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TIS Picks: 5 Top Music Videos

For the last month, we’ve looked at how innovation is changing (the) music (industry). Some fantastic examples have come forth out of the world of artificial intelligence: can you determine whether the piece is written by a human or generated by a computer? How does AI make creative decisions on melody and harmony? And what about adding Blockchain technology to the industry? The vision is that in the near future, you’ll be able to track the provenance of every track, buy concert tickets without having to worry about fraud and know for a fact that your favorite artists get the royalties they deserve. All made possible by Blockchain. However, in this TIS Picks I want to zoom on innovations that enhance the experience of (making) music.

1. Add soundtracks to books

Although authors often only need words to set the mood, Booktrack Studio now offers the possibility to add sound to your digital book. This way authors can decide to enhance the reading experience by adding ambient sounds to specific moments in the book.

Just watched TIS.tv: Booktrack Studio – Amplify Your Story

According to Erwin Blom ‟I’m intrigued with the possibilities of augmenting reality as you’re reading.”www.tis.tv
2. A wearable subwoofer

The watch-size Basslet is a wearable subwoofer that brings music and its beat straight to your body, instead of your ears. You can literally feel the bass of the music. And the cool thing is, people around you cannot sense it, so you can enjoy your guilty pleasure without disturbing anyone.

Just watched TIS.tv: The Basslet: the world’s first watch-size subwoofer for your body.

According to Elena L. ‟The Basslet is a wearable subwoofer for the body: strap it on and feel that bass!”www.tis.tv
3. Bring your drums everywhere you go

Swedish startup Freedrum has created a virtual drum kit that allows practicing drumming anywhere without disturbing anyone. The standard kit contains two sensors that can be attached to the drumsticks, the flow of natural movement is synchronized with the sound in the Garageband or similar apps on your iPhone.

Just watched TIS.tv: Freedrum Virtual Drumkit Lets You Play Drums Anywhere

According to Mira Suleimenova ‟This virtual drumkit by Swedish Freedrum has sensors connecting natural movement with…www.tis.tv
4. Upload and play

The Dutch Chordify offers an amazing service for musicians. It can actually transfer a tune into the chords on paper, so you can immediately start practicing your favorite songs. Just select and YouTube link or upload a song, and go. They claim it to be ‘the karaoke for fingers’!

Just watched TIS.tv: Chordify Explainer video

According to Simone de Bruin ‟Got a YouTube song you love? Upload its URL to Chordify and it will automatically extract…www.tis.tv
5. Compose music with gloves

British artist and song writer Imogen Heap is always experiencing with music. She founded Mycelia4music which helps artists protect their copyright with Blockchain. But she’s also the inventor of these Mu.Mi. gloves which serve as a new interface for music based on gestures.

Just watched TIS.tv: Imogen Heap’s Mi.Mu gloves will

According to Simone de Bruin ‟Musician Imogen Heap gives you an introduction to her Mi.Mu gloves, which allow you to…www.tis.tv

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Take the 2018 Coworking Survey

Every two years Desk Mag makes the global coworking survey and gives insights of what are the biggest trends on the market. The survey is taken both by hosts and coworkers from all around the globe. You can see the result of the survey from 2015 – 16 and forecast for 2017, saying that this year the coworking market hit the mark of one million clients, here.

Now as we have more people than ever working from coworking spaces, we would like to have more people than ever replying the survey! That’s where you enter. Anyone can reply the survey, it only takes 10 minutes and you can help several coworking spaces around the world to do a better job attending to your demands with the insights taken out of it. You can click the link below to complete the survey.

TAKE THE 2018 GLOBAL COWORKING SURVEY

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How The Decline Of The College Degree Is Shaking Up The Workplace

It’s no secret that the class of 2017 graduated into extraordinary levels of debt. The current bill for student loan debt stands at $1.3 trillion across 44.2 million borrowers who each owe an estimated $37.172. It is generally assumed in life that if you want to get ahead then you need a college degree. While this is definitely true on an academic basis, on a financial level the prospects aren’t so appealing.

Is A College Education Still A Guaranteed Way To Succeed?

