In our daily live we tend to chose the easy way. Like sheep we follow the others. We chose the known paths.
People who know me probably agree that from time to time I try the off the road track.
Today my 4 year old son made me realize why. [click to read more…]
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Managing to write on four blogs is not an easy job. Especially not because my days are rather busy. That’s one of the reasons I like to write blog posts while travelling. Some time ago I installed WordPress for iPhone 2 and for some time I was really happy. Unfortunately, recently I noticed the application deletes and changes posts, content of a saved post shows up when I start changing another existing post. That’s why I decided to continue searching for the right editor for my iPhone and meanwhile I decided to look for a desktop editor as well.
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Currently I am travelling by nighttrain to the GOYELLO office in the South of Poland, Gliwice. The good thing of travelling by train is that I can relax. It’s pure time for myself. Time I use for blogging, thinking, inspiration and to stay in touch through social networks. I force myself to be outside focussed by taking pictures of what I meet during such trips. I am curious what this trip will bring. [click to read more…]
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Poland’s Economy Ministry finished the works on its project of economic reform containing 98 draft bills meant to remove red tape and burdens for Polish businesses. It promises life will become a lot easier for Polish businesses. This can be read today in Puls Biznesu. Unfortunately we still have to wait a while. The final decision making needs still a lot of consultation. [click to read more…]
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Today we celebrated that 3 years ago my business partner Arie and I started GOYELLO. It started with arranging all the needed bureaucratic matters in Poland. After that remarkable trip, we almost missed the plane, many things happened. And yes, from time to time somebody missed a plane, including clients.
Then we were just with the two of us, together with a dream.
Today GOYELLO is a Polish-Dutch software company with offices in Poland (Gdańsk/Sopot, Gliwice and Warsaw) and in the Netherlands.
We employ almost 50 people, mainly professional software developers, graphic designers and business consultants. We are serving over 50 clients in The Netherlands, Belgium and Poland.
It’s a good habit in our office to celebrate our successes, so we did today. Together with all the colleagues who made this happen we had a nice cake.
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As a Dutch guy living in Poland I meet many foreigners who visit Poland for the first time. In my previous post I already mentioned that they are mostly positively surprised about the Polish beauty when they arrive here.
I would like to invite everybody to stay surprised. Especially when you plan to do business, but also as a tourist. You shouldn’t think everything abroad is the same like at home.
Enjoy the differences without any preoccupations. Try to understand why things are different instead of thinking things are bad or strange. Combine the best of both worlds.
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Everytime I meet non Polish people who are visiting Poland for the first time the conversation is more or less the same. All people express how surprised they are when they see for example Warsaw, Cracow or the Gdansk Old Town. Due to the limited amount of (positive) news about Poland in the West, most people still expect to see a poor, grey and dirty country. Fortunately we know better.
Good to know that years and years ago many ships from Western Europe were visiting the harbor on this picture. The crane (un)loaded these ships.
I will continue my Poland promotion. Come and see it!
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As I wrote some time ago I had quite some trouble keeping my Twitter friends and followers list clean and tidy after using some auto-follow tools. Taking part in the Twitter followers earning race I thought it would be good to follow everybody who started following me, but after some time I knew better. No human being is able to follow hundreds of people, not to speak about the fact that it is impossible to engage with them. Today I happened to find Refollow, a tool that enables you to filter your followers and the people your are following in different ways. It let’s you follow the right people, the people who try to engage. [click to read more…]
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During the Globe Forum, which took place several weeks ago in Gdańsk, one of the main conclusions was that we have to look for different power solutions NOW! Therefore, I was very shocked to read that they plan to build a new not sustainable coal fueled power plant in Tczew. Can we please try to use the estimated investment of € 3 billion in a more sustainable way? When will we finally start practicing what we preach?
[photo: flickr/davipt]
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Since I received my iPhone I became addicted and I know I am not the only one. Often I am looking around what kind of applications others are using. But probably it is high time I start sharing my favorite applications. Some of the most used applications are part of the basic iPhone installation. The others are all available in the App Store. Read further if you would like to know what candies I found in the App Store. [click to read more…]
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