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When “going online” became popular in the 90ies, the Internet was a cozy place with few communication options; it was the Usenet, email, or building …

The hype about Mastodon is flattening. But does that mean Mastodon will vanish? Let’s compare it to another social app that went viral, Clubhouse. Clubhouse …

The Fresh van Root newsletter features 4-5 apps/tools/services twice a month, from content creation, marketing, productivity, web creation, and more. In 2022, I tested and …

I am happy to announce that our team is growing. Let me introduce you to Olena. She joined Fresh van Root beginning of April as …

My first post in 2020 is a look back at 2019 and what we have planned to do in 2020. 2019 freshvanroot.com In 2019 we …

Have you ever walked a tourist site and wondered how many photos are shot every day in that place via smartphone and how much cloud …

I am on my way to re:publica Berlin. In preparation for that, I scanned the programme and realized quickly it is tl;dr. My conference experience …

While running Fresh van Root we want and need to explore lots of different apps, tools, and platforms that are offered as Software as a …

If you can pay 10 bucks a month to stream the latest stuff from Netflix (and/or Amazon Prime, or Spotify, or …) you can spend …

The web turned 30 last week and the World Wide Web Foundation launched the #ForTheWeb Campaign. Besides asking you to support the principles of an …