting-a-mailinglist-soon/I'm starting a mailinglist soon. You can sign up at the bottom of this page. I don't want to say too much about it, other then that it will appear irregularly (but about once a month max.) and it will…Tue, 28 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2015/06/taylor-swift-inspires-a-generation-doesnt-she/https://www.timespacematter.com/2015/06/taylor-swift-inspires-a-generation-doesnt-she/I'm not gonna lie. I'm an appreciator of all things Taylor Swift. I have been for years, ever since my friends and I saw the video for Love Story on a Dutch music channel way back when that was a…Mon, 22 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2015/02/everybodys-gonna-die/https://www.timespacematter.com/2015/02/everybodys-gonna-die/I know I'm not particularly original in joking that "everybody's gonna die" as a spoiler whenever I get the chance. But Susanne Sundfør talking about Game Of Thrones and replying that phrase to Dermot O'Leary's question "What's gonna happen?" still…Mon, 09 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2014/12/love-is-coal-about-the-slow-build-up/https://www.timespacematter.com/2014/12/love-is-coal-about-the-slow-build-up/This week I had a discussion with a couple of colleagues. You see, To Kill A King is somewhat of a staple in our office and they have quickly turned into 'our office band'. However, not everyone is a convert…Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2014/10/mailbox-versus-inbox-by-gmail/https://www.timespacematter.com/2014/10/mailbox-versus-inbox-by-gmail/When Google launched Inbox by Gmail last week, they released a video for it. In it, “your friends at Gmail” claim they “love” e-mail. They show happy people using their phones and laptops, presumably e-mailing. But let’s face it, hardly…Tue, 28 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2014/10/i-know-we-are-supposed-to-hate-amsterdam-but/https://www.timespacematter.com/2014/10/i-know-we-are-supposed-to-hate-amsterdam-but/I have a love/hate relationship with Amsterdam. Because to be honest, I've been in very few places in Amsterdam where I felt at home. I love staying there, going to museums, gigs and plays, but I've not fallen in love…Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2014/10/month-of-music-madness/https://www.timespacematter.com/2014/10/month-of-music-madness/I've dubbed October as my Month of Music Madness. But it got off to a rocky start. In hindsight, starting your October Music Month on 29 September is cheating anyway, but I was so excited about First Aid Kit that…Wed, 08 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2014/08/about-loving-a-city-finding-a-home/https://www.timespacematter.com/2014/08/about-loving-a-city-finding-a-home/For a long time, London has been my favourite city. I can't really explain why. And that made me wonder whether I just like it because I've been there many times and thus had a chance to fall in love…Mon, 04 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2014/05/spring-playlist/https://www.timespacematter.com/2014/05/spring-playlist/Check out my latest playlist, featuring the likes of Nick Mulvey, First Aid Kit, Conor Oberst and many more. If you click on the image below you should be taken to it on Spotify. Aye.Wed, 14 May 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2014/03/playlists/https://www.timespacematter.com/2014/03/playlists/So yes, I know Winter's almost gone in this part of the world, but my recent Winter playlist features some hints of Spring anyway. Also check out the one I made in November, if melancholy is what hits you this…Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2013/07/when-erlend-oye-went-to-italy/https://www.timespacematter.com/2013/07/when-erlend-oye-went-to-italy/I just published my second story on Medium. It's about one half of the Kings of Convenience releasing a song in Italian. Read it here.Sun, 28 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2013/07/writing-on-medium/https://www.timespacematter.com/2013/07/writing-on-medium/This weekend I wrote my first article on Medium. Well, I say article, it's more like an open question and some thoughts gathered in a couple of paragraphs. Still, I'll be writing on there every now and again on topics…Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2013/04/live-each-day-as-if-the-next-one-is-going-to-be-pretty-ordinary/https://www.timespacematter.com/2013/04/live-each-day-as-if-the-next-one-is-going-to-be-pretty-ordinary/Yea, yea, people say "live each day like it's your last". But I can't. Maybe I'm too uptight, maybe I'm too responsible, I just can't. If I'm going to truly live each day like it's my last, I would do…Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2013/03/forecast-io-is-awesome/https://www.timespacematter.com/2013/03/forecast-io-is-awesome/Like many Dutch people I am a weather freak. Not of the "weather station at home installed"-kind, but the type that frantically checks whether we're gonna drown because it's never gonna stop raining and we're below sea level AND EVERYTHING…Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2013/02/how-i-got-dutch-tv-channel-rtl5-to-broadcast-127-hours-again/https://www.timespacematter.com/2013/02/how-i-got-dutch-tv-channel-rtl5-to-broadcast-127-hours-again/I say "How