New-marketing pioneer and author Joseph Jaffe was in Amsterdam at the end of the past week to deliver a presentation at Cross Media Week (aka Picnic 06) on Friday. Picnic 06 is the first of an annual event focused on creativity in cross media content and technology, specifically in the…
Today is the highlight of the annual Gay Pride Festival in Amsterdam with the traditional day-long parade of boats along the Prinsengracht in the center of the city. We tend to be there most years but today’s been the start of a work weekend. So I had to give it…
Whew! What a scorcher! The heat wave here in Amsterdam and across much of western Europe that we’ve had for the past week continues unabated. Here’s the temperature at about 4.30pm today – 32.2 degrees Celsius or 90 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s outside. Inside, it’s almost as hot – 30.2 Celsius…
Living in Amsterdam, it’s hard to avoid exposure to Rembrandt, the renowned artist and paradigm of the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century. Impossible to avoid today as it is the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Dutch master – 15 July 1606 – whose full name is…
Today is Queen’s Day in The Netherlands (Koninginnedag in Dutch), the day that celebrates the birthday of Queen Juliana, the current Queen’s mother. As this day falls on a Sunday, the day of celebrations – flea markets and street parties everywhere – took place yesterday, the 29th. As has been…
