After the unconference of Kinnernet09, today we had a very interesting conference day at Com.vention the Internet and Media conference organised by TheMarker. One of the highlights was the session with Brad Templeton of Electronic Frontier Foundation and Joi Ito of Creative Commons. Two people who put their time and effort in helping to change the digital landscape.

A great set of days at the see of Galileo @kinnernet, the unconference where media and technology meet. The pictures will follow when I am back in Amsterdam. Tomorrow it is off to the interesting media and tech conference Comvention in Tel Aviv.

My little boy became 8 today. A big step... Not only did he get his own guitar, but we also went to see the premiere of the movie Monsters vs. Aliens, a fantastic 3-D feature film. You have to watch it with special glasses, but it was amazing.... in the next the decade the glasses will go an 3-D will be what 2-D has been sofar...

A great and relaxing weekend with good friends

An impromptu run into Erwin Blom, typically snaphappy being one of the leading 2.0 consultants in Holland...

Always fascinating to meet up with Dutch digital pioneers, especially when they are running a new startup.

On the day the local stock exchange is dipping under the 200 (lowest level since 1995...) we are working on V-day on April 21 and new investments and initiatives. People say that in times of recession the best ideas and companies are built... we as pioneers are eager to prove that right...

Champagne! A great meeting with the team of New Music labs.

Meeting up with Han Gerrits of Innovation Factory, chairman of the Advisory board of IPAN. Han is a very intelligent and connected innovator and pioneer. Always interesting to discuss matters with him. Secondly his office has a great view of Amsterdam...

At Veronica we want to give young talent the opportunity to develop their talents. We do this at V-Academy, Kinkfm, Veronica Story and the Medialab. The latter two have their interns day today.

Today the jury got together for the "Show your love for Amsterdam!" photo contest. Hundreds of pictures were sent in, at Flickr and Mobypicture. Difficult to choose the final ones...

Back home after a great Lift09 in Geneva. Looking into the future is always easier with lots of great people around that have indepth insights... The full set of pictures can be found here. Great thanks to Laurent and the team!

Following a great Liftconference, today the team, board and speakers explored Geneva. It not only proved to be a good way to get to know the city better, but also sharing more insights on what we gathered during the last couple of days.

Meeting the person most often called 'the father of the Internet' was a great experience. Vint Cerf had lots to share and his insights were mindbogling. A truly great final for Lift09.

"Where did the future go?" is the central theme of Liftconference 09 in Geneva. Lift is a series of events built around a community of doers and thinkers who get together in Europe and Asia to explore the social consequences of new technologies. Each conference is a chance to turn changes into opportunities by anticipating the major shifts ahead, and meeting the people who drive them. The full set of pictures will be appearing here.

A very interesting and inspirational workshop today with Magnum photographer Carl de Keyzer. These workshops give me input for a special event we are organizing on April 21.

Today I opened the new group for our V-Academy. Yet another 10 young students that we will give the opportunity to make their start and mark in cross media for example with KinkTV The full set of pictures is here

A great brainstorm weekend with artists, musicians, creatives, people from higher education and many more in Belgium. The event was organised by Guido Crolla from HAN, a true Dutch digital pioneer. the full picture set can be found here.

The IPAN meeting tonight was all about journalists and how they perceive the current developments in the TIME sector on the one hand and to their own business and profession on the other hand. I had the pleasure of moderating the panel of very experienced and leading tech and media journalists and we were happy that so many had gone through the bad weather to join us. Like some of the new Dutch digital pioneers who have made it to the book tonight.

A very interesting Mobile Monday. With lots of good speakers of which Nicolas Nova of Liftconference (as advisory board member and avid fan I will be attending of course) and Megaphone were the most inspiring. The full set of pictures can be found here.