There’s no doubt about it that education is vitally important to the future of the modern world but is a degree really worth it anymore? Employers want skills as well as qualifications and there are some hugely sought after workplace skills that no amount of tuition fees can buy. The next generation of would-be college students are worldly-wise enough to know that graduating with a disproportionate amount of debt in relation to earnings is not a great start to adult life. It’s no surprise that more and more high school leavers are looking at other ways of getting on the corporate ladder such as internships and other forms of employment.

Help For Graduates Who Are Already In Debt

There are various lenders who are able to provide assistance with student loan repayments either by consolidating or completely refinancing. It is definitely possible for students to work their way out of student debt with the right financial assistance and several  years of hard work. For some professions a degree is absolutely essential. Doctors, lawyers and psychiatrists work in specialized fields where education is an essential stepping stone to success. More vocational subjects such as sports, languages and the arts tend to lead to careers were a degree is less essential.

College Enrollment Is At An All Time Low

The high level of debt that graduates leave college with has potential academics wondering what the real cost of education is. It’s quite a challenge to be able to afford a mortgage, a wedding or to even start a family when faced with monthly loan repayments of around $500-$600.  The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found that college enrollment rates decreased in 2016 for the fourth consecutive year. The number of students enrolled on college courses in 2016 was down 1.7% from 2015. It’s hard to know for sure exactly what the future of education looks like for the next generation, but as college enrollment decreases we can expect to see more high-school leavers heading straight for the workplace than ever before.

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Expert Selection: Data, Open Source And Networking.

Manuel Acevedo

Manuel Acevedo is an independent consultant from Argentina specializing in information-communication technologies for development (ICT4D), Information Society, digital inclusion and development networks. His hope is to contribute to a truly networked developmental scene worldwide (a Development 2.0, 3.0, x.0…?), and to help turn the management of development networks more a science than an art (where it presently stands, in my opinion). He has selected videos that made an impression on himself, of a diverse nature.

Just watched TIS.tv: Hans Rosling: Stats that reshape your world-view

According to Erwin Blom ‟This brings the love to stats! “www.tis.tv

Hans Rosling changed the way I thought about data, its presentation and how it can make a difference (i.e., for policy making). Rosling makes data analysis a fun, exciting topic — that has a lot of merit!

Just watched TIS.tv: Tactic 1 – Mobilise people – 10 tactics for turning information into action

According to Erwin Blom ‟This helps if you want to make a change!”www.tis.tv

This is part of a playlist from the ”10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action”, a must see for activist for social and human rights everywhere. It was produced by the Tactical Tech collective, and the 10 Tactics web site complements the videos with useful resources.

Just watched TIS.tv: Juliana Rotich

According to Erwin Blom ‟This is what happens when barriers of innovation lower. The power of people, the power of open…www.tis.tv

Juliana Rotich, one of the founders of Ushahidi, talks about the benefits of crowd mapping and the process that makes Ushahidi’s products possible, based on an open source community. Also refers to some limits on open innovation. Ushahidi has been used in a variety of conflics environments (and for other purposes), such as post-elections in Kenya or the Haiti earthquake.

Just watched TIS.tv: Liability and Reliability Of Crowdsourced and Volunteered Information for…

According to Erwin Blom ‟Technology has limitations too.”www.tis.tv

An interesting session about “Liability and Reliability Of Crowdsourced and Volunteered Information for Disaster Management” at the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington D.C. Thinking a bit more about limitations of technology (without downplaying its advantages).

Just watched TIS.tv: Yochai Benkler: Open-source economics

According to Erwin Blom ‟How collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human…www.tis.tv

A fascinating talk by Yochai Benkler, one of the great intellectuals (perhaps with Manuel Castells) on the topic of networked societies. He underpins some of the key concepts that he explored in his famous book “The Wealth of Networks”. It’s good to be aware about the theories behind all the excitement about Openness, Innovations, Crowd-sourcing, etc. Even if it’s to reflect on what they are not so good at achieving (at least in non-ideal circumstances).

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Spargle.nl is looking for a Digital Expert

Opportunity via Spargle.nl

We zoeken een Digital Expert die Commercial Banking Digital strategisch verder brengt!

