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Proudly presenting zie.nl

Zie.nl, the new Dutch video sharing site that I (and our team) have been working on for the last 4 months has just gone live. We had cake to celebrate. www.zie.nl Yes, we realise it's teal. No, we're not that keen on it either. Yes, we'll work on it.

Our new intern has mad skillz

Yush recently joined the team at DAG Media.

Red dwarf

If you're in the neighbourhood... tomorrow morning, Thursday December 6, I will be handing out DAG newspapers at Amstel Station in Amsterdam between 7 and 9am.You can't miss me, I'll be the dwarf running around in a bright red jacket and matching pants.

Come see our new TV and web video guide

Psst... wanna see my new website? Um... that's 'our' new website. DAG Media bv, my employers, launched Zie.nl today. Zie.nl is a new smart TV and web video guide, which makes use of collaborative filtering. Tips are presented in a flash application, the 'kijkwolk' (viewing cloud). Viewers can influence their personal ...

Signs you’ve not made the most of your career

You tell someone you've been in this business twelve years and they say 'Why aren't you mega rich?'You help people with their pc troubles and are told: 'You could make a living out of that!'Twelve years and you've never owned a USB stick. Never bought one and was never given one ...

All wrapped up

Apologies to those of you browsing this site with MSIE. I've finally fixed the glaring javascript error that must have plagued you for the longest time. I had some time to waste here on my last day at NPO. We wrapped things up quite nicely last night with drinks and dinner, ...

Hmm…

Live Earth Alert

A few minutes in Accounting

Me + bureaucracy = head go boom. I have the shortest fuse. Our secretary put her arm around me and gently lead me away from the office... In slightly better news... my most recent blood and eye tests came out well. Blood pressure OK. Blood glucose level average 6.1. Thyroid operating ...

Dutch public broadcasting celebrates 10 years online

Medy van der Laan, Harm Bruins Slot, et al Found myself in the company of at least three of my (ex-)bosses today, from '95 till now (AVRO, RNW, VARA, Publieke Omroep). Lots of other familiar faces from the early days of public broadcasting online were there as ...

November 19th 2008
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Bookmarks for November 18th through November 19th

These are my links for November 18th through November 19th: 15 Helpful In-Browser Web Development Tools | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine - MySpace.com - Tony Christie - UK - Pop / Rock - www.myspace.com/tonychristie - I really need to learn to prettify myspace pages properly. This looks really good. Facebook ...
November 19th 2008
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I’ll punch a donkey in the streets of Galway

Cast - Drifting and Tilting - The Songs of Scott Walker Drifting and Tilting - The Songs of Scott Walker Barbican Theatre, November 13, 14, 15 review to follow
November 18th 2008
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Bookmarks for November 17th through November 18th

These are my links for November 17th through November 18th: Ginger Anyhow: Text Messages - Embroidered text messages, mapping a relationship Marco Grob - Photographer - Beautiful portraits Steven Wells: Indie music could learn a lot from American Idol | Music | guardian.co.uk - "In real pop, pretty people who can't sing get ...
November 13th 2008
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Bookmarks for November 11th through November 13th

These are my links for November 11th through November 13th: BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US Elections 2008 | 'Secret' Obama code name revealed - But known as POTUS to the rest of us. e-solex - want BBC NEWS | Health | 'Love handles' raise death risk - Ah well at ...
November 11th 2008
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Proudly presenting zie.nl

Zie.nl, the new Dutch video sharing site that I (and our team) have been working on for the last 4 months has just gone live. We had cake to celebrate. www.zie.nl Yes, we realise it's teal. No, we're not that keen on it either. Yes, we'll work on it.

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