Willem van der Horst

A home on the web for various personal and not precisely professional things; from old podcast episodes, to advertising, gaming, travel, books, skiing, roller coasters, and more. My professional website is over at www.playfulbrandstrategy.com

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Thursday, 24 April 2025

Dennis Morris Music+Life

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  Absolutely fantastic expo of Dennis Morris photos in Paris at MEP - Maison Européenne de la Photographie - allez-y si vous êtes à Paris (...
Wednesday, 23 April 2025

New board gaming period with Scythe

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  I spend time reflecting to wrap things up at the end of every year, and then create things for the new year, like a context, motto, themes...
Friday, 4 April 2025

2025 ski season wrap!

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 It's a wrap for the 2025 ski season! Ups and downs ski wise - and yes, it is a pun. Last year ended a little slow work wise, and this y...
Tuesday, 1 April 2025

The Codex Alera Epic Fantasy series book notes

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I just finished reading the 6 books of the Codex Alera fantasy fiction series by Jim Butcher, the last three were a bit of a blur as I read...
Wednesday, 12 June 2024

Tinkering to best understand tech, then perhaps criticize it

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The Paris chapter of Creative Mornings had been dormant since the pandemic (as far as I know), so I was happily surprised when I found out i...
Friday, 7 June 2024

Perceiving different shades and textures of colours

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  "Ancient cultures have more developed and nuanced sensitivities to colour than contemporary societies. In all areas, there is not ju...
Friday, 1 March 2024

Debt: The First 5,000 Years, by David Graeber [book review]

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I don’t rave about non-fiction books as ‘absolutely riveting’ to my friends and family all that often, though I’ll admit it’s kind of more l...
Wednesday, 9 August 2023

A year of magic and insights at Disneyland Paris

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  I've been rekindling with an interest in theme parks and roller coasters in the past year, which started as I went to Disneyland Pari...
Monday, 7 August 2023

Marmite Love / Hate Discovery

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  I'm just back from visiting friends in the UK and made quite the discovery that had me go back to and reconsider Marmite and its adve...
Monday, 17 July 2023

Publishing videos: 100% of winners gave it a chance

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  I've been publishing podcasts on and off since 2015, mostly audio first, and mostly video streaming since 2020. Thoughts for those th...
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