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SIME VIENNASIME VIENNA

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 [...]

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GabeMac speaks at DMEXCOGabeMac speaks at DMEXCO

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 [...]

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Interview with Tim Kring

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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Amazon Kindle

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, [...]

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Amusing Muses

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

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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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While at the Picnic New York Salon I got the chance to interview Michael Tchao, the man who brought Nike Plus and the iPod to the market. In this interview he discusses how augmented reality, wearable technology how the virtual world is connecting real world together. He talks about what trends he finds interesting for [...]

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Ken Hertz is a lawyer who represents top talent in New York City. Many stars are signed to his firm which he represents. In this interview Ken talks about how the music industry has changed over the last 3-5 years, both the positive sides and the negative sides. He sees artists being more empowered and [...]

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Michael Johnson

Image by matlock via Flickr In this interview from , Michael B. Johnson of Pixar discusses tips on the Creative Process. He also talks about moving from an analog to a digital creative process and some of the pitfalls of working virtually as well as some of the pros. Michael develops software for the animators [...]

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Image by fiahless via Flickr This is an interview I filmed for Picnic in New York together with my good buddy Kevin Slavin. Kevin is the founder of Area Code and is an extremely smart and creative dude. He develops everything from Urban Games to ARGs, to Cross Media games, and more. Have a look [...]

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As those of you who read this blog, or know @Marlooz you know she had her laptop stolen while at the #140conf in New York City. Her twitter followers raised enough money for a new one for her. She put together this compilation (was working until late last night I can tell you) to thank [...]

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Berlin in June - 39 by you.

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 [...]

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@marlooz on stage at #140conf

My roommate Marlooz gave a presentation today at the 140 conf by Jeff Pulver. Back in Kinnernet, Pulver and I where in a group talking about twitter and I shared my TwitterDate experience with Marlooz. Now Marlooz and I are roommates. He said he wanted that story at the 140conf. So Marlooz was able to [...]

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Have you played PowerPoint Karaoke yet? Ok this is one for the real nerds and geeks. The rules are simple.1. Have a powerpoint or slideshow that no one knows yet.2. A presentor tries to present the Powerpoint or Slideshow and make a coherent (and often humoruos) presentation.3. (Optional) Presentor must take a shot after every [...]

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Last weekend in Berlin I met with a number of journalists to talk tech. GameBizz.de is a popular site about gaming which also did an interview with me. Here is the interview in which I talk about Games, Game Development, teaching at the HKU, female gaming demographics and what Newspapers could be doing with Gaming [...]

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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 [...]

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Miriam Reyes

Today I saw that Eitb news had picked up on Marc’s video post of us riding around through Bilbao. Another great video shot at the Nonick Conference I just saw is from Manu Srikumar. He posted a video of me and Miriam Reyes dancing. Miriam used to sit next to me everyday when we worked [...]

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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 [...]

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GabeMac at WebCom2009 by Charles Nouÿrit.

At Webcom I gave an interview after my talk about the virtual immortality project. It goes on for a while, but it was a fun interview to do. webcom : Gabe McIntyre by amicalmant For More interviews from Webcom check Christian Aubry’s page.

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Last week at Webcom in Montreal I met a lot of great people, and saw some old friends. One of the friends I got to catch up with is Marc Canter. Now Marc has always been ahead of the curve. He was making the first synthesizers himself. He created Director to be able to create [...]

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After coming back from Webcom where I gave a presentation on Virtual Immortality, I opened up my monthly photojojo time capsule and am floored yet again. This month I see pics from when Nuno and Nikki came to visit last year. I just got back from visiting them in Canada this weekend. Not only that [...]

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Last week my friend Rose Bertins asked me to explain WordPress in a testimonial for a communication project she is working on in the fashion industry. She posted the video, and here it is. Why is WordPress cool? Why is it one of the largest Content Management Systems in the world, and why do people [...]

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