Photos and video from Glitched, the first Nerdcore event in Amsterdam.

Last night I was introduced to the phenomenon of nerdcore. Yes, I’ve been often labeled a nerd and me and my friends often spend evenings just geeking out so this sounded like the perfect evening. Glitched, the Dutch nerdcore event program started of with the premiere of the Nerdcore for Life documentary followed by several… Read more Photos and video from Glitched, the first Nerdcore event in Amsterdam.

Walled Garden: Communities and Networks post Web 2.0 (part 1)

Walled Garden is an international working conference that took place in the Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam on the 20th and 21st of November 2008. The Digital Methods Initiative participated in the session titled Mapping the Walled Gardens: Digital methods for researching and visualizing networks on the Web, moderated by Sabine Niederer and Richard Rogers. “What happens… Read more Walled Garden: Communities and Networks post Web 2.0 (part 1)

Photos PICNIC08

Ik win: Challenge someone with your web popularity, and let’s see and show other people how high you’re ranking. Based on the number of Google results: mediamatic.net/ikwin Ben Ceverny gave one of the most fascinating talks at PICNIC08 on data visualization and data complexity. Unfortunately I badly hurt my foot in the Westergasfabriek on Friday… Read more Photos PICNIC08

Quiet times while packing up, moving houses, getting settled and connected

Things have been fairly quiet around here with new content lately. I have been busy with finding a new (temporary) home because my current apartment is going to being demolished soon. I am currently in the middle of putting all my books and other belongings into boxes as I will be moving houses this weekend.… Read more Quiet times while packing up, moving houses, getting settled and connected