Archive for the “Rant” category

Frontpage still haunts my mind and why that blocks me.

by Dries De Roeck on April 15, 2021

The idea for this post has been circling around in my head for many years. In fact, I saved the title of this post as draft in 2014 already. Many years later, I keep coming back to the way I (…)

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Bye 19, hi 20.

by Dries De Roeck on May 30, 2020

Birds flying high you know how I feelSun in the sky you know how I feelBreeze driftin’ on by you know how I feelIt’s a new dawnIt’s a new dayIt’s a new life for me Feeling Good (Anthony Newley and (…)

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Makers gonna make! #teamscheire

by Dries De Roeck on November 19, 2018

This post was written as a draft, to eject some thoughts. It is prone to have plenty of language errors, unclear sentences or very ‘dutch’ type of english sentences. Recently the public broadcaster in Belgium launched a new show, #teamscheire. (…)

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About doing research in a design context…

by Dries De Roeck on July 17, 2018

Disclaimer: I never thought I would write the post you’re about to read. I still don’t feel confident to engage in this debate or discussion. Nevertheless it has been on my mind for way too long, so I might as (…)

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Hey public broadcaster, internet should not be the default.

by Dries De Roeck on May 21, 2018

Over the weekend I heard that VRT, the belgian public broadcaster, is cancelling its DVB-t offering. That means it won’t be possible to receive free over the air television in Belgium. Although that I can understand the reasoning behind this, (…)

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Elon the day after.

by Dries De Roeck on February 7, 2018

Yesterday SpaceX launched their coveted falcon heavy rocket. I watched the show in my local hackerspace, totally nerding out with other nerds. It was fun, it was unbelievable – everyone was going crazy for science. The sight of the two (…)

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About commitment and accountability

by Dries De Roeck on October 23, 2017

After talking to several people in different industries and after being involved in the organisation of a couple of events in the past year, I figured it was time to jot down some thoughts on what I’ve been noticing in (…)

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Why I put a rainbow flag out today.

by Dries De Roeck on May 17, 2017

Today (May 17th) is #IDAHOT – the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia and I put out a rainbow flag. I rarely put out flags or publicly show signs of what I believe or relate to (ie. political parties, national (…)

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Dear supermarket, part 1.

by Dries De Roeck on June 29, 2016

In a previous post, I talked about my endeavours through the ehealth data portal of the Belgian government. Somewhat related is another journey I recently started, during which my end goal is to consult the data my favourite supermarket collects (…)

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Through the #begov ehealth portal!

by Dries De Roeck on April 30, 2016

Last Friday I had a regular health checkup, nothing too spectacular. It was the first time my doctor mentioned that I had to decide whether I was ok with giving other health related entities access to my medical file. I (…)

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