I went to the Rotterdam Filmfestival yesterday, oh boy oh boy oh boy! To me, these movies that are playing there are always a bit of a hit & miss. Yesterday, unfortunately, was a bit of a miss.

There was also a small opening movie prior to the main feature. It was something experimental.. And so experimental that I was thinking: either you have such a high intellect that you create associations that don’t exist and think you know what the director means, or…. you have an IQ < 80 and are simply amazed by all the strange pictures you see. I belong to neither.

The film festival itself however seems to be quite a success and there is a nice atmosphere. Have a look, there are plenty of movies that are very good I heard!

I started with Twitter about a 1.5 years ago, and tried different things. But somehow I didn’t get it to work for me and I couldnt see the added value of it either. After a quick introductory course by a friend of mine I am starting to establish interesting contacts on Twitter.

2 weeks ago I had a bad customer experience with the Dutch bank SNS. So I tweeted about it. Guess what? Within 30 minutes of my tweet I got an email from the Senior PR guy at SNS. After a good emailing about, they confirmed they are going to review their process. A couple of days later I received a follow-up email that they scheduled it for their next meeting.

Twitter works!

Following the event of getting my own NLP session with Ravisie/ Ben Licher, I have gotten new insights. Answers to questions that have been costing me a lot of energy in my life were discovered. That is leading to me changing my focus. The first step was to “restart” my own weblog. Now I am writing more personal blogs and keep my focus on a couple of specific topics, shying away from only writing about marketing.

Along with this new focus I realised that my profile on LinkedIn doesn’t reflect the “current” me. Now it does, thanks Ben for the insights you have given me! Next step: rewrite my CV. I wouldn’t want my future employer be unable to see how wonderful I am!

Next to my LinkedIn Profile, I have also updated my own About page already.

Finally.. The Apple iPad! I am a Mac-head since a long time already.. I am not buying this device just yet. My money is on my MacBook Pro and my iPhone. However, you have to hand it to Steve Jobs & Apple.. The excitement and rumor-mill around this device has been superb! See for yourself!

On another note, I dare to speculate that this might be Steve Jobs’ last big product. He’s around 55 and build the company from scratch, got fired, and saved the company to the multi-billion dollar company it is now. The hype that was created was enormous. From my point-of-view much more then normal. Might this be Steve’s big bang, hand over the scepter to Tim Cook and enjoy an early retirement?

…of my blog, myself, and what I am doing here. Well, nothing changed really. I only got my focus back.

My blog will be more personal and more about my interests: people, cultures, travel, motorbike riding and photography. Don’t know yet about the frequency.. time will tell

Glad to have you as my trusted reader!

-Patrick