Over de toekomst van bankieren weten we één ding zeker: het gaat vooral online gebeuren. Daarom vertaalt onze klant haar producten en diensten door naar klantvriendelijke digitale proposities. Bij Commercial Banking Digital doen we dat voor onze zakelijke klanten. Een doelgroep met complexe financiële behoeften, waarvoor we relevante en innovatieve oplossingen ontwikkelen. Waarbij gebruiksvriendelijkheid altijd vooropstaat. Onze werkwijze? Agile. Want bij CB Digital werken we als een flexibele start-up binnen de bank. Een club met groeiambities. Daarom zoeken wij mensen die met ons mee willen reizen om deze ambities samen waar te maken. We hebben meerdere vacatures. Zo zijn wij op zoek naar een Sr Digital Expert.

De functie

Als Digital Expert houdt je je bezig met het (door)ontwikkelen van de digitale kanalen en hiermee de medeverantwoordelijk voor de propositie, kwaliteit en ontwikkel snelheid van diensten die aangeboden worden via internet en mobiel. Je draagt bij aan de inrichting van de digitale winkel van morgen en overmorgen. Je doet continue klanttevredenheids-metingen van het digitale kanaal en laat op eigen initiatief, of naar aanleiding van klachten dan wel signalen binnen het digitale werkgebied, onderzoeken of en op welke wijze processen, systemen en overige hulpmiddelen verbeterd kunnen worden. Daarbij onderneem en/of initieer je de daarvoor benodigde verbeteracties; Je ontwikkelt, bestudeert, analyseert en adviseert omtrent de performance (sales) en klantbeleving voor online en mobiel kanaal. Je doet voorstellen en geeft adviezen gericht op het (door)ontwikkelen van internet en mobiel vanuit een end-to-end-optiek: dit omvat alles wat noodzakelijk is om de totale propositie naar de klant te brengen (doelgroep, propositie, solution, processen, tools, marketing, implementatie etc. Je bekijkt alternatieve oplossingen op het gebied van digitaal en zoekt deze binnen en buiten de bank. Je onderzoekt de externe markt met betrekking tot nieuwe digitale ontwikkelingen en genereert nieuwe ideeën en concretiseert deze op het gebied van digitaal. Je zorgt dat de processen/producten binnen de digitale winkel passen en daardoor een uniforme kanaalbeleving ontstaat (stem van het kanaal). Je bent de linking pin richting de e-commerce teams en zorgt voor de borging van het digtaal vermarkten van nieuwe opleveringen. Je bent proactief  in het signaleren van commercieel interessante nieuwe ontwikkelingen binnen het digitale domein, betreffende zowel de bestaande producten, procedures maar ook nieuwe mogelijkheden (in de meest brede commerciële zin) die zich aandoen.

Wie zoeken we?

Je bent de digital-savvy specialist die de wens van de klant op strategisch niveau weet te vertalen in digitale toepassingen. Je werkt nauw samen met verschillende disciplines binnen de bank om digitale changes succesvol te realiseren. Als Digital Expert heb je veel vrijheid en dus ook een grote verantwoordelijkheid. Je initieert en organiseert, met het doel om maximale business waarde te realiseren met wat jouw block(s) oplevert. Je komt met voorstellen om verbeteringen door te voeren en weet deze op een voor je omgeving inspirerende manier te realiseren. Het onderzoeken en analyseren van mogelijke experimenten, samenwerkingen of partnerships met digitale bedrijven binnen en buiten de financiële sector in brede zin kan ook onderdeel zijn van de werkzaamheden. Vernieuwend werk met enorme impact. Je collega’s hebben digitaal dan en nemen hun werk en onze klanten zeer serieus. Los van traditionele bankhiërarchieën werk je in gelijkwaardige, multidisciplinaire agile teams aan vernieuwende oplossingen. Je vindt het leuk om creatief aan de slag te zijn en bent niet bang om flink je handen uit de mouwen te steken. Je bent goed in het managen van stakeholders en bewaakt proactief de voortgang van het proces, zowel wat betreft de inhoudelijkheid van de “change” als de doorlooptijd daarvan. Je bent immers verantwoordelijk voor de “digital experience” van onze klant. Je hebt ervaring met agile werken en bent in staat om met jouw kennis van IT mee te praten en te discussiëren over te gekozen oplossingen. Jouw doel is het realiseren van de beste en meest waardevolle toepassingen voor onze klanten

