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Hello Friends, Family, and Visitors,
The purpose of this website is two fold: first, it provides me with an online forum to share with you some of the sights,
sounds, and experiences I have encountered during my trip around the world; second, it acts as an electronic journal to help
me remember my trip and collect my thoughts. I plan on keeping it up to date as I go. Even so, due to the unpredictable
nature of my travels, there will be long delays between updates. I hope you enjoy the pictures.
-Jason Dent
Please Note: Unless otherwise specified, I took all the pictures and videos.
27 July 2009
Current Adventure: Startup
I started my own company to hold
my ideas and product creations.
My main interest has been with
mobile devices. I got a bit
geeky and toyed with PDA's and
GPS's. I made a mapping
program for people on the go.
Just take a picture of a map, click
on the your are here point.
Walk to the next landmark and click
on it and away you go.
When the iPhone came out, I drop
the windows mobile environment and
switch to the apple. In the
switch I decided to try my had at
web development. So I created
a Dutch to English dictionary for
people who want to learn Dutch.
You can find it here:
Street Dutch. As it so
happened, I met another guy in
Haarlem that developed an online
dictionary. We made an
agreement and I created
Mobile
Glot an online translation
dictionary.
Mobile Glot is designed to be
easy to use. I made it simple
and powerful. Nearly
everything is a click away. It
looks best on the iPhone, but works
just fine on xHTML phones or even
your desktop browser.
I use it when reading the Dutch
newspapers. It is great for
words I don't know. It has
some mistakes in the data, but
overall, it is a great help.
My next task it to port it to an
iPhone native application.
27 July 2009
Current Adventure: Fatherhood
It has now been 2.5 years since I
became a father. I love it.
It has been a most amazing
experience. Ryan is a great
kid. He shows me the joys in
life. I love watching him and
the other kids play together.
They are so total in what they do.
It is amazing.
Next Adventure: Fatherhood
When: As of December 10th, 2006
Current Location: Haarlem, Netherlands
Less than two weeks into
December, my life took on a
whole new meaning: Ryan was born
and I became a father. I
am still not used to the whole
idea that I am a father.
It is a relief that he is
here. Before he was born,
it was hard to plan for
anything. Simple questions
like, "should we visit friends
for Christmas dinner?"
Were hard to answer. I had
no idea what my life would be
like. So, it was a big
relief for him to show up.
Now it is clear. When he
cries, I pick him up. When
he is hungry, I give him to his
mom. Christmas with
friends, no problem, just
remember to pack the diapers.
- Jason
3 January 2007
Last Adventure: Europe
When: June & July 2006
Location: Haarlem, Netherlands
Tomorrow I am off to Bratislava, Slovakia. It has been almost exactly a year since I was there last. For most
of the past year I was a student at the Humaniversity in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. A few months ago I completed
their one year foundation program. I found it amazing, intense, excited, and challenging. The regular morning
exercise and vegetarian food help me drop a lot of excess weight. The weekend workshops helped me in working with people.
The student program showed me what it takes to make deep lasting friendships.
Schedule:
13 June -- Fly to Bratislava
14 June -- Visit friends in Vienna
15 June -- Back in Bratislava
21
June -- Fly back to Amsterdam
- Jason
12 June 2006
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