In Japan the highly advanced toilets are for me still one of the big eye openers. How did toilet systems develop so completely differently in Europe?

Service, service, service... appears to becoming natural everywhere in Japan. Here in Kyoto excellent food and very friendly staff all around....

From Tokyo to Kyoto today with the Shinkansen bullet train. Amazing journey in a great train with excellent service. Passing through a very snowy part of Japan....

Amazing characters come out on a Sunday afternoon in Tokyo...

Famous Great Panda zoo in Tokyo is out of Panda....Only panda dolls.....

Taking the metro in Tokyo is always special. It is very often very crowded and people seem to fall asleep more or less immediately after entering the train...I often wonder whether they wake up in time for their stop...

Most popular fashion item for men in Tokyo: the laptop bag. Next to a (black) raincoat all the salary men are sporting laptop bags....

Tokyo is great and a very nice start of our honeymoon. Still a little jet-lag, but we will get over that. lot's to discover and explore here.

The full set of pictures I took at our wedding are here

Married to the love of my life....

Final branding session for Kink's launch on January 1 with Artmiks....the full set is here

Getting for Christmas... Snow in Amsterdam ... the full set is here

An interesting debate on the various aspects of Wikileaks. Organised at De Waag in Amsterdam. The full set is here.

Wikileaks demonstration on Museumplein Amsterdam, full set is here.

Be stupid...some promotion of denim fashion brand Diesel

An inspiring Tedx Amsterdam today. Congratulations to the team. The full set is here.

Winter and the wintertime festivities are arriving....

An interesting debate on the power of Google at De Waag. Author and reporter Peter Olsthoorn debated with technology crasher Vincent Everts and Geert Lovink with Pim van der Feltz, MD of Google Netherlands. Marleen Stikker moderated the discussion. Too little time, could have been a full day conference worth... The full set is here.

A terrific second edition of Sinnersday in Hasselt Belgium, here with Jah Wobble. Again a great selection of 80's bands that have influenced modern music. The full set is here.

Amsterdam gives a subsidy for creating a better city by having more green on the roofs. Not only creates the natural green layer isolation, it also produces extra oxygen... The dakdokters are a great team making sure the entire process goes smoothly...

Cinekid is a great combination of a festival for kids and professionals. Next to great movies, the medialab is a terrific experience for the youngsters where they can try out new media technologies themselves. The full set is here.

The Amsterdam marathon always brings out some characters....

A terrific and very inspiring idea to have people from birth years 1945 and 1965 come together and discuss trending topics such as design. Gathered a an inspiring place too: coolbrandshouse. The full set is here.

It is always good to create a different perspective in these changing environments.... the full set is here.

Returned from an amazing and terrific #Stream10. A great gathering of media and technology people. The full set is here. Thank you Martin Sorell, Mark Read and Yossi Vardi for having me over.

"Headbutt: The face of alcohol" a struggle with alcohol by Rogier Dijkman and Caroline Euser.  An amazing story what alcohol can do to artists and how determination and love can conquer. The full set is here.

A tremendous evening to celebrate 15 years of KinkFM and LiveXS at the Crystal ball party. The full set is here.

We are celebrating 15 years of KinkFM today, not only by broadcasting the Kink 1500 best tracks voted for by our fans, but also 24 hrs great music on Xite and a big party tonight at the Melkweg in Amsterdam: Crystal Ball. That is celebrating in style...

A terrific picnic10 the fifth edition of the Amsterdam Crossmedia Week. Cudos to the team for putting together a great experience! The full set is here.

Meeting up with travel mates from #commonground in my province of birth Brabant. The full set is here.

A terrific conference organized by the Rethinkingmedia LinkedIn group. A group that exploded from 0 to thousands in no time and not without reason.... The topic today at the beach: storytelling. The full set is here. #rmbeach

A weekend of freedom at the terrific festival into the great wide open on Vlieland. Every element from the journey to the island, the music, art, food, friends, people is terrific. Very well done for this only two year old festival...it shows that entrepreneurship can have great reward. Young artists and old heroes such as Arno Hintjes shared the podiums. The full set is here. #gwo10

It takes a while to get your film rolls developed, but then the happy moment comes: seeing the pictures I took with my trusted Leica MP and 35 Summicron. A great combination, but being used to digital, it remains challenging and anxious to see what the end result became... The full set of our Indonesian trip is here.

The 10th anniversary of strandvolleybal.net the offline start of the season for the online community. Matching really well with IPAN.
Sports, music, entertainment, good fun and excellent networking were part of the day again. Many thanks to the organizers. The old school guys of 'before the bubble' took the golden net wet them... The full set can be found here.

Attended the nice launch party of EJ Pfauth's @dutchprobloggers book: Sex, blogs rock'n roll at Studio K in Amsterdam. Interesting move to see digital pioneers go analogue... the full set is here.

A great IPAN annual member BBQ tonight hosted at Vidigo, eating and talking to interesting interactive professionals whilst overlooking the last Sail 2010 ships leaving Amsterdam. Offline networking still has elements that can be online... the full set is here.

Working against a jet lag is always hard, therefor it was very welcome that @elvirejaspers had organized a great afternoon during Amsterdam Sail2010. The full set can be found here.

Just returned from an amazing holiday to Java and Bali. A complete different part of the world and yet still very recognizable given the partly joint history and lots of Indonesian influences in Dutch society. I love the art and craft skills Indonesians posses in creating beautiful materials and products. The full snapshot set from the V-Lux20 can be found here. I took my trusted MP and some containers of Porta VC400 and TX400 but those pictures will take some more time to be seen as those need to be developed... I am very curious how those will appear in the end...

Time to be picking up the analogue tactile kit again...Slow food and slow media...

There is a good infrastructure for crossing the water in Amsterdam. Getting around by free ferries is an amazing service.

Interesting project between Amsterdam Historical Museum, Mediamatic and fast food chain FEBO to do more with history and fast food. Today still to be found at FEBO Leidsestraat...

Indian magic in Amsterdam: levitation

200.000 people coming together to bring homage to the Dutch team. Incredible experience... the full set of the day after the day after is here.

Museum square filling up with supporters waiting for the Dutch team...

Amsterdam is readying itself for the day after the day after celebrations....

The day after... the full set is here.

We were all there, we gave it all, but we just did not make it...congratulations to the Dutch team anyhow. They came very far and very close. The full Amsterdam set is here.

City of Amsterdam has put the 'full' sign on....

Getting busier with die hard fans for #worldcup at Museum Square Amsterdam

Still quiet at museum square Amsterdam for #worldcup. Will change... the full set is here.