Skills

WO werk- en denkniveau, met minimaal acht jaar ervaring in een digitale omgeving
aantoonbare ervaring met het trekken van strategische trajecten en het opstellen van strategische documenten & presentaties
kennis van de digitale markt en ontwikkelingen en kunt deze vertalen naar de digitale winkel;
de agile way of working en de scrum-methode;
de relevante wet- en regelgeving;
business en IT-architectuur;
managen van stakeholders;
bewezen succesvolle communicatie met meerdere afdelingen en lagen van een complexe organisatie;
aantoonbare kennis, ervaring en affiniteit met digitaliseringstrajecten;
in staat kennis over te dragen in de vorm van trainingen.

Leuk, wanneer kan ik beginnen?

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Nice to meet: Maud Kist-Stevers

Waar stond jouw wieg?

Ik ben geboren en getogen in Eindhoven. Na m’n afstuderen heb ik de wereld rondgereisd. Bij terugkomst ben ik mijn eigen bedrijf “Spark Your Life” gestart.

Toen ik bij S2M030 als servicemedewerker aan de slag kon, besloot ik om dan ook maar in de buurt van Utrecht te gaan wonen.

Wat wilde je worden toen je klein was?

Juf en dokter (en dan het liefste chirurg, want dan kon ik veel mensen in korte tijd helpen). Maar juffrouw worden trok ook, omdat ik dan leuk met kinderen bezig kon zijn.

Hoe speelt S2M een rol in je leven?

In het begin was het een voorwaarde om geld te verdienen om m’n eigen bedrijf op te zetten. Al redelijk snel raakte ik verknocht aan de visie van S2M. Na ongeveer 9 maanden moest ik me echt losweken van S2M om mijn eigen bedrijf vorm te gaan geven.

Wie ben je nu?

Voor een heel groot deel moeder; een oermoeder die wil zorgen en beter maken en ook een kind dat wil spelen, schommelen en rennen.

Een ondernemer, soms een zoekende ondernemer. Daarnaast ben ik een solist. Dat is fijn omdat ik kan doen wat ik wil doen, maar soms ook wel eenzaam.

Uiteraard ben ik ook de partner van Martijn. Hij heeft ook zijn eigen bedrijf en samen hebben we de Coachkamer Meppel.

Wat zijn jouw kernwaarden?

Eerlijkheid, echtheid, puurheid, rechtvaardigheid, woorden/waarden die dicht bij elkaar liggen. Handelen vanuit mijn onderbuik is belangrijk voor mij. Bij mezelf blijven. Soms moet ik waken dat ik niet (te ver) meega met de ander.

Waar sta jij over 10 jaar?

Dan zijn wij ons eigen centrum aan het opzetten. Een oase van rust, ontwikkeling en verbinding. Een soort klooster 2.0, zonder religie, voor de gestreste Nederlander.

Waar denk je dat S2M over 10 staat?

Over 10 jaar is delen belangrijker dan hebben. Eerst geven dan krijgen. S2M wordt een kennisbank waar toolboxen zijn waar je ‘tooltjes’ uit kan halen om je organisatie weer goed, mooi, fijn te maken.

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Event Sociaal Ondernemen | 14 december 2017

Op 14 december 2017 organiseert SPNDL* partner Boostz samen met ABN AMRO een Boost Your Business-event ‘Sociaal Ondernemen’. Cadeautje voor jou als ondernemer in het Seats2meet waardenetwerk: we mogen de laatste kaarten weggeven!

Claim hier snel en gratis 1 van de laatste 30 kaarten.

Tijdens het event kun je met Willemijn Verloop van Social Enterprise NL in gesprek en zijn er workshops door oprichters van diverse bekende sociale ondernemingen. Het event vindt plaats in het prachtige circulair gebouwde CIRCL-gebouw van ABN AMRO op de Zuidas in Amsterdam, en levert gegarandeerd inspiratie!