I got..." but this really is one of those social media stories. I am writing this down because I know I'll forget the details in a couple of years and it's nice to be able to look…Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2013/02/free-as-a-morning-bird-fragile-as-china/https://www.timespacematter.com/2013/02/free-as-a-morning-bird-fragile-as-china/Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2013/01/growing-pains/https://www.timespacematter.com/2013/01/growing-pains/January 2013. It still feels a bit like the future. So far, the month has been a lot like 2012, but with added snow and back pains. My first working week was troubled by a rib in my chest acting…Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2012/12/a-phrase/https://www.timespacematter.com/2012/12/a-phrase/The grander gesture. If you watch too much series, films and read too many books in a row, you'll start believing that most people's lives are made up of grand gestures. Of escape plans, of making a point. Of making…Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2012/10/everything-is-like-a-chair-everything-but-facebook/https://www.timespacematter.com/2012/10/everything-is-like-a-chair-everything-but-facebook/Facebook is used by so many people these days, that everything it does is viewed with a certain skepticism. Is this the moment Facebook is falling down? It is not. While a vocal minority hates every new thing Facebook introduces,…Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2012/09/id-be-lying-if-i-said-i-never-liked-mumford-sons/https://www.timespacematter.com/2012/09/id-be-lying-if-i-said-i-never-liked-mumford-sons/I'd be lying if I said I never liked Mumford & Sons. In fact, their song Little Lion Man, discovered on iPlayer replays of Adam and Joe's 6Music show hit me at exactly the right time. Not sure where I…Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2012/07/on-a-clear-day/https://www.timespacematter.com/2012/07/on-a-clear-day/A great track in Breaking Bad last night. Enjoyed this a lot. Might have missed a lot of pop being born in the second half of the eighties, but there's nice drama series like Breaking Bad to get me up…Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2012/05/ive-sunshine-enough-to-spread/https://www.timespacematter.com/2012/05/ive-sunshine-enough-to-spread/Nice weather makes me feel better. And listen to songs like this:Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2012/04/heres-my-weather-of-a-killing-kind/https://www.timespacematter.com/2012/04/heres-my-weather-of-a-killing-kind/This June sees the release of the eagerly awaited (by me at least) album of the Tallest Man On Earth. The one time I saw him live easily takes the top spot in my fictional best solo gigs ever chart.…Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2012/04/ill-be-living-alone-where-the-ice-snap-and-the-hold-clast-are-known/https://www.timespacematter.com/2012/04/ill-be-living-alone-where-the-ice-snap-and-the-hold-clast-are-known/Something for the weekend. Amazing and beautiful. In many ways.Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2012/03/tnw-we-need-smarter-push-notifications/https://www.timespacematter.com/2012/03/tnw-we-need-smarter-push-notifications/I wrote a new blog for TheNextWeb. Click on the image to read it. Or don't. Push notifications are one of the key features of today’s smartphones. They constantly feed you information from a variety of services. From Twitter mentions…Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2012/02/my-eye-is-my-sanctuary/https://www.timespacematter.com/2012/02/my-eye-is-my-sanctuary/This song by Susanne Sundfør takes some plays before it hits you in the face and haunts you for the rest of the day. But believe me, it's worth it. Can't wait for the album. Out 26 March 2012. http://vimeo.com/susannesundfor/whitefoxesMon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2012/02/the-joy-of-books/https://www.timespacematter.com/2012/02/the-joy-of-books/Beautiful.Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2012/01/two-dragons/https://www.timespacematter.com/2012/01/two-dragons/I can't choose what song to post. First one has the most awesome bass riff. Second one is very catchy. Great folk pop rock from... Estonia? Two dragons of songs in the year of the dragon... From Ewert and the…Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2012/01/blogging-again/https://www.timespacematter.com/2012/01/blogging-again/Since 2012 I've started blogging again for TheNextWeb. My pieces will mostly be about social media and related topics. I do not claim I am a social media guru, but my favourite type of articles are blogs where I can…Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/12/today-i-checked-google-plus/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/12/today-i-checked-google-plus/Today I checked Google Plus. It hasn't become my go-to social network yet. Facebook has more people I know, Twitter is more fun. I have no need foor Google Plus right now. I wonder, whether this time next year, it…Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/12/why-you-should-try-soundrop-on-spotify/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/12/why-you-should-try-soundrop-on-spotify/Spotify Apps have only been available for less than a month, but