What will I be doing in a year, with the world changing so quickly?

Betting on
a hundred
horses.

The world is changing so fast that I honestly don't know what my work will look like in a year. So I'm going to try out a hundred things, 'betting on a hundred horses'! On this website, I keep track of how it goes.

Explore the projects

A headstrong black horse with a blue mane, galloping.

90%chance of failure?
Fine.

BETTING ON A HUNDRED HORSES

04 projects started96 to go

Whether it’ll amount to anything! I have no idea.

Which things have I already started?

My projects

I have started with an office, an image library,
a Pokémon finder and an AI receptionist.

HORSE 02BuiltJust shaking things up a bit

Software

Building my own image library.

The digital asset management market (image libraries) is outdated: we still rely on extremely expensive packages that only get pricier when you use a bit more storage or add a new user. Meanwhile, the world has changed: storage has become much cheaper, and features can be added lightning fast with AI. Time for a cheaper, better, and unlimited alternative: rokiroki.nl

HORSE 03BuiltThis absolutely counts as work.

Automation

Finding Pokémon on Marktplaats.

The finder searches Marktplaats for bargains. You cannot spend all day looking through listings yourself.

HORSE 01OpenSee you at the coffee machine.

Entrepreneurship

Opened an office after all.

Since starting my business about 14 years ago, I've worked from home, just like all my colleagues. Back then, it was very progressive, but nowadays it's almost standard to work (at least partly) from home. So I thought it’d be fun to open an office now, of all times.

HORSE 04In developmentPlease hold.

An AI that answers the phone.

I'm building an AI receptionist to take our calls: in real time, clear and patient. The receptionist should also forward any messages received by email.

All 100 projects

I still need to
think of the rest.

One project per box.
It could go any way.

01A proper office
02My own image library
03Pokémon finder
04AI receptionist
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Started 04 Still to think of 96

Yeah... this is going to take a while.

Why a hundred?

The world
is changing
pretty fast.

Patrick Klerks

I'm Patrick. I have a Master's degree in AI and I run a marketing agency. I still have no idea what my work will be in a years' time. That's quite a strange realisation.

AI is changing how we work, what we can create, and what people are willing to pay for. What that means for my agency is hard to predict. So I'm going to try out a hundred things. Opening an office, building tools, trading Pokémon cards, (almost) anything goes!

My only criterion for betting on one of these proverbial horses is whether it excites me. That's how I approach my work these days. Of course, most experiments will fail. But who knows! Maybe I'll end up with a few good ideas.

Betting ona hundredhorses.