Marjolein van der Kolk

as said by Jim Stolze, the author and researcher of the Virtual Happiness Project. This project involves a psychological approach to Internet Usage and tries to answer questions like: Could you live without the Internet? What is the difference between online and offline friendships? How can you manage the digital information overload? Why do we [...]

Last september I started studying again. However I love my job at M4N I also wanted to broad my knowledge about sciences and so I choose to dive into the world of Communication Sciences. Why? This was the only master in the field I did my bachelor in (Marketing) and the study is focused on [...]

90’s are cool thesedays, you find 90’s parties everywhere and dedicated television shows to the nineties start to gain popularity.
When the 90’s started I just turned 3. But anyway I have some good memories about these years, especially the music. So this blogpost is 100% dedicated to these special years!
Born Slippy – Underworld

After HTC had some problems releasing the HTC Hero in the Netherlands (for some reason it took a month longer than the official release date), I finally own one. HTC Hero works with Android, Google’s operating system. Quite a difference when coming from using a phone based on Windows Mobile. HTC uses it’s own user [...]

As I just ordered the newest Android phone – HTC Hero – I’m in search of some cool applications for Android. Some of the ones I definitely want to try out are listed below. The cool thing is, the most ones are free to use!
1. Buddy Runner
As I am a fan of running I need [...]

After not being that active on my blog, I am very pleased to announce that I am graduated!
A few weeks ago I flew back to Amsterdam to presentate my dissertation. I went very well, better than my supervisor actually expected. Very quickly after being back in Barcelona I heard that I was graduated with [...]

The official border between West and East germany disappeared for quite some years ago, 18 years ago to be exact. But the border between West and East Germany still exists obviously in the hearts of many Germans. I had some German friends visiting me yesterday, and the first question Germans ask each other when [...]

As some of you might know, I will stay in Barcelona for the upcoming 5 months. And no.. not for holidays, although I would like to explore everything in this city and in this pleasant climate I will also often be found on the many busy beaches around here.
I just arrived an my [...]