Smartnoise LLP

12/08/2015

Our first gig in on the big stage. It's been two years - finally our first community event with Zalonku.com and Secret(W). This was so well organized. AtAmerica - Your team is outstanding.

Proud to share some thoughts on , and with friend and lover Arvid and my first matchmaker-friend Liana from Heart Inc.!
Thanks Laréia Cake & Co. to agree to be used as best practice example (at min. 1:03h) for Instagram. I love your brand!

It was a great opportunity to finally also put forward the Insider project and meet some like-minded people.

To the 100+ guests... thank you for making it after a long day at work. It was really a special experience for us to see so many female entrepreneurs stepping up and taking care of business!

Jocelyn - I was just complaining about how events never have healthy foods on offer. Slim Gourmet really did an amazing job from beverage to snacks and desert.

20/05/2015

Hola and apa kabar amigos!

Check out one of Jakarta's hottest co-working spaces as listed in 'Tech in Asia'!*
This is definitely a place where you can get things done (in style). Highlight is definitely Marshall Utoyo's industrial, but homely design. Every corner looks to me like a Pinterest worthy picture... But there is more to ponder about.

The modern Freelancer, Startup or Entrepreneur in the making is often to be found typing away in WiFi bearing coffeeshops.
You need to imagine Conclave as a space, a step up in comfort from your favorite coffee chain, only with free coffee (yes, from' Common Grounds') and more like minded entrepreneurial professionals and venture capitals surrounding you.

The space can be rented out daily, monthly and even accommodates packages for freelancers or small companies.

Why was there never anything like this around when I was a student?

*https://www.techinasia.com/hottest-coworking-spaces-southeast-asia/

14/06/2014

Scary or fascinating?
This Berkley-born writing-recognition app by puts a number on your personality traits. Unlike most pseudo online tests, this one was developed (according the the NY Times), by Uni of Pennsylvania researcher, Andrew Schwartz. For a bit of background reading, look up his paper "Personality, Gender, and Age in the Language of Social Media: The Open-Vocabulary Approach".
Try it yourself at Labs.Five.com

We know that we are watched online, our feelings scanned by Google and Facebook to figure out what next to sell us. Now we can get a feel for what that looks like, thanks to a linguistic analysis tool released by a start-up. The results, at least in one writer’s case, are bemusing.

11/06/2014

Last weekend was the big day for our Creative Director Hubert to tie the knot.
What you see here is Hubert´s final wedding surprise to his Rebecca Grzesiek.
The Smartnoise LLP team is proud! Congratulations to the both of you!

Creative: Hubert Grzesiek
Production: Claire Stapley

He went to the street to collect 12 dares from strangers for them to complete in their first year of marriage!

27/05/2014

Wow - Pawel Kuczynski´s illustrations are sure thought provoking. Very smart.

Art that starts a conversation.

20/05/2014

The Times Exec Editor Jill Abramson was recently let go. In light of the recent internal Digital Media report by the paper, this is an other good reason why Editors as well as Journalists and PR people should have a second look at SEO.

"Our journalism advantage is shrinking," a committee led by the publisher's son warned. A call to get rid of the metaphor of "Church and State."

04/05/2014

Too good to be true?
Let´s try it out, shall we?

No Coding Required. It's That Easy!

15/04/2014

Here are two companies that impressed this week big time:

Start-ups residing in Asia shouldn´t miss out on a Tech in Asia event. Like tonight´s event with Eka Himawan, with an impressive investment sourcing record, on "the art of spending money", there is a lot to learn and many opportunities to find investors and networks for your company.

If you are living in Jakarta, do not miss a visit to host company GEPI - Global Entrepreneurship Program Indonesia located at 9th floor of Ciputra World Jakarta. Not only is there a free space to work and meet great like-minded creatives, but participate in the near 20 events on finance/ business/ marketing etc. held over each month. Most of them free. Absolutely fantastic. Bring your business card and come along.

GEPI (Global Entrepreneurship Program Indonesia) adalah lembaga nirlaba yang bertujuan untuk mengkatalisasi ekosistem kewirausahaan Indonesia. Program utama ...

11/04/2014

It´s rather simple really - Passing the Paycheck Fairness Act seems a whole act of its own. U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski - thank you for fighting the good fight and standing up for women´s rights. What a great speech!

On Wednesday, April 9, 2014, Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) spoke on the Senate floor prior to a vote to begin debate on the Paycheck Fairness Act, legisla...

10/04/2014

This one is for you engineers out there. We feel your pain - beautifully illustrated with the sketch "Only Engineer in a Business Meeting". Happy Friday everyone!

The pain of being the only engineer in a business meeting is perfectly illustrated in the comedy sketch, "The Expert." The sketch was written and directed by Lauris Beinerts and is based on the (Ru...

03/04/2014

So how many phones do you own?

This one may be a somber topic for a Thursday morning, yet one that effects all electronic users.
Shockingly the life saving solution would cost the consumer only less than $1 per product.


Good on you GoodElectronics Network Netherlands for supporting this important cause.

Here’s what it looks like to be one of the people making the things we use every day.

25/03/2014

If you are a user and value your privacy, this one is an interesting one for you.

“For me, it’s tremendously disappointing that the government sort of secretly did all these things and didn’t tell us, I don’t think we can have a democracy if we’re having to protect you and our users from the government for stuff that we never had a conversation about.” - Google CEO Larry Page

Google is doing its best to put a lid on the NSA’s prying eyes by using enhanced encryption technology to make its flagship email service airtight.