Associate Professor of Media, Data & Society
My work, the University of Amsterdam Mediastudies Department, is located next to the Rokin. The Rokin has been under construction for many years now, in order to build Amsterdam’s new subway line that connects Amsterdam North to Amsterdam South.The project is taking longer than expected, costs millions more than expected which may have led to… Read more Photos from underground: Building Amsterdam’s new subway line.
I have been using the username silvertje for several services and multiple social media platforms for years and people have been asking me where my username comes from. The answer is IRC. When I first came online, somewhere in 1995, I quickly discovered IRC and became an avid user :) In contrast to current social networking… Read more Where my username comes from
I won’t bore you with my (already failed) New Year’s resolutions such as going to bed earlier, not checking Twitter when attempting to go to bed, taking more time to cook, exercise more and the other usual suspects, but instead, I will share some of my online resolutions. Blog more often This one is going… Read more My online New Year’s resolutions
All the best from Amsterdam. Check out my Pinterest board for the templates and inspiration and my Flickr set for the results.
Mevrouw Mariska Hofman-Gáspár, 101 jaar en al 70 jaar woonachtig op de Admiraal de Ruyterweg, was een van de deelnemers van de Bos en Lommer Kunstroute op 8-9 oktober 2011. Ze exposeerde al eerder in het museum Jan van der Togt in Amstelveen, maar toonde vandaag enkele van haar werken in haar eigen buurt. Tijdens… Read more Foto’s: Bos en Lommer kunstroute #bolok
In het kader van de Open Monumentendag Amsterdam 2011 bezocht ik de Centrale Markthal op het terrein van Food Center aan de Jan van Galenstraat. Ik fiets elke dag langs het Food Center en zie dat er op dit moment gewerkt wordt aan herstructurering van het gebied en de restauratie van de Centrale Markthal. Ik… Read more Foto’s: Open Monumentendag Amsterdam 2011, Centrale Markthal