Het programma is van 13:00 – 18:00 uur:

13:30 uur Opening

13:35 uur Spreker Merijn van den Bergh – directeur van Circl

14:05 uur In gesprek met Willemijn Verloop (Social Enterprise NL) over sociaal ondernemen

14:35 uur Vragen uit de zaal voor Willemijn

14:45 uur Verkiezing en de uitreiking van de social ondernemers prijs t.w.v. 10.000 euro

15:00 uur Pauze

15:30 uur Diverse Workshops gericht op sociale ondernemingen, over o.a. ‘Hoe breng ik mijn bedrijf naar het buitenland?’, ‘Hoe maak ik mijn bedrijf bekend?’ en ‘Hoe krijg ik een financiering rond?’.

17:00 uur Afsluitende borrel met hapjes en drankjes

18:00 uur Einde

Vol=vol, dus meld je snel aan!

Ben jij ook bezig met of geïnteresseerd in sociaal ondernemerschap? We hopen je te zien op 14 december om samen met jou jouw business te boosten.

Zowel Boostz als S2M maken onderdeel uit van SPNDL. SPNDL is een ondernemerscollectief dat vernieuwingsgerichte ondernemers en organisaties naar een volgend level en een nieuwe tijd gidst. Zo zorgen we samen met jou dat je relevant blijft voor je doelgroep. 

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More About: Sports

 The Future Of Sports Is Now

Even when you think this generation of athletes is the absolute best in their field, future generations will blow us away anew, setting new records. Speed, height or distance, every dimension and record will be conquered again. Many sports records have been broken in the last decade to an ever increasing advance in sports technology.

Ever since the beginning of sports, and especially in the last decade, innovations have enabled athletes to run faster, jump higher and hit harder. Most of these technological developments can be classified into three segments:

material improvements — improvements in fabrics and footwear, making it more lasting, aerodynamic, lightweight, safe or breathable.
data collection — measuring and filming athletes while they are training and performing can provide insight into their health and help building optimal training schedules.
creation of new sports tools — First the ball, the skateboard and the ping pong ball — now Virtual Reality, Kinect and Nintendo Wii have create a whole new way of experiencing sports.

Material improvements

A great deal of record breaking innovations in sports are linked to material improvements. Think of how Nike single-handed improved performances in basketball (among other sports) with the Nike Air Max, how studs on your boots makes transformed the game of soccer on muddy pitches, how adding dimples to a golf ball reduces drag in mid-air and how the Zamboni made the lives for ice hockey players and speed skaters much easier, and faster!

Data collection

The most data-driven sports in the world? That would be Formula 1 racing. Sensors in the race cars provide information about engine performance, tyres, fuel and temperature which enables the crew to take thoughtout decisions in a matter of seconds when the racing car arrives at the pit stop.

Many other sports have embedded sensors in clothing, shoes and wearables on the body; collecting data on performance, recovery capacity, energy levels and pulse rate. Coaches and medical staff use this data to customize training sessions specific to a person. But also think of a sports match on TV, during the broadcast the commentators also make use of this data to evoke an interactive experience. Recently, the sensors have also made it into rugby and American football, preventing injuries and concussions.

Nowadays, collecting data on sports performance is not just for top athletes. A wide variety of tracker apps and wearables have also been made available to individuals for use at home and outdoors, such as Runkeeper and FitBit.

Creation of new sports (tools)

The sports world is constantly moving, whether the rules of the game are updated (to guarantee more safety for the players), monitoring tools such as Hawk-Eye technology are added, or whether the materials used get an update (soccer: from an inflated pig bladder wrapped in leather, to wine bottles covered in leather, to rubber balls, to the first synthetic soccer ball), developments are everywhere.

The discovery of the ‘ball’ brought forward many new sports, as did the bike and board. They must have astounded the first few people that played with it. And now, it’s almost impossible to imagine how competing in Virtual Reality-sports and with hoover boards and drones will someday be normal to us.

