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A while ago I selected a bunch of articles that have impressed or inspired me and I thought would be useful sharing.

Roel at a DIY standing desk at SoundCloud.

When working in a great team you work with great people.

My good friends Mighty Oaks have been working incredibly hard and it’s paying off.

After work it’s time for monkey business.

Noortje pointed me to Halls.

Having dinner with Parker After Parker moved to New York, he visited Berlin and we had dinner at Rocco und seine Brüder.

This is a story about the coolest astronaut in human history.

I have been reading and writing a lot the past 8 months when I came across Noah Stokes’ birthday lists.

Disney Animation recently published a short film called Paperman.

Lately my (online) reading experience has been improved a lot, partly because of Quote.fm.

The answer turned out to be a bit tedious so I tried fixing that.

I like music a lot.

Of course you remember Primer.

Last week my friend Peter Bihr tweeted about this Gotye mashup that was being played at the Wired 2012 conference.

Browsing my Spotify playlists I stumbled upon this great album again zZz - Running with the Beast.

Erased Tapes did a tour featuring Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds and Winged Victory for the Sullen.

My good friends Claudio and Ian are doing an amazing job with their band called Mighty Oaks.

The last months I have been helping out my friends Kamiel & Martijn with the launch of their new company called Blom & Blom.

Seems like since Carice van Houten has been featured in Game of Thrones she’s been kicking ass lately.

Today MailChimp, the cool kids who know email over at Atlanta, have released a study: Email on Mobile Devices.

Berlin parks are great for picknicks!

Happy travels!

Gipfeltreffen was one of our favourite breakfast places in Kreuzberg.

The cobble stone streets in Kreuzberg are not great for riding your bike.

Celebrating my birthday in Brazil!

Such a great bunch!

It was formal friday, business as usual Photo by Matas Petrikas.

Roel van der Ven and three others at the SoundCloud roof terrace.

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