I already have a favourite app: Soundrop. Although I am a big fan of the Last.fm app and the improved Spotify Radio (having already discovered several new artists…Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/10/call-for-popaltculturenice-bloggers/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/10/call-for-popaltculturenice-bloggers/Decided: some friends and I are going to launch a new website on 1 January 2012. That gives us just over two months to prepare. But we need more bloggers. We need a WHOLE LOT of bloggers. It has intelligent,…Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/09/amazon-starts-the-content-war-against-apple/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/09/amazon-starts-the-content-war-against-apple/We're approaching the age in technology where hardware quality is becoming less important. It's user experience that matters more and more these days. Apple has the user experience figured out - mostly - and everyone knows that. Android is still…Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/09/if-youre-craving-something-more-than-whats-been-given-to-you/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/09/if-youre-craving-something-more-than-whats-been-given-to-you/Pete Lawrie mostly made an impact on me with his low-key, emotional songs. His debut (A Little Brighter) had a bit too much strings to resonate and made an impact. This however, is a totally different beast. It's called Taste…Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/09/i-tie-the-knots-to-remember-in-my-heart/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/09/i-tie-the-knots-to-remember-in-my-heart/How can THIS not make you happy? http://www.npr.org/player/embeddable/video/player.html?i=140539730&m=140609272Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/09/only-need-one-more-link-for-my-chain/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/09/only-need-one-more-link-for-my-chain/So I spent a lovely, lovely weekend in Groningen these last days. Besides catching up with friends I also experienced a lovely evening full of music. First, my good friend Mischa opened the night with Patrick, who then went on…Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/09/talking-about-ios-5/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/09/talking-about-ios-5/Back in the days when I was teacher I dealt with difficult audiences on a daily basis. These days, I'm an editor / writer and speaking in public isn't really part of my job description that much. That is rather…Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/09/waiting-to-sail-your-worries-away/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/09/waiting-to-sail-your-worries-away/I watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang a lot when I was young. It was already ancient (compared to me at least) when I was young, but my uncle put in on a VHS-tape for me along with a musical Disney…Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/08/david-mitchell-says-dont-become-an-alcoholic/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/08/david-mitchell-says-dont-become-an-alcoholic/Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/08/my-right-now-essential-list-of-internet-things/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/08/my-right-now-essential-list-of-internet-things/My randomly updated list of essential things on the internet right now. Without these, my internet wouldn't be the same. - Twitter. - Facebook. - Spotify. - Instagram. - TheNextWeb. - YouTube. - RockMelt. - Giganews. - Google + (and…Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/08/in-session-to-kill-a-king-graduates-escape-the-crypt-sessions/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/08/in-session-to-kill-a-king-graduates-escape-the-crypt-sessions/I first saw a band named Kid iD in 2008 in Folkestone, supporting my favourite band. I bought their CD because I really liked them (the CD was called That Dreaded Monster What If, which I liked as a title).…Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/07/thenextweb-why-unfollowing-is-a-good-thing-on-twitter/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/07/thenextweb-why-unfollowing-is-a-good-thing-on-twitter/So, my latest blog for TheNextWeb.com has just gone online: You are not your Twitter timeline. That much is obvious. Your Twitter experience is created by people you follow. If you’re on Twitter to grow, to become a better professional…Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/07/laura-marling-sings-about-sophia/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/07/laura-marling-sings-about-sophia/I quite enjoyed the first album of Laura Marling (Alas I Cannot Swim) and her live set supporting Elbow (I think?) in Groningen was amazing. Her second album (I Speak Because I Can) failed to make a big impact on…Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.timespacematter.com/2011/07/new-domain-new-start/https://www.timespacematter.com/2011/07/new-domain-new-start/I've had this domain for the past year or so... So far it linked to THIS Flavors.me-page, which provided a nice stylish overview of my web activities. I've also been blogging in English the past years. Those blogs were about…Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT