Digital boys with many digital toys.

An inspiring speech by Hans Laroes the former Editor-in-Chief of NOS, the Dutch public broadcaster. The lecture took place following his book on the developments in the news industry.

Amazing art by amazing artists at the Rijksakademie. What a crown jewel of innovative artist development. The full set is here.

Cold, wet, windy autumn nights are the perfect backdrop for iPad games...

Little boys becoming big boys.

Maarten van den Biggelaar joins the Dutch digital pioneers set.

The annual major running event the Amsterdam marathon in town again today. The full set is here.

The reunion of Occupy Amsterdam. One year ago it all started, today globalnoise. The full set is here.

Back from an amazing #WPPStream unconference in Athens. The full set is here.

More demonstrations today in Amsterdam protesting against the upcoming movie. The full set is here.

Demonstration on Dam Square, the full set is here.

Almost back a week from a great holiday in Japan!

Final days in Tokyo. Fantastic weather, great food and people and finding some  designers such as Tsumori Chisato.

Panda! Panda!

Japans public transport is very efficient, punctual and above all safe. No wonder people take the opportunity to nap whilst being on the move...

Making fresh soba with Miyoko-san.

At the temples you can see many of these little messages tied to lines, very contemplated and stylish format.

First time to dodgeball championship games. Interesting game indeed, full of rapid action.

Catching the fish for tonight's BBQ...

Public transport in Japan is a joy to use: clean, on time, fast, efficient, great service, good catering on board... what more can one wish for to bridge big distances

We spent an amazing week at the ocean in a ryokan at a very furthest east point of the Koichi district in Japan.

Some Japanese women have  interesting ways of fighting the sun, such as special sleeves and enormous 'croupiers' hats that resemble welding protectors.

The biggest in Osaka: aquarium and Ferris wheel.

Nara is a wonderful place and the deer are amazing....

Japan is an amazing country with lots and lots to explore. Very efficiently to travel through too with high speed transport the Shinkansen. The full set is here.

With urbanization and global warming continuing and the economic uncertainty  on top of that, urban agriculture is becoming of increasing importance. Aquaponics is an interesting part of urban argiculture and at Mediamatic they are scanning the frontiers of it. The full set is here.

Great weather and and a free amazing concert by Candy Dulfer in the Vondelpark. The full set is here.

Meeting up with Pieter Franken, one of the Safecast founders who measure the radiation after the disaster at Fukushima. He brought the latest measurement unit with him. The kickstarter product will be out later this year. The full set is here.

Great photo workshop with friends from Arnhem. Even finding a new little gem: smallest secondhand bookstore in Amsterdam. The full set is here.

A very interesting lunch session today courtesy of Michiel Frackers with Andrew Bridges, US copyright lawyer. The full set is here.

Amazing Rockstart demo day, the full set is here.

Discourse as it was meant to be: interaction to come to a better truth and world. 100 people coming together at day of 100 #dv100 the full set is here

Art and body art together in the RAI in Amsterdam. The full set is here.

Visiting granddad. The full set is here.

Great to be meeting up with digital pioneer Laurent Haug, among other the founder of Liftconference.

Being an active mentor to digital start ups is an amazing ride... Today I was fortunate again to meet a lot of them. Great to see the ideas shaping up. The full set is here.

Occupy Amsterdam had another big activity going on Dam square today. The full set is here.

What a luxury to have the level of press freedom we have here in The Netherlands. The full set is here.

Queens-day with terrific weather... taking the kids out to see the city from the Ferris wheel on Dam Square and throwing eggs. The full set is here.

Two interesting debates today on the power of Facebook and the future of Germany.

A long lost SD card back... some missing shots of Occupy Amsterdam the day of the court ruling to clear the square. The full set is here.

Lots of sun and songs at Sundaysidee of Occupy Amsterdam. The full set is here.

Celebrating 6 months of Occupy Amsterdam Beursplein. Major shift is moving the info stand of the square. The full set is here.

Occupy Amsterdam's SundaysiDee had healthcare as topic today. Very sad stories were shared but with much warmth. The full set is here.

Demonstrations at Beursplein by Occupy and free food distribution at Dam Square. Is the crisis increasing? The full set is here.

Meeting up with the common ground group. This time with the army in Brabant. The full set is here.

Impressive group of start ups at Rockstart Accelerator 360 kick off session. Disclosure I am mentor at Rockstart. The full set is here.