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 [...]
Here is a presentation I gave at the Marketing Expo of DMEXCO in Germany. It is one of the largest Marketing Expo’s in Europe and it was a real privilege to talk about the projects and the collaborative creative process we use at Indie. I hope you enjoy it.Click HERE if you want to skip [...]
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 [...]
I really like my security pattern on the Android phone (Nexus 1). Basically I can draw a pattern to unlock my phone rather than using some pin number or password. I don’t like password or pin as it is just annoying to quickly input on my phone with the keypad. I’ve seen many friends using [...]
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.
The headline says it all! Today I have just signed a contract to be Digital Creative at Indie in Amsterdam. I am so excited about this new job and about working with the team at Indie. Indie is a great Agency in Amsterdam with an excellent reputation, formerly known as SVH. For the past month [...]
I was reading Kara Swisher’s post on All Things D about the Bing demo at Microsoft. I decided to give it a show compared to Google. To me Bing fails very simply. I will be the first to admit I’m a complete narcissist when it comes to search engines. If I put in my name [...]
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 [...]
Here is a copy of the Power Point Presentation I used to talk about Flashmobs to the ADC in Berlin last week. I always tell my students though that the power point or other visual aids are not the presentation and generally prefer to show the video or talk as well. However it was a [...]
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 [...]
Cover via Amazon Steve Francis just came over happy about how his presentation on Transparency went today. It was a real great experience talking with him over the past weeks about the topic and helping him put it into a story to present. I learned a lot about how transparency networks started back in 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 [...]
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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), [...]
I have been setting up some new twitter accounts for some projects and I just realised something new in the process. When someone starts on twitter first time they get 20 people to follow already. But then again, they don’t have any followers yet. Quite depressing. But wouldn’t Brands just love to be one of [...]
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.
It seems that I am to creative to get a regular job. My whole life I’ve always been in startups. Even as a teenager. I never really understood why it was. Until lately that is. I’ve been looking for work too pay off enormous debts from bankruptcies at Mobuzz.tv and Xolo.tv (notice there is nothing [...]
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: [...]
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 Vincent Evert is the tech guru and Trendwatcher in the Netherlands. In this video he shows the various E-books that are on the market from the Kindle to the Open Source E-Books that are out there. Formats available: Quicktime (.mov) Tags: vincenteverts, ebook, kindle, book, amazon, opensource, review, gadget, [...]
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 [...]
