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Jan Van Haver

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Jan Van Haver

The “I-already-have-this” button

The other day I was listening to episode 590 of the podcast Six Pixels of Separation, in which the host, marketer Mitch Joel (@mitchjoel…

Dec 2, 2017

Jan Van Haver

Why you need to claim your company on Google Maps

Earlier this year, Google introduced a new feature for the Android version of Google Maps. This is how Google describes it: “In Google…

Oct 24, 2017

Why you need to claim your company on Google Maps

Oct 24, 2017

Jan Van Haver

OK, this time I am impressed

In a previous story, I half mockingly claimed not be impressed by the applications of AI and machine learning in everyday life. But it…

Oct 15, 2017

Oct 15, 2017

Jan Van Haver

Machine learning in everday life

As you might have read in an earlier post: until now I am not very impressed by the application of AI and machine learning in everyday…

Sep 27, 2017

Jan Van Haver

What is the problem with economic migration?

For a number of years now, migration has been one of the most prominent topics in the media — with local peaks in some countries, often…

Sep 10, 2017

What is the problem with economic migration?

Sep 10, 2017

Jan Van Haver

Suggestion for a slightly better world

You’ve just finished shopping and now you’re returning the shopping cart. You’re then faced with the situation as shown in the picture…

Jul 17, 2017

Jul 17, 2017

Jan Van Haver

Case closed

“Your case has been closed” is a sentence you come across from time to time in the process of interacting with a helpdesk team. And in…

Jul 12, 2017

Jul 12, 2017

Jan Van Haver

My address is an email address

Message to the world: if you want to make sure that a message you have might for me reaches me in a proper and timely way… send it by…

Jul 11, 2017

Jul 11, 2017

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Sorry, Watson, but I’m not impressed

When my favourite chat app (used by myself and over a billion other people) figures out all by itself when to use autocomplete and when not…

Jul 10, 2017

Jul 10, 2017

Jan Van Haver

Smartphones and cancer

It’s July 2017 and we are celebrating the iPhone’s 10th anniversary. In that decade, the new category that Apple has more or less created…

Jul 9, 2017

Jul 9, 2017