dutch newspaper ‘de volkskrant’ has published a fascinating online databse giving an impression of one days worth of (typical) images which they receive from various international news agencies… in this case it was 11.302 images on monday the 24th of march (obamas visit to amsterdam) so maybe not such a typical day after all… zoom in and have a look around
oh dear…. the boss definitely doesn’t pay you to play with this all day
this is a post i wrote as contributor to the amsterdam ad blog ‘something related to amsterdam’ column, originally posted on the 21st of march 2014…
Look. Ed!
This week inspiration wasn’t difficult to find: the well-respected Annet Gelink gallery (30 seconds walk from my studio) have opened a new space, just a few days ago. It is designated as a permanent exhibition space; dedicated solely to one of Amsterdam’s most important photographers: Ed van der Elsken.
If you don’t know his work it is a great chance to get to know it and if you do… you’ll no doubt enjoy seeing it all over again.
The gallery will feature a regularly rotating (and random) selection of his wonderful oeuvre, they have edition prints for sale, an extensive collection of books and plans for van der Elsken-related projects in the near future.
great daily tumblr collection from avid cyclist jorit kluitman who is slowly visiting everywhere in the netherlands
a new app due to launch soon under the moniker ‘spritz’ claims to enable reading an entire novel in around (or under) 90 minutes
the idea is pretty revolutionary-sounding: it places words in front of your eyes one by one; instead of the traditional line-for-line or page-for-page method:
…in every word you read, there is an “Optimal Recognition Point” or ORP. This is also called a “fixation point.” The “fixation point” in every word is generally immediately to the left of the middle of a word, explains Kevin Larson, of Microsoft’s Advanced Reading Technologies team. As you read, your eyes hop from fixation point to fixation point, often skipping significantly shorter words…
