September 30, 2008
Thanks to Daniel Kaplan, here’s a French article on “Virtual Happiness”.
En direct de PicNic, la conférence hollandaise sur la créativité et l’innovation dans les nouvelles technologies. Jim Stolze, consultant néerlandais en stratégies internet, qui lançait à Picnic le Virtual Happiness Project :
“Qu’est-ce que le bonheur ? La recherche des 50 dernières années a montré que [...]
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September 29, 2008
Here’s a video from the PicNic Conference in Amsterdam:
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Many people have tried to come up with a definition for “happiness”.
Amongst others:
Dr. Benjamin Spock:
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
David Lee Roth:
Happiness is … a bathing suit.
Brigitte Bardot:
There is a French proverb: To live happy, live hidden. Where can Brigitte Bardot hide?
We would like to invite you to [...]
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September 27, 2008
A few days after our launch at the PicNic Conference the website Slideshare decided to put us at the frontpage.
Very nice, and a perfect way to share our project with your friends.
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September 26, 2008
Today we launch the first global survey for our research project. It is the short form of the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire, a well known and respected tool to measure happiness.
Please read the introduction to the questionnaire carefully because some statements are phrased positively and others negatively.
If you would like to take part in the longer [...]
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September 25, 2008
This is the text version of our launch at the PicNic Festival in Amsterdam.
We also put the slides online, as well as a video from the presentation.
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In the next couple of minutes I would like to share with you
two observations and one announcement.
The first observation has to do with happiness.
Because: what is happiness?
Albert [...]
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Welcome to the Virtual Happiness Project.
We will launch our first survey on Friday the 26th of September. From that moment more information on our research project will be made public.
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We’ve received a lot of positive feedback on our “The internet was closed” T-shirt. That’s why we’re happy to announce that from today you can order this product online
We uploaded the design to Spreadshirt, so you can choose your own size and maybe come up with a nice design yourself. Have fun!
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