My good friend Eyal Gever has been tearing up the Art Scene ever since he went in it with his whole heart. I am so proud of him, and jealous as hell at his genius and talent. After successfully exiting on a number of startups, he’s been using the time, and technology to kick start [...]
I was invited to SIME Vienna this year to talk about the Silver Line Society Project that we did at INDIE for Microsoft NL. Here is a recording of the talk, it is in 2 parts I’m afraid. I also throughly enjoyed the presentation from my friend Pablos Holman about Hacking afterwards. He gives a glimpse [...]
Some of you know that I carry a Big Lebowski Action Figure around wherever Igo. Kind of like a good karma travel companion. Over the past year I have taken many pictures all over the worls with him, and decided to turn it into a project with others. So it became a collaborative photography project [...]
Last year I developed and produced an Alternate Reality Game for Microsoft The Netherlands together with Indie and game designers Bas Haas and Jelte van der Maat. Bas and Jelte were students of mine at the HKU and without them the project would never be as engaging. The Project went on to earn a Silver [...]
Image via Wikipedia I really love the incredible boom of data visualizations. To me this exploding artform is really offering us a new insight into our lives. As an example, via Many Eyes [an open data visualization site developed by IBM] I came across an interesting graph for all my film making buddies. A graph [...]
For the past few months I’ve been working at INDIE. One of the projects I’ve been working on is the new campaign for Ben & Jerry’s. The site is the first “Give It Forward Auction” site. This is better than Freecycle.org because of the wonderful stories that happen. It starts with 100 ice creams from [...]
I’ve been back for a bit in Amsterdam working on my new job since being at the DLD conference in Munich. Gabe Bauer and I got to go there and make some more videos this year. They’ve been published on the DLD site and I’ll be adding more of the next days. However, I usually [...]
This is a great video which is a rant on the iPad. It is a part of a series of rants from Hitler subtitled from the film Der Untergang.
Click to Play This is the video which played during the Cannabis Cup 2009 in Amsterdam while THSEEDS and HOODLAMB gave a presentation and show with the Rocket Launching. This film was made within 24 hours on a budget of 6 beers, using iMovie, Sony Cybershot and Kodak Zi8. The footage used is from NASA.Directing [...]
At the moment I’m talking with Marius Veltman. He has a really awesome tutorial and technique about how to do Video Mapping or a Augmented Reality experience. We are talking about doing a project together for the Cannabis Cup here in Amsterdam to really freak out some people together with the guys form Hemp Works. [...]
Image via Wikipedia Today is the start of the Amsterdam Dance Event here in Amsterdam Holland. To take a moment before you go out this weekend and enjoy dancing, music, clubbing or whatever you feel like with music this weekend have a look at these 2 great talks. One is from Bobby Mcferrin at the [...]
We are thinking of doing Vlog Europe in Amsterdam in November. Still nothing is sure but Raymond just posted this video from last year. It was funny. Vlog Europe has been the longest running annual conference for Video Bloggers since it started in Amsterdam 5 years ago. It is always a great time to see [...]
Checking my backlogs of Google Alerts I see a link “Gabes Travel Guides“. I think cool! Travel guides for Gabes. Then I look at the link and see “Top Hotels in GABES”, “Flights to Gabes” and “Gabes-Cheap Rates”. WTF? Is there a place called Gabes or has Yahoo just started some funky aggregation to make [...]
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Here is an introduction to ECHO. The comment service for websites and bloggers created by Js-Kit. I animated this video for my buddies over there at Js-Kit to help launch the service. If you have a start-up and would like a video like this one, get in contact with me. Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), [...]
So listen to this. I got an email from Marlooz with some info. Apparently the TEQUILA brand 901 (which is somehow connected to Justin Timberlake, although I’m not sure how) is going to have some kind of live event that will be streamed at 9:01 (in the evening) on September 1st. I have ABSOLUTELY NO [...]
Click to Play – – This is an edit I did for Balmainhair of Paris a few months back. Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv) Tags: balmainhair, showreel, gabemac This video was originally shared on blip.tv by gabemac with a No license (All rights reserved) license.
This is a pilot I created for a show together with Gabe Bauer. The idea was 4 cool girls doing stunts and dances through the city. Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash Video (.flv) Tags: dance, video, showreel, gabemac, gabeb, girls, pussywhipped, pilot, fun This video was originally shared on blip.tv by gabemac with a [...]
Click to Play – – This was another commercial that Gabe Bauer and I directed for Yorin FM. Actually we had 3 of these versions with different musics, and only a slight retouch on each edit. They all look more or less the same. I just can’t get over the fact that they let u [...]
Click to Play – – GabeB and I produced a DVD for the Eefteling Theme Park in the Netherlands. It was an interactive experience with secrets and puzzles. This is the trailer which shows the intro which we also created.Worked as: director, editor, motion graphics, dvd auth Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), Flash Video (.flv) Tags: [...]
Gabe Bauer really wanted to me to go with him to Lowlands this year. And the brother tried like other friends to get me a ticket. But right now I need to earn some money rather than spending it on Festival tickets. I love Lowlands and have been going every year since 2004. This is [...]
Click to Play – – In 2001, Princess Maxima went on a “Getting to know Holland” tour. Not being Dutch this tour was a way that not only Maxima learn more and understand the Dutch better, but also for the Dutch to see and understand Maxima better. Together with Wiendelt Hooi Formats available: Quicktime (.mov), [...]
Click to Play QuickTime Movie file Even though tragic events occurred in Holland during Queensday, we will never let fear rule our world. A compilation of my Queensday 2009 experience with friends in Amsterdam. Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v) Tags: amsterdam, queensday, amsterdamize, gabeb, gabemac, brandcells, party, music, fun, drinks, dance
Image by jurvetson via Flickr To all those creatives, artists, dancers, or anyone who feels that inner torment and struggle of, “Can I produce something good enough?” This talk from Elizabeth Gilbert at TED is something you should watch. It is scary how much this hit home, more than any of the books I’ve read [...]
I just finished a teaser for the Vodafone Mobile Clicks Award. Vodafone is giving away €150,000 in prize money to 3 startups. There is a jury of 12 experts to judge the startups in both England and Holland. In August they will be opening up the finalists to be voted on by the public to [...]
This weekend it happend. My friend Isabelle has been organizin a Dance Flshmob in Amsterdam as a tribute to Michael Jackson. I helped her with some of the production and the editing of the official video. It was an amazing time. Some 1,000 Michael Jackson fans gathered in the Vondel Park on July 19,2009. There [...]
Another interview from the Picnic Salon in New York. this time with Suzanne Stefanac of the American Film Institute. In this interview Suzanne talks about what AFI has done with sustainable culture projects, how digital is changing the film industry, and gives some information on the Digital Content Labs of the AFI which she oversees.
Josh Rubin is the creator of Coolhunting.com. In this interview he talks about how coolhunting got started, what they look for and why they are associated as the trend finders on the internet, even though that is not what he set out to accomplish. Josh Rubin came to check the Picnic Salon event in New [...]
