Seeing old acquintances again from the broadband world, both from The Netherlands and from Sweden. Together with the Stedenlink cities the Nordic connections was created, connecting The Netherlands with Sweden. An interesting day all-together.

Arriving home and getting a big warm heart on Valentine's day from those I love is great!

A day full of new media and the creative industry today in 070. Sharing the latest developments and discussing them with those that can influence them is rewarding and fun.

The panel was one short as the Director of the Concert had left. With six remaining panelists and lots of interaction the discussion touched upon many of the aspects of the art scene. Afterwards I had some interesting discussion around financing the creatives and the creative industries.

D66 is close to the creative industry and to share that closeness with all concerned, the local chapter of this Dutch political party organises debating sessions. Today especially art was the topic. Medy van der Laan came to share her thinking and activity with about 200 interested people from the various parts of the creative industry.

When you are almost five years old, tooth ache can be a new and unpleasent situation. Even playing with the lobsterman will not take the pain away. Fortunately we have a great dentist and after a short visit to him, Roderick is feeling better again.

A lobster has blue blood, therefore it has been chosen to represent the fashion label blueblood. As with other great examples in creative industries, the label combines quality with looks and interesting stories.

The old and new media waterhole in Amsterdam Oud-Zuid is Joffers. Increasingly popular for all day meetings and entertainment, with a great outdoors and indoors seating. Conviently located for me too...

Quality is an important element in multimedia. Therefore LCD projectors have to be carefully calibrated by experts, especially when the projector is of the highest prosumer quality such as this Sony. It is the little brother of the one we saw in Tokyo last year and it displays great HDTV quality, fully calibrated.

An interesting mix today at the IPAN event in Amsterdam. Next to a trade mission introduction to Ireland, specialists were around to introduce new technologies and web 2.0 applications. Espcially interesting given that we launched Blognomics 06 today....

A weekend at the seaside with Interimic. Nice to be with so many kids and friends enjoying swimming, looking at the races, eating and playing pool. Roderick and niece Gina had a great time!

A fruitful session at the Ministry of Economic Affairs where we discussed the segmentation for financing in the creative industries. The equity gap exists not only within the growth segment, but also in seed capital. One of the core conclusions of the session and important for DCIF and the entrepreneurs that we will be supporting.

The Dutch premiere of Nanny McPhee took place brought Emma and Colin to the Netherlands. For Roderick and Gabriel it was a fantastic afternoon, full of excitement.

Blognomics 06 is only a couple of months away. Having finalised the programme, Krijn and I are organising some more elements that will enhance the overall experience of the event. Have a look a www.blognomics.nl the coming weeks to find out what will be happening....

Finishing off the fashion week. At the RAI the big modefabriek exhibition takes place. Many many fashion and accessory providers have their stands here. Fashionally done of course.... Nice to meet the Axcent importers again who where displaying the watches big time.

The other things arriving today were from www.koyono.com. A couple of zipperd t-shirts, a backpack for the powerbook and a slim wallet arrived within 10 days from the US. The online current outstanding item is the www.podbrix.com Woz tshirt. The world truely has become overseeable...all from the convenience of the living room...

Mini is one of the sponsors of the Amsterdam International Fashion Week. The provided 8 mini's to transport the visitors between the parking and the Westergasfabriek. One of them was the mini convertible, driven open even around freezing..being a open driver myself....

over 20 new Dutch designers came to understand the issues around funding. The Dutch Creative Industry Fund was asked to present the private equity opportunity for entrepreneurs. Different world as opposed to the digital creative industry....

Hardware and especially gadgetstyle hardware is often blingbling appealing. On the otherhand the software that comes with the machinery often drives the true power, namely the applications. Today the updated version of iLife arrived, the 06 version. Whilst it will take some time to explore new features and the new iWeb application, the vignetting in iPhoto is a definite nice effect. Expect more rounded edges :)

My professional activities include attending nice dinners with interesting speakers and company. today it was no different at the annual dinner of the Dutch Telecom Society. In a pleasent surround speakers from KPN, McKinsey and BNN shared their viewpoints on the converging and altering telecom landscape. The one that had the best personal outlook was Ton aan de Stegge, who benefited from the speed that incumbent KPN can make....