Great to see the combination of local media and local community working out great. Denhaagcentraal A la Carte was a smashing success again with the local top class restaurants, the Mondriaan Institute and of course Denhaagcentraal the local media company creating a very nice event! The full set is here.

The problems with the striking garbage collectors seem to be resolved. Unfortunately it will take quite some time until they get back to work and will have taken out the backlog of dirt and garbage around the city... Until that point Amsterdam will continue to be ready for garbage tourism... the full set is here.

With the garbage collectors on strike for more then a week Amsterdam is becoming a disgrace and an unhealthy place. Imagine going for dinner here??? I cannot believe that this is being tolerated. An end to the strike does not seem to be near either... The full set is here.

Heritage is a contemporary reinterpretation of
classic European table radio designs from the 1960s, constructed using aluminum and real walnut veneer and infused with the latest multi-platform digital radio technology. This multi-format digital radio provides coverage of DAB, DAB+, FM and Wi-Fi internet radio – as well as offering wireless audio streaming and docking for iPod. On top of this all, it also offers last.fm
Incredible to experience so much technology and promise for radio and music...

iPadding, Apple's products are a big hit for kids and parents... the full set.

@jeroenmirck and @guidoz haunted by the Tour Devil Didi Senft

Giromania: the Italian cycling competition is coming to town. Unfortunately the garbage collectors think it is Italy too now here...the full set

Our little boy Roderick finished his swimming camp today with two diplomas. Very proud parents ... the full set is here.

Meeting up with the team from Artmiks to discuss branding. Always interesting views from Dutch digital pioneers Marco de Boer and Hugo Kalf.

A very interesting evening at IPAN in Dauphine tonight. Not only did it appear the Dutch iPad user group gathering, but also some of our investments and co-investors were in the panel tonight. Proud to see them. the full set is here.

Impressive as ever Worldpressphoto in Amsterdam.

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...