The Uitmarkt is a big happening in Amsterdam. All the new shows for theater, music and more are on display. It was a very hot day today and that meant staying in the burning sun for the musical lovers who wanted to be closest to the stage...The full set is here

Preparing for another investment.....

September 18 will bring the 4th episode of the very successful gathering Emerce E-day in Rotterdam. One of the keynote speakers is Jeff Howe the leading thinker behind 'crowdsourcing'. For IPAN members we have something special: a personal session with Jeff at E-day. Let Saskia know when you join us with Jeff!

The ninth edition of Tapps strandvolleybal, the summer event for the interactive sector (of course together with the IPAN BBQ). As many of our members and partners are present, IPAN joined as always. A wonderful day with lots of fun and activity. The full set of pictures is here.

The new kids on the block are fully digital and move between hardware without any problems. Very interesting to see as I am very often still in the middle of old and new media where by far not everything is digital....The other observation is that the Nintendo DS is a fantastic category killer. Even though other kit such as PSP's, PS3 and iMac's are around, they are glued to their little screens... the latest big hit is the DS version of Guitar Hero on tour...

It is great to see Roderick improving fast in schwimmung! He likes it a lot. Follow his progress here.

Giving young talented companies a start is fascinating. Today we announced our investment in Viddix through our joint investment fund with Ilse, TMG and IDG. Guys go and mix up web and video!

There are always nice things to do and to follow in the Vondelpark. In the open air theater today we had some singalong songs from Ricky and Leo. Apparently the theater is under threat of closure, which would be a pity...

Today we announced our investment in music aggregator Cloudspeakers, a promising Dutch start-up with international potential. We wish the team all the traction they need!

A great day at the wicket today with the NacheniusTjeenk Twenty20 cricket finals. The full set including the shot of Johnny Solo is here

Fellow IPAN board member Vincent Gravesteyn got married today on 888... A very nice party and luckily the ceremony got through between the rain showers... the full set is here

I have put some of the pictures from my TPW Toscane workshop with Antonin Kratochvil online here at Flickr. Like in the good analog days, it is better to have some reflection time between shooting and seeing the end product. Looking back at a wonderful week, brings lots of great reflections!

Roderick was always quite keen on water, but not an avid swimmer. Now things have changed and he want to master the 'schwimmung' as soon as possible...the full set is here.

I have just returned from a fantastic TPW photography workshop with Antonin Kratochvil in Toscane. More pictures will follow coming days....