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Welcome to my website!
DutchDreams is a weblog focussed on dreaming up a bright future and anticipating the long term challenges facing us.
New readers might want to check out a brief history and the power of dreams to find out more about the ideas behind his website.
Feel free to join the conversation, but please be civil.
Enjoy!

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A brief history of DutchDreams.net

As this website celebrates its first anniversary by moving out of "beta", let me use this opportunity to write a brief history of DutchDreams.net and the ideas behind it.

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Posted by in Blogging @ 21 01 05 | No comments / No trackbacks

The power of dreams

“I have a dream” where the words. Spoken by someone rebelling against the existing social order. Someone who saw the inherent contradictions within the paradigms of his society and the suffering they created. He saw these contradictions were not being addressed effectively, so shared with the world his dream. A dream so powerful and put into words so eloquently, that while it may not yet be fulfilled completely, it resonated throughout Western civilisation and changed it beyond recognition. It’s impact so enormous, you know exactly what I am talking about, though I have only quoted four words of a speech.

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Posted by in Dreaming @ 20 01 05 | No comments / No trackbacks

Revamping the site

Maintenance warning

Yes, posting has been very light to say the least. This will not improve for at least a month. Since the start of this weblog, I have been experimenting with this new medium and learning how to use it. In the process I've made a lot of mistakes and have strayed quite a bit from the original path I had in mind for DutchDreams.net. To sum things up, this site has been a "beta release" for the real thing, meant to allow me to experiment and to do things right only after a while.
So now I think the time has come for me to implement what I've learned. Next February this site will celebrate it's first birthday. I plan to have a "version 1.0" up and running somewhere that month.
What will change? The main part of this site will be dedicated to what I call dreams. Read the quote in the header or remember the famous speech by Martin Luther King. More mundane, day-to-day thoughts will probably find their place in a separate weblog. I'll also be changing the site design and maybe add some features. It's all very much a work in progress though, so I'm not yet sure how it will all turn out in the end. Suggestions on how to improve the site are of course very welcome...


Posted by in Old Stuff @ 02 01 05 | No comments / No trackbacks

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ComTech review

The new Community Tech review is online. Lots of interesting stuff...

Posted @ 26 01 05 | No comments

Automotive Dreams

Tim Leuliette made an interesting speech on the future of the automobile industry, oil and the hydrogen economy.

Posted @ 24 01 05 | No comments

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