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Book Review: Bloghelden

The Dutch blogosphere took off only fifteen years ago, but has experienced more than one will do in an entire lifetime. Frank Meeuwsen, who was there when the first Dutch blogs were born, decided this was the right time to look back on its history and write down the first ten years in a book.

He first of all…

Generation Geenstijl, or a Virtual Death Threat in Parliament

It’s already old news (that’s what I get for reading the Saturday paper on a Sunday) but I saw this article earlier: “Geenstijlgeneratie bedreigt erop los,” which I’ll embellish in translation as “Generation Geenstijl issues threats like there’s no tomorrow”. Geenstijl means ‘No Style’ and, of course, refers to one of the most popular blogs in the Netherlands.