Sports have become more inclusive

Nowadays, people with physical disabilities get more and more chances to perform in sports. Prosthetics and smart tools have made a huge difference in sports participation among people with physical disabilities. See for example how this swim cap will change the lives of many blind swimmers. And also think of specially designed carbon-fibre wheelchairs and carbon-fibre running prostheses.

Watch more videos on  Sports .

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Is spanning kluseconomie een tijdelijk probleem? | Duiding in discussie FNV versus Uber | Kracht van het collectief in de UK

Er was de afgelopen week weer flink wat berichtgeving in de media rondom de platformeconomie en dan in het bijzonder over de kluseconomie. Deze keer niet zozeer vanuit de platformen zelf (behalve het gebruikelijke Uber ‘nieuws’), maar vanuit de vakbonden en politiek. Ik heb weer 5 mooie stukken uitgezocht en voorzien van mijn gedachten en duiding. Als je weinig tijd hebt en niet weet welke je moet kiezen: begin bij de eerste

Interview with Hector Kolonas, the initiator of the coworking Secret Santa

‘Tis the season to be merry! And Hector Kolonas, a well-known figure among coworking spaces in London had a great idea to bring the magic of December inside several coworking communities.

Hi Hector, could you tell us a bit about yourself?

Hey! I’m a 30-year-old ‘problem solver’ who was born in South Africa, launched my first 2 businesses from the little island of Cyprus, and now run included.co to enrich coworking communities worldwide from ‘sunny’ London.

When did your path cross with coworking?

Initially, my first touch of ‘coworking’ was an awful experience falling for, and struggling to escape from, a serviced office provider who sold me on the idea of a supportive entrepreneurial community, which just didn’t actually exist.

At the end of March 2013 all banks across Cyprus were frozen for 2 weeks, and in the ensuing chaos, almost all companies including many of our clients either went bust or had to let go of up to 90% of their staff.

The situation left our company in tatters, but when I saw that all these beautiful offices with fast internet and delicious coffee were now sitting empty, I took action. Empty desks were made available to the ultra-talented but now unemployed people of Cyprus for a token ‘rent’ of around €100 per month.

It was in these communities that I saw the real ‘coworking’ take hold. Seeing people who had great jobs on Friday, that were made redundant on Tuesday, but by Friday were starting new businesses and actually helping out others within the spaces blew my mind.

I finally ‘got’ coworking and the impact it could have. And it’s what lead me to build included.co to enable and enrich communities like this all around the world.

You are the initiator of the coworking secret Santa, how did you come up with this?

Secret Santa is a common idea in the US and UK, and a few other places, and is usually done in large organizations to make sure everyone get something for Christmas without everyone having to buy a gift for every other person in their team. Which would be nuts and crazy expensive.

For a long time, both before and after launching included, I worked for myself and almost always by myself. This meant that when bigger teams were giving gifts to each other, or throwing Christmas parties, I couldn’t exactly party on my own.

Spaces do a great job of throwing parties, lunches or dinners that are inclusive and make people feel part of something bigger, but there are so many founders, freelancers, and other solo-workers who won’t get the joy of receiving something small from another person (who’s not trying to sell them something).

And so the idea was to bring 100s of these individuals, and teams who don’t want the headache of running their own internal exchange, across the coworking world to send and get a small gift this December.

The coworking world is built on collaboration, support, and community, this is just a silly way we can give another member somewhere one more reason to smile before the end of 2017.

And how do the secret Santa works?

The idea is to match up every person who joins the exchange with 1 other person across the network.

Anyone who works for or in any coworking space can join the programme from included.co/secretsanta, and this means they’re willing to send a small gift to someone else.

We recommend that the gift costs at max €7, £7 or $7, so that people can get creative without burning their wallets.

Everyone who signs up will be given (in secret) the name and workspace address of someone else who joined in. This is who they’re ‘Secret Santa’ for.

Right now we allow the members and operators of 224 communities to join in, but any coworking space can join in the fun by registering as an included partner community for free here.

How can people participate?

If you’re in a coworking community that’s already part of the included network, pop over to included.co/secretsanta and ‘Unlock’ the offer.

If you’re unsure, check the list of communities on that page, and/or ask your community managers by pinging them the included.co/secretsanta link