Photos from Diggnation recorded live in Amsterdam at The Next Web 2008

Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose Kevin Rose smells a spliff while recording Diggnation Amsterdam. Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose promised to grow a mustache for The Next Web but fortunately they just wore fake mustaches. Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose with fake mustaches. Robert Scoble joins the fun and also puts on a fake mustache.… Read more Photos from Diggnation recorded live in Amsterdam at The Next Web 2008

Blogging live from The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam

Tomorrow and Friday I’ll be blogging live from the Next Web Conference with Dutch problogger Ernst-Jan Pfauth. Together we’ll cover all the keynotes and start-up pitches at the Next Web blog. Speakers include: Leah Culver (Pownce), Nova Spivack (Twine), Robert Scoble, Kevin Rose (Digg), Garrett Camp (Stumble Upon) and many more. One of my personal highlights is that Diggnation… Read more Blogging live from The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam

Last.fm Takes Personal Music Recommendation to Festivals

In our Introduction to New Media classes at the University of Amsterdam we’ve been deconstructing two music recommendation systems: Mog.com and Last.fm. We focussed on the similarity and difference in the characteristics and the underlying algorithms and of the systems. Last.fm was by far the most favorite website and application amongs the students because of… Read more Last.fm Takes Personal Music Recommendation to Festivals