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Best new music January 2012

Robert Roose — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:43:21 +0000

Here are some songs I’ve discovered last month either by listening to BIRP, plusfm radio and The Hype Machine. All songs are in random order and linked so you can give them a listen. Let me know what you think in the comments!

Outsource and focus

Robert Roose — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:35:00 +0000

At Van Eldijk we come up with a lot of great side projects (niche websites) which are valuable to the community and give exposure to Van Eldijk as a brand. These projects start with a bang and then fizzle out waiting to die a slow death. When you think about it is quite logical. We are good in designing and building websites, not in maintaining them. That’s why we hired someone to maintain our latest pet project. And so far it has been working out quite well.

What I want to say with this blog post is that you have to do the things you are good at (most of the time) and outsource the rest. You can’t be great at everything, simply because you don’t have the time. One of my goals for 2011 was to learn PHP. But I stopped when I realised there are dozens of people who can do it better, faster, in other words: cheaper than me.

Outsource and focus, we can’t all be a wunderkind. And we don’t need to.

Joomla versus Drupal: The Stats!

Robert Roose — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:18:45 +0000

Read my new blog post on the Van Eldijk Studio’s website where I compare statistical figures between Joomla and Drupal (in Dutch): http://www.vaneldijk.nl/joomla-vs-drupal-de-cijfers

Will the real webdesigner please stand up?

Robert Roose — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:00:51 +0000

Posted a new article on the Van Eldijk Studio’s website about picking the right webdesigner for the right project. Check it out (Dutch).

My Niche Experiment comes to an End

Robert Roose — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:25:41 +0000

After almost a year I’ve sold my niche experiment Android Magazine. It has been inactive for over two months and I didn’t have the passion and/or drive to post news items every day. Below a list of things I’ve learned during the experiment:

If you want to start a niche blog or website take an upcoming technology and start early. (A website about Google Wave extensions would be a good idea right now).
Fill your website with content for a few weeks and sent out a press release. Pursue related websites to write a little blurb about your website.
News related website + adsense = hard. You have to be relevant all the time. You have to be willing to post news two or three times a day or else the competition will (and they will!). Try to focus on Evergreen content. Evergreen content is relevant for a longer time.
It’s easy to become an expert. If you applied above suggestions you will probably end up high in the google results. If the subject of matter is fairly new, media are always looking for someone who can tell them something about this upcoming technology. I’ve been on the Dutch national radio two times (once on BNR and once on Radio 1) as an Android ‘expert’ due to my website being the number one result when somebody searched for Android (in Dutch).

It was nice to experiment but it’s time to try something different. Something not dependable on posting news daily. If you have any questions about running a website or blog please comment and I will try to answer them!

Transhair

Robert Roose — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:32:55 +0000

Transhair is the market leader for Hair Transplants in the Netherlands. They wanted a redesign which was bold, daring and aimed at the modern man! The new site has not launched yet but in the meanwhile visit the old one and compare.