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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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), [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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The pictures from the Dream Amsterdam project made by Peter Funch are now online on the IWONDER site. If you haven’t registered for the project, go check it out. Art translates into what you love about a city. Here are some pictures made with Sabine and Marc an me. Here is the press release sent [...]
So last weekend or so I was in Berlin to Speak at a workshop, and I did an interview with gruenderszene as well as some other journalists. In any case gruenderszene posted the video interviews as well as a nice writeup. In the interviews I talk about twitter, the difference between entrepreneurs in Europe, United [...]
Next week I am attending the HKU Design for Virtual Theater and Games EXPO in Utrecht at the Huis aan de Werf. It will be a great show on June 18 and 19. Don’t miss it! For an example there are a couple free games to try out that some of my students made. Felisberto [...]
There is this really great project that my friend Jamain is doing. It is called Dream Amsterdam. This year she is asking for entries on the site to then select and actually make some happen. This is the chance to change your city conceptually. Go over and join the iWonder project, and give your ideas [...]
picture by Amsterdamize Last month when I went to moderate a session about online video in Bilbao for the nonick conference. the day after the conference, Marc from Amsterdamize and I rented a couple bikes from the hotel to go explore the city. This video Marc edited as a part1 of that wonderful day we [...]
I was procrastinating while waiting for some pizza to cook. So I decided to make a Mosiac video using Widgets on OSX. Using Safari I just made a bunch of webclips from some favorites on DailyMugShot.com, and did a screen capture of that to some music that was playing. Simple, fun, procrastination. Formats available: Quicktime [...]
Cover of Vogue You remember back in the early 90′s with Madonna’s Vogue. It was a dance sensation, taken from the Dance and club scene. It was a crossover song that brought the “Clubbing” scene of cross genders, queens, sexual explorations, XTC, and events such as “Love Parade” in Berlin to the attention of the [...]
So people think it is strange that I dance out on the street in the middle of the morning. If you do, then you must not be French. Check out this music video for “Make the Girl Dance”. Although I am rather disappointed that none of the girls actually dance. Even still, I suspect it [...]
Later this year at Theater Spui in Amsterdam Den Haag is Blog-Art. I am really excited to see how this event unfolds so that we can see the art that is Blogging and Vlogging. It is an artform that many are forgetting about in their quest for SEO domination. blog-art work in progress (wip) apr09 [...]
These are the Videos I made for The Next Web 2009 conference in Amsterdam. There are a variety of intros as well as countdownclocks with various Viral Videos that are spreading the internet at the moment. Please use any of the videos for Mash-ups and re-edits. You are watching channel The Next Web 2009 Visuals
-Marlooz @Gabeb, Rose and @Gabemac celebrate new roommates in the” house of vlog”. This is what happens when video bloggers start living with each other. Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v) Tags: marlooz, video, vlog, splitcam, gabeb, gabemac
Great Viral Video for LED technology Click on more to see it.
Kodak Zi6 HD and iLife 09 test from Gabemac on Vimeo. This is for my friend Rose. She is helping me out so much right now. Helping me get all the pieces back to restart my life in Amsterdam again. Everything from helping me clean my apartment, moving, taking me out, and even folding my [...]
This video is from Carnival in Madrid with my friends Elisa, Ana and Karina. It was a really excellent night, and gives a taste of what the night life in Madrid is like. Just so you know, this was an early night actually. “Update from Elisa via facebook” Matadero is a very old and special [...]
I just saw that Marlooz posted about how she is inspired to start vlogging more now that she is gonna be my roommate. Maybe I should setup a weekend camp at my place for those vloggers that have lost their way?
During DLD Yossi Vardi and Gabe Mac get to conduct a 4 string quartet in thier own styles thanks to Itay Talgam. This video is best watched with headphones. Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v) Tags: dld, dld09, quartet, music, gabemac, yossivardi, itaytalgam
There is a guilty pleasure that really comes out in Flickr. Anonymous voyeruism. I noticed that some complete strangers have been faving certain pictures of mine for some time now. I could not figure out whether it was a stalker, or just some sad lonely person as there is nothing in the profiles to understand [...]
I’m having fun with some flickr tools today. Here is a quick sample.
