Lots of activities on Queensday #qd10 2010 in Amsterdam. A little rainy therefore a little less entertaining. The full set is here.

Thursday is newspaper day; the morning round: Kidsweek (for Roderick), Financieel Dagblad, NRCnext and Volkskrant. Later today evening paper Parool and weekly paper DenHaagcentraal. And of course digital subscription NewYorkTimes on the Kindle... To make sense of it all I am reading "Value creation and the future of news organizations" by Robert Picard...

Had a DCIF shareholder meeting today with the guys of Digifit. Together with co-shareholder Mediaguild we were impressed by the traction the team has made. Some exciting stuff to happen in the near future! The full set is here.

On April 26 1986 Disaster struck at nuclear power plant #4 in Chernobyl. The new dawn of communism based on nuclear energy and futuristic cities as Pripyat faded away overnight.
The area ('the exclusion zone') still is, and will be for a long long time, full of radiation and void of people. It is easy to forget these 'incidents', but having been there for a photo masterclass with Antonin Kratochvil at Easter, will make sure I will not forget the past and the lasting problems it has caused for the future.

Probably to prevent all parents and grand parents taking pictures all the time, the church had a no picture during the ceremony of Giullia's Holy communion...The full set is here

Everyone is watching screens.....

Added my final edit for the VIIphoto workshop in Chernobyl last week with Antonin Kratochvyl. Amazing experience and a strong guidance of the consequences of accidents with nuclear activities...The full edit is here.

Last week I was on an amazing workshop organized by Anotonin Kratochvyl of VIIphoto in Chernobyl and Pripyat the areas in Ukraine struck by the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in 1986. I am still working on the final edit of my pictures, but the 'making of' can be found here.

Back in Kiev after a week in a wonderful photo workshop. Pictures to follow soon...

Denim brand Diesel runs an interesting advertising campaign

Palm Pasen

A tremendous worthy tribute to KinkFM's Arjen Grolleman tonight. Great Dutch artists and the grande finale Marc Almond! The full set can be found here.

A sad but also beautiful day. Today I received Dennis Hopper's photo book at the same time I read the news about the terminal status of his illness. Very sad for this special multi-talented artist... Tonight we have the tribute for Arjen Grolleman, also a special multi-talented artist of Kink FM who died two months ago. His favorite musicians including Marc Almond will make it a worthy night tonight...

My little boy's 9th Birthday. A great day for him and us. The full set is here.

Back from Tefaf the world's leading arts and antiques fair in Maastricht. Beautiful art and antiques indeed. Great experience. The full set is here.

On March 25 we will have the tribute evening for Kink FM's Arjen Grolleman in Amsterdam with a fantastic line up of artists including Marc Almond. Hoite Polkamp is running the overall production and I understand it will be a smashing but worthy tribute indeed.

Always interesting to meet up at Dauphine in Amsterdam. Most of the time 'full house' so easy to meet without complicated scheduling...

Finally I got my copy of the San Francisco Panorma, the ultimate celebration to quality newspapers. A great project, I am contemplating a Dutch version...

I am very fortunate to be able to work with passionate young people within media and technology and hear and see some great music too. Tonight Daily Bread played live at the Kink FM studios in Hilversum at Henk Kanning's New Music show. The full set is here.

Best friend staying over ... great fun...

It had been a while since I was close to the infrastructure and technological side of FTTH. Speaking in Lisbon at the European Summit of the FTTH Council gave me a good opportunity to catch up. Thousands of men in dark suits made clear that Fiber based broadband is having a dramatic uptake! The full set is here.

Today I started a new photo project next to Dutch digital pioneers. The project will be a follow up on Paradiso stills by Marc Geerards who brought back the people in the photo book of the same title by Dutch photographer Max Natkiel. Today the three of us had a small get together. The full set is here.

Back form a great MWG10 conference. Happy to have been on the Advisory board. The full set is here.

A special evening at KinkFM with Oeverloos a program about literature, poetry and music with Leon Verdonschot and Daniel D interviewing poets and more. Tonight poet Petra Else Jekel from Arnhem. The full set is here.

Victims of the iPad?

As in a reversed autumn, we give back the leaves to the trees, a new cycle begins... Tomorrow we will try to do a little bit the same at the farewell of Arjen Grolleman of KinkFM...

There is always a market for quality news and there will always be new readers too....

In memoriam: great Dutch digital media pioneer Arjen Grolleman. A terrible loss....

Great days in Groningen at the heart of music new media and more. Unconvention and Eurosonic Noorderslag were highlights for the year already in the first two weeks... The full set is here.

A great start of the New Year: Groot Kerstcircus Den Haag. Fantastic hours of family entertainment. The full set is here.

Readying the turkey. Happy Christmas everyone.

School holidays and winter have arrived at the same time.

Final match of the season before the Christmas break. Even in the cold the team won their match and happily posed for the team picture...

An interesting conference today about the changing landscape of media; Rethinking media: show me the money. Well done by a group of driven media people. the full set is here.

A great concert tonight in Melkweg in Amsterdam The Raveonettes. The full set is here.

Dutch digital Pioneer Willem Velthoven of Mediamatic in Amsterdam got his oeuvre award today. Well deserved indeed. The full set is here.

Today I handed over the Chairmanship of IPAN to Gijs Vroom at the General Assembly. Afterward we had a nice board dinner and former Chairman Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten joined in too. Finally Sinterklaas showed up with some goodies for all IPAN member. A nice farewell and I wish the new board of Gijs, Suzan and Krijn all the luck and best for IPAN. The full set is here.

An interesting debate on truth in reporting tonight organized by NOS Ombudsman Guikje Roethof. Klaas Wilting, former speaksperson for defunct bank DSB debated the process around the failure of the media around the bank. The full set can be found here

Enjoying the best Belgium fries in Amsterdam on a sunny Sunday afternoon in November..

Saturday hockey, great to see the little guys for it!

A great New Wave reunion festival in Belgium: Sinner's Day. Nice people, well organised, good music like Gary Numan, Gang of Four, Front 242, Lydia Lunch and many more. The full set is here. It just shows that recession can be beaten by pioneering. First episode of this festival takes in more than 10,000 fans....

Youthtube

Meeting at Xite the music platform. The full set is here

A gift from a good friend put to use well 90mm Elmarit, excellent portrait lens..

being decked by the flue gives me the opportunity to go through massive media consumption... The physical stack will most likely be virtually replaced in 5-10 years by #amazonkindle style ereaders, just as itunes/ipod/digital music has replaced analog and physical records... On the other hand great tactile experiences such as a great newspaper or a magazine such as Monocle might be around longer..

The Amsterdam marathon is an incredible event. Thousands of people running running running. The full set is here.

It is always interesting to visit the breeding grounds of Dutch digital pioneers. Therefore a visit to Thenextweb incubator is a must do... The full set is here.

Preparing some very exciting material for Vmedialab, the full set is here.

Good old friend Marc Geerards 49th Birthday party was an interesting get-together. The full set can be found here.

I just returned from three 'marvelous' days in Greece at WPP's Stream09 unconference. An amazing gathering of people and technology! The full set is here.