If you’re interested in the people behind blogs then Blocter is the place to go to. Since February Jorrit Spoelstra is making short video interviews to find out what drives certain bloggers. Not about NewWorkers as you can already clearly see who we are. The latest portrait is about Koert van Mensvoort from Next Nature.

Since the start of June the NewWork Twitter is up and running. It’s a better fit for short posts. We’re working on a RSS connection. Until that time we will feed the little bird with new text and links. Different ones, for even more new inspiration, events and internet randomness. So don’t hesitate and join us there.

frog design unveils ‘Power’ issue. As the recession has altered the economic landscape, and digital technologies continue to challenge conventional hierarchies, Design Mind Magazine explores new definitions of influence and power. Who has it, where can you find it, how is it being used, what happens to you if you lose it?

The good people at Inspired Magazine were kind enough to select 15 Essential Interviews For The Creative Community. The interviewed are mainly young succesfull designers, entrepreneurs and programmers. You may not like them all but i bet there’s something inspiring to find for most of you.

Just re-released: Woordkaas, a place to find and make fun mashups of words and sayings. Pretty Dutch, but these exclusive plates speak for themselves.

The newest online revolution from Google?

Web 3.0? Email 3.0? I’ve watched a few parts of the developer preview and I’m curious where this is going to end up.

Sometimes it seems like a new sport: people polishing up their image on Twitter in ways that would normally be considered behaving like a total douchebag. They’re trying way too hard. Now there’s justice with a site where you can report those kind of tweets. Surprised Karl or Donnie aren’t up there yet.

The most logical plug-in for your browser in ages. Strange that we ever went online without it. Normally I wouldn’t start writing about some plug-in, this one is different. Hyperwords is a program that combines right-clicking and hyperlinking to create the ultimate quick reference resource tool. It just makes so much sense.

“This is the story of one pop song, as it travels from ’60s Memphis soul to Staten Island mid-’90s rap — and almost all the way back again.” An interesting little piece written by music writer, scholar, and DJ Oliver Wang.

Jeroen van Eijk pointed out an interview with Hartmut Esslinger. The new book by the founder of frog design is coming in june. The man is a legend, created amongst others the design strategy for Apple back in 1982. This year is frog’s 40th anniversary. The only thing Esslinger should consider doing differently is book cover design.

[meγa] (adj.) Slightly ironic and new expression initiated by Bob Mayata, meaning nice or even superb. E.g.: “How were the spinawards?” “~!” 

It’s the theme for this years Night of Philosophy. It will be held at the Felix Meritis in Amsterdam. One of the guest speakers is Avishai Margalit, an inspiring Israeli professor of philosophy who works both in Jerusalem and Princeton. His book entitled ‘Compromise and Rotten Compromise’ will come out later this year.

A tool to feed your consience. Left-wing’ers will love it. Get an idea of the turnover rate of the human species by interacting with this simulation which displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates.

I’m not a big Twitter fan, believing that 92% of it is a public display of loneliness. But there are some that are worth your time like: Diditleak (album leaks), Hypem (new releases), CNNBRK (breaking news post-Gulf War style), Shawn Eliott (internet randomness), Darth Vader (news from all over the galaxy) and R2D2 (hard to translate).

Leah Buley from Adaptive Path just gave an inspiring keynote at SXSW Interactive about User Experience techniques that can be used by solo UX designers.

Yesterday I read an interview in De Volkskrant with zambian economist Dambisa Moyo. I hadn’t heard of her new book Dead Aid yet. In it she states that aid in Africa is not working, in fact she claims it’s counter productive. The book offers ways for developing countries to finance development, rather than simply relying on foreign aid.

I already posted a site to keep your english on point. As I was watching Generation Kill the other day I couldn’t stand it that I didn’t knew why they kept on saying ‘we’re Oscar Mike‘. As Dictionary.com didn’t gave me the clue I stumbled upon a more streetwise dictionary. Also really handy in case you’re watching series like Entourage.

Enjoy yourself with these hilarious, sharp and often surprising stories written by a true porn clerk named Ali Davis. Like the one about Mr.Hazy who has seen all their straight videos and can’t miss New Porn Days.

As we check out new work on this site it is sometimes good to let your thoughts run on our motivations to work. Why do we do it? What makes it pleasurable? What is its meaning? April 2009 the new book by philosopher and writer Alain de Botton (1969) will be available. An intri- guing interview with him on the subject of work can be read in this weeks Vrij Nederland.

Nico is a beautiful & minimalistic styled bi-annual magazine with ten interviews on the world of fashion, design, art and illustration. The magazine is written in both English and French. There were three issues uptill now and I just had to pick them up for those brilliant basic covers.

A lot of us probably check The FWA on a regular basis. It offers inspiration and shows how high the bar for Flash websites is. A S.O.T.D. is reason for champagne and something to be proud of. Today it was announced they are considering acquisition opportunities. Let’s hope the new owner doesn’t turn it into something it shouldn’t be.

Keep spreading the new.

This post isn’t about something new, but about one of the best tv series ever. If you loved the Sopranos you will like this article (8 pages) from last year in Vrij Nederland. I scanned & mailed it to a group of friends and the response was so enthusiastic that I thought it wouldn’t hurt to post it here. Watch out for spoilers though, only read it when you finished watching the series…

How do you trick computer addicts like me, in doing some necessary exercises for your neck?

Something in this page reminds me of some kind of action group called ‘Wild Geraas‘. But I really like the way it’s done. I’ve heard rumours they also spread one million hardcopy versions of this in NY.

New book by Bruce Sterling. Look at the near future.

No, not the director of Iron Man. Meet the ‘other’ Jon.
Those inspiring speeches of president-elect Obama are
created together with this talented writer. He’s likely to
become the speechwriting director at the White House. 
The amazing thing is that he’s only 26 years old! More 
on him in an article that was published january 2008.

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If you like to listen to something else than music during (for instance) your worktime I can really recommend the interviews of the NPS program Kunststof. By talking an hour with their guests you really get more than just the soundbites what seems to be the trend. They have a big archive of interviews and every weekday a new one is added. And yes, it’s all in dutch.

My dear friend and fellow NewWork’er Victor D. Ponten
wouldn’t dare to post it himself but I wouldn’t dare to
miss an interview with him and Hans van Dijk at dutch 
interview channel Het Gesprek (’The Conversation’).