The summer holidays have started. People are getting into summer feeling and taking their boats out in the canals...

Sneaker pimping i.e. personalizing your sports shoes is one of the great developments of making mass production products individual and loved. Roderick got a couple of smashing K-Swiss all naturals turned into 'Kraken' monstered super sneakers. Thanks to Sara-Antoinette Martin! We also got a great pimped Babuschka set by Richard Barnocky. Way to go! The full set of the production process is to be found here.

Another great and entertaining dinner at Boris Veldhuizen van Zanten. Interesting people from Efactor, Twones, Thenextweb, Fleck, Thenextspeaker and more. The pictures can be found here

A very interesting 6th version of the InterimIC Diner Pensant with two good speakers from the public sector. Secretary of Economic Affairs Jan-Kees de Jager and Gerard Dielessen, Managing Director of NOS, the Dutch Public broadcaster. It was nice to see all the fascinating people discussing the failure of ICT projects moderated by the one-and-only Vincent Everts.. The full set can be found here.

Today we went to the first showing of Kung Fu Panda in The Netherlands. A great animated movie by Dreamworks about a panda... the boys loved it!

The second highlight today was the graduation of the Veronica Radioschool Class of 24. Last Monday they had their graduation project Radiobitches and today they got their diplomas. the full set is here.

A fantastic live set today with Nils Lofgren in Jan Douwe Kroeske's 2metersessies in Desmet in Amsterdam. It will be broadcasted with Kinkfm soon. What a great artist indeed! The full set

An interesting day today at the first mediaparkjaarcongres, the conference organized for the benefit of promoting cross media in Hilversum. I did a start up panel moderated by Vincent Everts. Some promising start ups we might invest in... the full set is here

A great evening at the Radiobitches. The class of 24 did an excellent job of creating such an event. Great awards for the best female radio personalities and great music of among others Kraaksmaak...

A great day at Arrow Rock festival in Nijmegen today. Lots of heavy bands giving a great show. My favorites Motorhead rocking like ever. The big crowds came for KISS and many many were in the same outfit as their heroes...The full set can be found here

A special day today. Not only did we announce our investment in the Dutch leading on-demand media platform Gespod, met with the Euro-pace partners, but we also sponsored the new media start-up event 'beerandinnovation'. an interesting and stimulating day indeed, the full set of pictures is here at flickr.

The 10th anniversary BBQ of IPAN was a smashing success. Over 300 people enjoyed a great BBQ and disco provided by Veronica. We invited IAB and DIFA (women's internet marketing) too to celebrate with us. 925people started by Jort Kelder and Michiel Frackers came and interviewed us and filmed it all as this was one of the key interactive meetings this month. The full set is here on Flickr

Back from a terrific week in San Francisco, meeting old and new media and friends. The city is beautiful, but it is a shame and pity to see so many homeless people around....
I have taken some of the pictures through truegrain, you can see the results here.